I’m seriously excited for fellow BoardingArea blogger Jason Kessler (‘Fly and Dine’)’s new Travel Channel show that premieres at 11 p.m. Eastern tonight.
The idea is to ‘test’ the activities in various destinations and see which ones are really worthwhile, and which ones you might give a miss on your next trip.
Here are 3 outstanding airfare deals available right now and sourced from 3 different sites that track and highlight the very best fares.
I had a dream last night that American Airlines was on the verge of announcing that all of their international flights would either offer either 3 business class award seats or 2 first class award seats.
I hear from customers almost every day who aren’t getting the new business class seats on their upcoming flights over the next few months — and argue with me that they are. “But the confirmation says Polaris” they tell me and I have to explain that this simply means they get the new soft product, and it will be years before most flights have the new seats.
That’s a problem, but there’s something far pettier and a much bigger lost opportunity, that I want to highlight.
Apparently most of the time, if you’re an existing American Express cardmember and you apply for another American Express card, you won’t have your credit pulled unless you’re going to be approved.
US airline CEOs will meet with the President on Thursday to beg for protection from those scary (much smaller) Etihad, Emirates and Qatar who already aren’t permitted to operate in the US market.
Remember the goal — as spelled out by Delta — is “new rules on price-lowering” meaning higher prices for airline tickets.
People are attending the Super Bowl from more than 900 cities around the world. The Super Bowl will be 1600 more planes into Houston airspace on top of the usual traffic (there’s normally 2500 per day). Twice the usual number of controllers are on duty at Houston TRACON. And there’s a 10 mile no fly zone set up during the game itself.
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American Express prides itself on service, and when you arrive at one of their lounges you’re checked in at the “Member Services” desk. I’ve only seen staff there checking boarding passes, American Express cards, and photo IDs (and of course in Dallas and Miami, making spa appointments).
I was curious what else they did, so I asked around, and it turns out quite a lot. You can really lean on the staff there for more than just scanning a boarding pass, which is something I suspect most guests don’t realize, so I became curious about some of the things that the staff have done recently for members in some of the various clubs across the network.
I received a letter from American Express saying they needed to verify information about my business for a small business credit card that I have (Starwood). The letter said they had been trying to reach me but had been unable to. I did not receive any phone calls or messages from American Express.
So I called the number on the letter. I wondered if this was an American Express Financial Review.
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 »
