Chicago and Northwest Indiana residents earn 1500 United miles for using Mobil Speedpass
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Six times the miles on
Six times the miles on USAirways shuttle (DC/NY/Boston) flights through March 31. Register and then provide both your USAirways number and your United number with your reservation. You’ll earn triple USAirways miles and triple United miles for your trip.
Lufthansa is offering 500 miles
Lufthansa is offering 500 miles for registering your email address with them (under “your profile” in the Miles & More section of their website). Delta is also offering miles for switching to online statements.
All DC-area residents should read
All DC-area residents should read Tony Woodlief’s important instructions for riding Metro or risk having “your next-of-kin…retrieve a battered, heel-marked corpse from Metro Security.”
Register
Register by January 24th for double miles on United through April 4th. Here’s the fine print: Purchase and fly segments with an e-ticket on any United or United Express route worldwide. Book your trip between January 4th and January 24th and complete your travel by April 4th. You’ll receive double flight miles with any published fare in any class of service. Miles will be posted to your account upon completion of travel. This offer is valid for up to 10 segments.
Naked-air ready for takeoff. The
Naked-air ready for takeoff. The very first nudist flight is scheduled for May, flying Miami to Cancun.
Signup for 25%
Signup for 25% bonus miles when transferring American Express Membership Rewards points into Continental Airlines miles.
5,000 elite qualifying
5,000 elite qualifying miles from America West for flying and taking advantage of offers from their partners.
United is cutting
United is cutting meals from shorter first and business class flights while at the same time cutting fares for walkup travel.
Michael Ignatieff’s Sunday New York
Michael Ignatieff’s Sunday New York Times Magazine piece has some important insights into the coming war with Iraq. – It requires a political committment lasting several administrations. – To succeed, the U.S. will have to engage the entire Middle East: a) Convince Iran no to feel threatened by a United States-led democracy on their border. b) Reassure Turkey that we won’t create a Kurdish state which would be a threat c) Encourage Syrian-Israeli peace d) Coax Saudi Arabia into democracy And even if we do all of that, unseating an Arab government while the ignoring Israel-Palestinian conflict will still lead to tremendous anti-U.S. backlash. To achieve our security aims in Iraq really means to act as a hegemon over the entire Middle East — and a successful hegemon which is viewed benevolently. My own view…
