The introduction of the Ink Business Preferred℠ Credit Card is a big deal. It’s an 80,000 point signup bonus card (after $5000 spend within 3 months) that has a $95 annual fee. Many cards with bonuses like this are premium cards at much higher price point.
But there’s a significant benefit of the card I’ve missed until now.
Qantas searched a flight attendant and found he had “a can and a bottle of beer in his jacket, two 50ml bottles of vodka in his trousers and a 50ml bottle of gin in his bag.”
He claimed the beer in his jacket and vodka in his pants got there by mistake. He “he inadvertently pocketed the beer and vodka while serving passengers.” And while he really had no idea, “the gin might have come from a hotel mini bar.”
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You can fly Los Angeles – Delhi for March and April outbound departures from $472 roundtrip on Air China. Etihad fares from New York and DC are also available to Mumbai.
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.
Earlier I wrote about business class roundtrips to London for less than $1500. It turns out that you can fly to other destinations in Europe as well with this deal, and you can do it for even less money.
I’ve upgraded these sorts of tickets to first class using miles before. However if you’re originating in London British Airways has first class on sale as well.
British Airways is running a business class sale between the US and Europe. As usual, the sale is stackable with the $400 AARP premium cabin discount and with the 10% Chase discount.
In my opinion these stackable British Airways sales are the best value in transatlantic travel, they are worth proactively having an AARP membership (though you can sign up instantly for that) and an eligible Chase credit card.
“Fish out of water” stories from flights in China are probably becoming more common, rather than less common, as more and more people are flying. Hence the story this week about a man flying from Meizhou to Haikhou who delayed his Beijing Capital Airlines flight when he got curious about the emergency exit.
The Airbus A380 is the world’s largest passenger plane. Emirates is the world’s largest operator of A380s. And they offer one of the most luxe products in the sky.
Now Emirates is using an Airbus A380 for something completely different. It’s the world’s largest flower pot.
Park Hyatt Hyderabad is pricing its premium suites at the same rate as base rooms for stays December 10 through March 16. I see it for $138++ for a long weekend in February, for instance.
Of course I wouldn’t book additional travel right away. These are prepaid, non-refundable rates but I’d still wait to see whether the hotel has seller’s remorse over such a great deal.
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 »
