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American AAdvantage is stacking a purchased miles bonus with a discount through November 13 that lets you buy miles for ~ 2.1 cents a mile.
I assume the two are combined, rather than making a more straight-forward offer, in order to make this sound more exciting and a also a little more opaque in terms of doing the math.
Qantas currently operates the longest flight in the world, Sydney – Dallas, with an Airbus A380.
Emirates is launching Dubai – Panama City as the new longest flight in the world operated by a Boeing 777-200LR.
But Singapore Airlines is poised to take the title when it re-launches non-stop service to the US, most likely in 2018, with new Airbus A350-900ULR aircraft.
Hyatt Regency has rolled out a new branding campaign “It’s good not to be home” when road warriors often want nothing more than the opposite — to finally spend some time at home.
And if you’re not going to be home, the new Hyatt Regency campaign doesn’t tell us much about why we’d want to be away from home at a Hyatt Regency over any other hotel.
When American Airlines announced new Los Angeles – Sydney service they teased possible flights to New Zealand. And acknowledged Auckland was on their radar.
It appears that American seems close to announcing Los Angeles – Auckland made possible by their closer joint venture with Qantas and the Boeing 787.
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Airlines that offer a strong ground experience usually do so in their home markets, and sometimes to a lesser extent in a few key other markets, but rarely in outstations. And rarely in the United States.
But Cathay Pacific’s new Senior Vice President for North America has a charge to bring the experience here up to the standards of Asia. We can expect changes in San Francisco, then Vancouver, and perhaps New York.
There are checking account offers of over 20,000 and even 50,000 miles and investment accounts offering 50,000 miles as well. Plus there are ways to earn miles from your checking account month after month.
Award Wallet has opened up Beta of their redesigned and re-engineered website. Here’s the new look and new features they’ll be offering.
Citibank is offering a bonus on transfers from ThankYou Rewards to Hilton HHonors through January 6. The good news is that they’re aggressive, they are running two transfer bonuses at the same time. However you shouldn’t be tempted by this offer. ThankYou points are just too good to transfer to Hilton.
Between now and March American Airlines award availability between the US and Paris is very good. The absolute best availability appears to be from New York and Philadephia, although there is also some space from Miami, and Dallas.
Monday and Tuesdays are the absolute best, there are days with 7 or more business class award (and upgrade) seats available. But in the midst of winter you’ll see strong availability across several days of the week.
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