Every year National Car Rental runs the most lucrative rental promotion, and they’ve brought it back for 2017. Too bad I rent cars far less frequently than I used to, because I’ve earned and used several free rental days with this offer in the past and of course the free rentals are on top of usual rewards earning.
The way it is that you get a free rental day for each time you earn 600 points in the promotion. And each rental of 2 days or more earns 300 points.
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Studies show a good credit score is the most attractive factor in choosing a mate.
With the current Hilton Honors double points bonus expiring August 31, they’ve announced a new double points bonus starting September 1 and running through December 31.
It’s possible to earn up to 42 points per dollar and that doesn’t count the extra bonus for Diamonds, the booking bonus that comes from the Amex Surpass Card, or the 500 points per booking you make with the Hilton mobile app
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Air Canada announced new Montreal – Tokyo Narita service this morning operated by a Boeing 787. The flight will be daily during the summer and will operate 3 times a week in winter.
The flight is already bookable, and it was loaded at the outset with plenty of award availability. In fact every single day from launch through end of schedule has 2 business class award seats available.
For Wow Air Airbus’ long range narrowbodies are a key tool as well. They’ve just announced 4 dots to their own route map with Airbus A321 aircraft.
Everyone except Buffalo gets a transatlantic flight. Cincinnati will have more than one airline flying to Iceland with onward connections.
Even as air travel in the U.S. has grown 30% since 2000, flying under 500 miles has declined by about 30%. That’s a shocking figure.
One major factor seems to be the increased hassle of flying over the last 17 years.
The business model of US airlines is broken. That may sound strange since US airlines made nearly $8 billion in the first half of 2017. But they’re stagnating. They aren’t earning their profit by innovating or delivering more value to customers. And profits are down substantially from two years ago.
A week ago air berlin filed for Germany’s version of bankruptcy. The carrier has been in trouble for some time, has lost billions of dollars, and their patron Etihad has turned off the spigot.
Germany itself stepped in with a loan guarantee to keep the airline afloat while they figure out options. Most likely that involves selling off pieces of the airline, rather than finding an investor for the whole oneworld airline. Now things are getting really bad.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
