I recently asked for reader questions and I’m working through answering those.
Here I’ve decided to take 3 in a single post, rather than writing a standalone post for each. What’s the greatest risk to United miles? How do you book the best value award on Bora Bora? Should you credit Etihad flights to American AAdvantage?
Read on for answers!
“Trying to figure out how to get from Cleveland OH to Moorea and Bora Bora using United (or Star Alliance) miles. Can you help? Thanks”
American Airlines frequently begins boarding prior to posted boarding time, so when I am going to need overhead space I’m not just boarding 30 minutes prior to departure… I’m showing up at the gate several minutes before that.
Last Tuesday, though, my flight was nearly completely boarded when it was more then 35 minutes prior to departure. I got on and found all of the first class overhead bins closed. A flight attendant opened one for me, directly above my seat. It was empty.
Jennifer Aniston is apparently being paid $5 million to endorse Emirates according to Page Six.
Delta’s Richard Anderson vows never to watch Friends re-runs again.
Of course as with all things aviation-related in non-specialized media, there’s a bit of misreporting…
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A 12 year old boy’s toy grenade was found by the TSA last week at Jacksonville airport.
And since a toy hatchet was also found on a teenager last week in Orlando the TSA is reminding parents and teens not to bring ‘realistic’ looking toy weapons through the checkpoint.
I haven’t spent as much time in Singapore as I have in Hong Kong or Bangkok, although it’s probably getting to be close. So many people tell me that they think of Singapore as ‘just a stopover’ or as ‘Asia light’ and I think they completely miss the point.
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Immediately after plans were announced to remake LaGuardia airport, there was speculation about a side deal with Delta to get the airline to pay for part of the renovation in exchange for lifting the perimeter rule at the airport.
And indeed, the Port Authority is now considering lifting the rule.
I saw something happen on an American Airlines flight last night that I haven’t ever seen happen before: departing with an empty first class seat when passengers were on the upgrade list.
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 »
