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American Tweaks Status Earning, Introduces Many More Choice Benefit Levels For 2023

by Gary Leff on December 15, 2022

Dec 15 2022

American Airlines is making several changes to status-earning and adding milestones at which you’ll receive additional benefits for 2023.

They’re also removing the flight requirement to earn milestone benefits; increasing the Loyalty Points required for Gold status, while leaving all other levels the same; lifting the cap on the number of miles you can earn for a ticket; and changing mileage-earning on basic economy tickets. It’s also going to take more Loyalty Points to earn choice benefits for Platinum Pro and Executive Platinum members.

Earning Status From Credit Card Spend Spreads Beyond The U.S.

by Gary Leff on December 14, 2022

japan airlines plane

Dec 14 2022

Japan Airlines will introduce a new lifetime status-earning program in 2024 that is based not just on flying but co-brand credit card spend and shopping, too.

Southwest Flight Attendant Shames Passengers With Designer Bags [Roundup]

by Gary Leff on December 14, 2022

Dec 14 2022

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

Elon Musk’s Twitter Refuses To Pay $200,000 Domestic Roundtrip Private Jet Bill

by Gary Leff on December 14, 2022

Terribly Named Flewber Offers Private Flights for $400 One Way ($700 Roundtrip)

Dec 14 2022

Musk’s twitter has reportedly refused to pay some bills for services provided in the last days of previous management – like a $197,725 roundtrip private jet flight from Teterboro to San Francisco for the executive who served as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer and head of HR the day prior to close of the sale of the company.

The Twitter executive might have chosen one of 21 flights between New York and San Francisco offering flat business class seats instead.

Delta Passenger Puts Down Mattress And Goes To Sleep At The Gate

by Gary Leff on December 14, 2022

Dec 14 2022

A Delta Air Lines passenger was seen dozing on a thick blow up air mattress beside Orlando’s gate 94 prior to their flight to Atlanta. Based on the flight number on the board, Delta 9897, this would have been an extra section flown Atlanta to Orlando and back with a widebody Airbus A330 on Sunday evening.

Passengers Given The Shaft After Saying Penis On Board Allegiant Airlines Flight

by Gary Leff on December 14, 2022

allegiant planes on tarmac

Dec 14 2022

Two passengers were kicked off an Allegiant Airlines flight from Flint, Michigan to Florida. A flight attendant gave them a hard time for saying ‘penis’ after the flight had boarded. As a consequence of the stiff penalty the man’s wife had to come pick up the man and his father-in-law.

Iberia Has New Business Class Suites With Doors – And The Product Is Already Flying

by Gary Leff on December 13, 2022

Dec 13 2022

Madrid-based oneworld airline Iberia is introducing new business class suites with doors. This isn’t a future product we’ll see years down the road. It’s already flying. In fact it’s received an aircraft featuring these seats – an Airbus A350 registration EC-NXE.

This Airline Counts Passengers At A Bus Stop To Decide Where To Fly

by Gary Leff on December 13, 2022

Airline Agrees to Launch New Route, Then Demands Bigger Subsidies Right Before First Flight

Dec 13 2022

Spirit Airlines looked at telephone data and remittance data to get a sense for ties between the U.S. and a new city they might serve in Latin America. Volaris sent someone to a bus depot to count passengers.

How ‘Elite Status For Sale’ Websites Work [Roundup]

by Gary Leff on December 13, 2022

Dec 13 2022

A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.

A New Approach To Comments At View From The Wing

by Gary Leff on December 13, 2022

Dec 13 2022

I love the idea of comments to my posts. I love that you can criticize me, disagree with me, and ask questions. I love that some of you have insights to offer each other, too.

And I’ve always been loathe to moderate comments.

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 »