Last year I wrote about the man who walked through the Nashville airport naked and attempted to buy a ticket.
Then there was a man who stripped naked to protest a flight delay on US Airways. Sadly this is all much more common than you’d think.
I thought I knew just about everything there is to know about making use of the benefits on my Citi Prestige Card. But then you have a forehead-smacking, “should’ve had a V-8!” moment.
I was talking with Yana about Virgin Atlantic’s amazing ANA awards — seriously, roundtrip in one of the world’s better first class products for 110,000 miles between the US and Tokyo — and I was outlining all of the hoops you have to jump through.
Yana’s response to that whole discussion was perfect and just 5 words: the Law of One Price.
The new Emirates Newark – Athens – Dubai flight launches today. This competes against United’s Newark – Athens flight, so they do not like this very much.
Delta, United, and American argue that competition from Emirates (and Etihad, Qatar) is unfair and in the long run bad for their businesses.
Last month Muhammad Ali, Jr. was detained at the border on his way back into the U.S. and reportedly questioned about his religion.
His mother was with him, and apparently since she was carrying a photo of herself with the late Muhammad Ali she was allowed to pass. Without his own ‘get out of Customs and Border Protection free photo’ he was subjected to greater scrutiny.
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I’ve always loved being able to put lots of work charges on my personal credit card and get reimbursed. There’s a risk involved, of course, what if you spend money and your accounting department kicks back the charges? What if your business.. goes out of business before you’re reimbursed?
Life on the road, when you don’t have to use a company credit card, lets you rack up plenty of miles. But it’s nothing like what one waiter did at a steakhouse.
The Trump Administration has made moves and signals that it wants to repeal all or part of Dodd Frank financial reform.
Airline Weekly notes that Wolfe Research believes repealing Dodd Frank financial reform would cost the airline industry $215 million per year in higher debit card fees.
Aer Lingus is running a business class sale from New York JFK, Newark and Boston. Prices start at $1999 roundtrip.
Aer Lingus has a strong business class product considering the short flights between the East Coast and Ireland.
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.
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 »
