Sep
17
2015
American Airlines flights came to a halt today due to computer issues. After talking to a few people at American, here’s my understanding of what happened.
American Airlines Computer Shutdown Today: Here’s What Happened
United Brings Back Award Holds on Their New Website!
Sep
17
2015
The ability to hold an award is important. Instant ticketing makes life difficult for the frequent flyer, which is why I love American’s 5 day hold policy so much.
United took away the legit ability to do award holds three years ago. But now with the rollout of their new website, they’ve brought it back for folks who have some miles in their account but not enough to ticket their award. Here’s how to use that to your advantage!
$50 off $100 Hotel Booking, Sneak Peak of New American Lounge, and Marriott’s New VRoom Service
Sep
17
2015
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How I’ll Earn 1250 American Miles Per One Day Car Rental
Sep
17
2015
Avis is offering a tiered number of American miles for car rentals, depending on elite status or if you have their co-brand credit card. It will let me earn 1250 AAdvantage miles on even a one day rental.
Super Cheap Way to Meet Spending Requirements and Earn Miles With a MasterCard
Sep
17
2015
Here’s finally I think a good and 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 — at a fee of only 1.5%.
American Will Now Charge You for 2 Awards If You Fly Hawaiian Airlines Beyond Hawaii
Sep
16
2015
September 1 we lost the ability to redeem American miles for travel between the mainland US and Hawaii on Hawaiian Airlines. We could still book awards that include Hawaiian for travel with the islands, and to international destinations beyond Hawaii.
It turns out though — and not part of American’s announcement — including Hawaiian Airlines to destinations beyond Hawaii will require redeeming a separate award.
British Airways First Class Awards Wide Open San Diego – London
Sep
16
2015
British Airways is putting a Boeing 777-300ER on their San Diego – London flight effective March 27. That means they’ll have a first class cabin, which they didn’t before. And first class award availability is really good on the route once that happens.
New Hotel Top Tier Elite Benefit: Sex Talk When You Make a Reservation By Phone
Sep
16
2015
IHG Rewards Club launched a new top tier elite level with a silly name and a new membership card.
On the back of the card is a new phone number, dedicated to top tier elites. Only they printed the wrong number on the card. Not only that — of course it worked out this way — it was the number to a sex chat line.
Little Known Round the World Awards You Can Redeem Your Miles For
Sep
16
2015
Not as many airlines offer round the world awards as used to — but several do, including airlines you probably have access to miles with.
Generally you can fly on an airline and its alliance partners, making several stops, with the caveat that you have to fly literally around the world (crossing both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans). It’s more expensive than a simple roundtrip award, but for the number of places you can visit it can be a strong value.
For Dealing With International Call Centers, Processing Payment on a Korean Air Award for Someone Else, or Trying to Redeem Skypesos at the Low Level…
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