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Three years ago Delta declared that if inflight cell phone calls were made legal they would ban the calls themselves. Most passengers are against inflight phone calls because they find air travel to be blissful, a peaceful oasis they never complain about now.
United has now taken the same position.
Three years ago I wrote a post on getting the most value out of Virgin Atlantic miles.
My contention was that Virgin Atlantic’s miles were among the least valuable currencies, but that there are actually some incredible sweet spots that most people don’t consider.
Kim Jong Nam, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s half brother, was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur airport.
Apparently he fell out of favor with his father in 2001 when he used forged documents to try to visit Tokyo Disneyland. He didn’t attend his father’s 2011 funeral.
A week ago I gave American AAdvantage a hard time over lack of premium cabin award availability to anywhere any time on their own American Airlines flights.
I think that criticism was fare. However there’s now a little bit better availability on some routes, so in fairness it seems worth highlighting that.
Cathay Pacific launches its new US credit card today from Synchrony Bank. The most interesting features are 1.5 points per dollar on all foreign transactions (with no foreign transaction fees) and comped Marco Polo Club green tier the first year.
American’s AAVacations is offering 15,000 bonus miles for booking an air and hotel package (minimum 3 night stay) by February 22 for travel through November 20.
American awards miles as a percentage of distance flown instead of based on fare on AAVacations tickets, and they often sell business class tickets at a discount this way as well.
American Airlines makes virtually no premium cabin award space on their own flights available, except for the occasional brief ‘dumps’ of space that last for hours or a day before reverting to their normal lack of inventory.
It seems especially notable that right now American is offering a highly unusual amount of premium cabin award space at the very end of the schedule.
Air France has added Paris – Male service to its schedule twice a week. Starting November 1, the Delta partner will operate a 3-class Boeing 777-200ER on the route.
Here are great options to redeem miles to the Maldives.
Each year hotels with award redemption categories adjust which hotels are in which categories, and thus how many points they cost to redeem. In most cases the cost in points is related to average room rates, although Marriott’s have been tied to frequency of redemption.
This year Marriott and Starwood both have announced their planned changes at the same time, and coordinated that those changes will go into effect March 7.
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 »
