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Point.me, the service that helps you find frequent flyer award seats (and walks you through the process of setting up accounts, transferring points, and making the booking) has a lot of award search data. People are looking for available awards all day, every day.
They already know which programs offer availability the most that their members are looking for, and which programs offer those seats at the best prices.
Aviation analytics company Cirium is out with August data on airline on-time performance. Delta has recovered from saying CrowdStrike, CrowdStrike, CrowdStrike over and over to post an 80.9% on-time arrival performance, good enough for number one in North America.
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.
Two years ago Oman Air announced that it planned to join the oneworld alliance which is headed by American Airlines and based in Dallas, and includes members like British Airways, Japan Airlines, and Qantas.
Now it seems that the oneworld launch is on the cusp of reality.
“They also send you a text when their housekeeping is finished with your room. Wish everyone did that.”
Earlier in the month I took a trip to Honolulu and back on Hawaiian Airlines. They operate Austin – Honolulu non-stop three days a week, and since I hadn’t flown Hawaiian in a year and a half it seemed worth passing along some observations.
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.
Vietnam Airlines announced a status match offer. They’re partners with Delta Air Lines, and they’re a SkyTeam member, plus they have a number of other partnerships that can offer elite recognition so this will be reasonably interesting for many.
The head of the largest flight attendants union, Sara Nelson, says you should never press the flight attendant call button for a drink, and even tried to get the government to ban alcohol on planes which would reduce the amount of service her members would have to provide.
This is 100% wrong.
September 1 Rent Day is a milestone. It’s the last one where you can earn double points on the Bilt Mastercard up to 10,000 points. It’s also the last one where tax payments will count towards the bonus. Starting with October 1 Rent Day the bonus will be capped at 1,000 additional points, and tax payments don’t count.
I’ve found Rent Day to be highly lucrative, and I’ve often maxed out this bonus.
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 »
