United is making targeted offers to let customers buy qualifying miles and segments towards elite status. I just received one.
I’m not going to take them up on this. I should earn Premier Silver naturally, and would have to make an effort to reach Gold. Frankly I’m not looking forward to United status…
There’s absolutely no question that brand standards require changing bed sheets between guests. Usually the ‘worry’ at some hotels is comforters, not sheets. And health rules will generally require it also.
Rooms frequently aren’t spotless, and I’m a bit of a germaphobe, I try not to think about the TV remote.
There’s a new limitation on sharing Citi ThankYou points, moving them from one person’s account to another — up to 100,000 points per year.
This is not a limit on combining points in your own different accounts. It’s a limit on transferring points to other people. The ability to transfer points to anyone you wish though, even limited to 100,000 points per year, remains an underappreciated benefit that’s not matched by other card issuers.
Yesterday I encountered what seemed like a pretty strange phenomenon. There was a roundtrip United fare between Chicago and London for under $600.
There was a mystery because some systems showed it available for Saturday departures only, and other systems showed it every day. And Momondo was finding even cheaper fares, still.
Why all the discrepancy? And how can you use that to your advantage to find the cheapest fares yourself?
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There’s a $529 roundtrip fare between Chicago and London on United with travel available October, November, and January through March. They actually mention prices “as low as $412” but I haven’t found anything sub-$500 on United between these two cities.
There’s even cheaper fares out of New York – $361. And both of these fares illustrate interesting ways that airfare booking seems to be changing.
Since the UK lacks a Great Wall across its borders, they find themselves needing to deport people. They use budget airlines for that, like easyJet flight 5263 from London Gatwich to Venice.
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Delta is running a sale on domestic economy and extra legroom coach awards for bookings made by September 30. One-way prices start at 5000 miles.
21 day advance purchase is require and travel much be completed by April 7.
Booking Europe awards with American miles can be tough. American releases very little space on its own flights, and their primary transatlantic partner is British Airways — and British Airways fuel surcharges can be truly choke-worthy.
On odd occasions American offers great spurts of availability on their own flights, then it dries up. Fortunately there’s Iberia… Iberia business class award space for two passengers is fantastic for summer next year.
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