Back in the fall I wrote that Citi would be ending the benefit of no annual fee authorized users with Admirals Club access, and likely raising the annual fee on the card itself as well. The ability for a single $450 annual fee to generate 11 cards (primary plus up to 10 authorized user cards) each with the ability to enter Admirals Clubs and also bring up to two guests was simply too good a deal.
Qatar has prioritized their loyalty program over the past three years, making improvements like awarding miles even before you fly, at a time when Emirates has largely been lighting its program on fire and Etihad has undergone a series of more modest devaluations. This change makes Privilege Club more than just a program for redeeming QSuites.
If your status is ending, consider booking as much future travel as you can, because some of your benefits will likely apply to trips booked before your status expires for trips that occur after.
You can book extra legroom coach seats with your status, where that benefit applies, and those seat assignments will usually stick. And here’s an interesting wrinkle with checked baggage, too.
A Frontier Airlines mechanic was working to replace a lavatory mirror on a ten year old Airbus A320 (registration N228FR) acquired in 2015 from now-defunct Monarch Airlines in Tampa back on February 20th. He saw something behind the mirror that looked like a postcard. He read it, and – he says – he was “blown away.”
He had found a photo of a 4 year old girl named Grace Kelly riding an airplane, and on it was a note from her grandparents.
News and notes from around the interweb: Hyatt is offering double points starting with your second stay in Europe, Africa, the Middle East & Asia Pacific from July 1, 2023 – September 15, 2023. Registration required prior to first stay. Frontier Airlines is in a lease dispute with Wells Fargo over 10% of its aircraft Follow your dreams. When you follow your dreams they can really take off…Kevin Ray quit his job and started watching planes full time. How is planespotting a job? His @airlinevideos became a YouTube hit. From @cbssaturday: pic.twitter.com/2lYGIkgV8P — Kris Van Cleave (@krisvancleave) June 17, 2023 15% bonus on transfers from Citi to Cathay Pacific Asia Miles through July 22, 2023. Cathay Pacific will hire more cabin crew from mainland China continues Hong Kong’s turn inward, remember that mainland bosses already…
American Airlines is slowly rolling out multi-factor authentication for AAdvantage account login. This started with a small number of customers on June 13, and more customers are being added to this requirement weekly.
American will not tell you in advance that this change affects you.
A woman’s story about being raped by a staff member while a guest at the Ritz-Carlton Maldives, Fari Islands is going viral on twitter.
Southwest will start selling overnight connection flights for the first time on June 26. They won’t offer redeye flights, but will use their current schedule to sell itineraries that involve an overnight at six airports – Baltimore; Denver; Las Vegas; Phoenix; Chicago Midway; and Oakland.
No new flights are being added to the schedule, this just adds flight options to sell… that customers should be on the lookout for, because they’re options that many will potentially want to avoid.
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Right now anyone with a travel credit card can get Frontier Airlines elite status. And that’s a real offer. I’ve seen plenty of people use photoshop over the years when asking for an airline to ‘match’ the status they already have in order to move their business.
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.
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