Air China, which codeshares with more than 60 carriers worldwide, is planning to go public.The flag carrier of the People’s Republic of China will recognize private ownership. So much for collective ownership over the means of production.
Best-ever bonus for Marriott Visa signup
Gary Steiger of Free Frequent Flyer Miles notes: 20,000 points for first use. Call (800) 897-7240. I am unable to find this offer on line. The phone number is dedicated to this offer only. The fee is waived for the first year, and 20,000 Marriott points are good for about 5,000 airline miles or a night at a mid-level (category 4) hotel.
Great Flower Value
FTD.com is offering 30 United miles per dollar spent.
Northwest Refer a Friend Bonus Miles
Northwest has a new “member get member” promotion — and you don’t even have to refer someone that is new to the Northwest Worldperks program. Refer a friend that has not earned WorldPerks miles for air travel since January 1, 2003. You’ll earn up to 3500 bonus miles for each friend who travels by June 30th, and they’ll each earn up to 3500 bonus miles per roundtrip they take by June 30th.If you’re going to be flying Northwest or KLM (or Alaska Airlines with a Northwest flight code) before June 30th — and you haven’t credited flights to your Northwest account in awhile — and you’d like us both to earn some bonus miles, drop me a note with your first and last name and Northwest frequent flyer number.Naturally you can team up with a…
New Hawaii Award Option
United just announced Chicago-Honululu service beginning June 3rd.Since the flight won’t even be bookable until February 24th, none of the award seats on this flight have been taken yet.Tomorrow is likely the time to have at it!
Chinatown buses
The New York Times carries a piece on the Chinatown buses that run service from New York to Boston and DC for as little as $10 each way. They’re safe and cheap and run on a razor-thin margin.
How the candidates travel
Fundrace.org has compiled date on each of the president candidates’ choice of airline and hotel. The most prolific hotel spender in Al Sharpton, who prefers the Four Seasons and runs up an average bill of $3598. George W. Bush prefers Marriott, running up an average bill of $1342. Howard Dean is also a frequent Marriott guest, though he presumably isn’t racking up as many points as his average bill is just $176. Kucinich, Edwards, and Lieberman are all Holiday Inn men.The single largest hotel bill, though, belongs to Bush — he spent $132,500 at a Sheraton in Manhattan on July 1.Bush and Dean also have the same taste in air travel, with each campaign running up over 100 bills with United. Kucinich, Clark, Edwards, and Lieberman all favor Southwest. Of course the highest bills are…
Mmm… breakfast
Get $1 off a box of Cheerios.
American Airlines Upgrade Changes
American announced unlimited complimentary domestic upgrades for Executive Platinum (top-tier) elite flyers beginning March 18th.All others will see a reduced price for purchased 500 mile domestic upgrade coupons.
Delta offers a choice of bonuses
Delta is offering a choice of rewards for flying a minimum of 5,000 “qualifying miles” by May 31. There are lots of terms and conditions, but the rewards range up to a 200% mileage bonus on the following three months of flights or a year’s club membership.
