Aug
17
2015
I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Free Premium Economy Tickets and the Road Trip from Hell
The Cheapest I’ve Ever Seen United Sell Miles, Up to 150k Miles Less Than 1.9 Cents Apiece
Aug
17
2015
United is running a sale on purchased miles through August 31. The specific offers each member gets are targeted. The one I received is 50% off purchased miles which lets you buy miles at less than 1.9 cents apiece, the lowest price I’ve ever seen United sell miles at.
Southwest Refuses Singer Jason Derulo an Escort through Security onto Plane, Ruckus Ensues
Aug
17
2015
Singer Jason Derulo (to show you how unhip I am, I had no idea who he was) showed up at the Reno airport on Saturday to fly Southwest to Los Angeles.
Apparently TSA Precheck was closed, and so he demanded that Southwest Airlines provide him with an escort through security. (There are mixed reports that he may not have been in the A boarding group, either.) Derulo became abusive to airline staff after they refused to escort him through security and onto the plane.
Starwood Points Just Got More Valuable With Addition of New Airline Transfer Partner
Aug
17
2015
Starwood’s Starpoints are already the most valuable loyalty program currency.
They have the most airline transfer partners where points transfer 1:1 and of course when you move Starwood points into 20,000 miles you get 5000 bonus miles. That gets you effectively a 1:1.25 transfer ratio with most airline partners.
Now, Starwood has added a new transfer partner and it’s a really useful one: Korean Air Skypass.
Virgin Australia’s New Business Class is Now Flying!
Aug
17
2015
Virgin Australia has launched its 1-2-1 all aisle access reverse herringbone business class seating onboard their Airbus A330 aircraft. The first reconfigured plane has taken flight, and the airline expects to finish A330 conversions by the end of October.
Virgin Australia’s fleet of Boeing 777s (which are the aircraft used on US routes) won’t be reconfigured until winter.
American Airlines Wants the Government to Give it an Extra Flight at Washington National Airport
Aug
17
2015
With Sun Country ending service at Lansing, that means the end of non-stop service from Michigan’s capital to Washington National airport and indeed the end of non-stop service to the DC area and even the Northeast.
National airport is slot controlled, but Sun Country had an ‘exemption’ from slots for their flights rather than having their own slots. American Airlines is petitioning the FAA for a slot exemption so it can serve this market in Sun Country’s place, arguing that it’s an important market to preserve service in.
Loyalty Programs Are Complicated. A Good Consumer Advocate Helps Educate You on How to Win!
Aug
16
2015
Christopher Elliott argues in the Washington Post that rewards credit cards aren’t worth it because of the ‘headache’.
He doesn’t just think you should avoid loyalty programs and credit card benefits (his usual tact). He thinks the government ought to step in (“it’s time for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to say, “Enough is enough.”).
Republican Presidential Candidate Scott Walker Can’t Handle a Rewards Credit Card
Aug
16
2015
Governor Scott Walker has credit card debt that he’s paying over 27% interest on. We know something about his credit card choices, his financial decision-making, and hit fitness for becoming President… maybe.
But why oh why doesn’t he apply for a 0% balance transfer card?
Using ‘the Force’ for Credit Card Rewards and Markets Betting on a Starwood Merger
Aug
16
2015
I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
Woman Dragged Shrieking Off United Express Plane… and All She’d Have Needed Was a Fake Doctor’s Note
Aug
16
2015
This video is mocking, but I think it’s really sad…a woman allegedly “wouldn’t put her growling dog in its carrier, got belligerent with the flight attendant” and so the United Express plane returned to the gate. Cops removed her from the flight, and she put up a flight. You can hear shrieks. The man traveling with her takes some time to decide whether to follow her off the plane.
Perhaps all she needed was a fake letter from a doctor claiming her dog was an emotional support animal.
