Aug
05
2015
I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Credit Cards Left Behind at Airports and Hilton Points Giveaway
How to Pay Any Bill With a Credit Card Cheap Enough So it Makes Sense to Earn Miles
Aug
05
2015
Here’s finally a good, super quick and easy way to earn miles paying your rent or mortgage and anything else that you’re currently paying by check or online billpay.
Strategies to Pick the Quickest Lines at the Airport
Aug
05
2015
I recently found myself flying an airline where I had no elite status. I didn’t have their app on my phone, so I tried to use the kiosk. It wasn’t working, so I had to pick a line. Fortunately it was a small airport, not that many passengers, have you seen economy check-in lines?
Which Hotel Program is Really Best: Would You Agree With These Rankings?
Aug
04
2015
In addition to their ranking of best airline frequent flyer programs, US News has taken a stab at coming up with a ranking for the best hotel loyalty programs.
They even almost built a reasonable approach: How much do you have to spend to get a free room? What else can you do with your points and how well do they treat frequent guests? Is the program offering you rooms everywhere you want to be, and at your desired price point?
US News Ranked the Frequent Flyer Programs, Thinks Frontier is Better Than United and Delta
Aug
04
2015
US News is out with its new 2015 ranking of the best frequent flyer programs.
And though their top two picks are plausible you really should ignore this ranking, and I hope no one cites it.
The Most Amazing Government Travel Form Ever. Plus Airbus Patents New Supersonic Jet and Plane Crashes into Kangaroo
Aug
04
2015
I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Big Changes Coming to the American AAdvantage Program… Most Likely Not Until 2017
Aug
04
2015
With US Airways flights scheduled to be entirely on the American Airlines platform come October 17, and IT resources focused primarly on the merger integration, American AAdvantage is simply running out of time to make big changes for 2016.
United’s CFO is Out: Now Paypal Users Will Be Seen as “Over-Entitled”
Aug
04
2015
The man who declared United’s most frequent customers to be ‘over-entitled’ has resigned as the airline’s CFO to take a similar position at Paypal.
Revealed: New Design for the Starwood American Express Cards (and When You’ll Get Yours)
Aug
04
2015
The new look for the Starwood American Express card, to coincide with new card benefits rolling out August 11, has been revealed. The new card is a pretty sweet looking… purple!
Will Delta’s Partner Awards Become Crazy Expensive Too?
Aug
03
2015
[T]he way to get value out of SkyMiles remains to use them for international business class awards on partner airlines. And the funny thing is, that’s how you’d usually get value out of SkyMiles even before their recent devaluations.
There’s frequently a huge discrepancy in pricing between awards on Delta and awards on partners. So I still think that where Delta eventually goes is to change the pricing model for travel on partners. Here’s how that would work.
