Jul
09
2018
Loyalty fraud — and especially stealing miles from hacked accounts — has been a big issue for years.
Here’s the simple effective way to protect yourself.
How to Prevent Your Frequent Flyer Miles From Being Stolen
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AAdvantage President Shares Her Take on Award Availability, Premium Economy Upgrades and Inflight Credit Card Pitches
Jun
20
2018
AAdvantage President Bridget Blaise-Shamai appeared on the latest American Airlines employee podcast Tell Me Why which is also uploaded on several public podcast hosting sites.
She commented on Platinum Pro and ConciergeKey elite status changes, efforts to improve award availability, the future of upgrades into and awards for premium economy, and inflight credit card pitches.
Does It Make Sense to Earn Miles for Your Checking Account Now That Interest Rates are Up?
Jun
18
2018
I’ve been a BankDirect customer since 2003, earning American AAdvantage miles for my checking account. These miles are a good part of how I originally earned lifetime elite status with AAdvantage over a decade ago.
BankDirect offers a 21,000 mile signup bonus.
Award Alert: 4 or More Business Class Award Seats to Asia From Several US Cities
Jun
14
2018
I frequently highlight awards bookable with American AAdvantge miles in premium cabins because they tend to make fewer seats available than many other airlines on their own planes and because they have fewer partners through the oneworld alliance than United does through Star.
As a result it’s worth jumping when there are plenty of award seats available on long haul routes. That’s doubly true when you’re looking for more than two seats, because finding availability for four is exponentially harder much of the time and to many destinations.
New Aggressive Pitch for Onboard Credit Card Signup — ‘Get Both’ for Big Bonuses
Jun
14
2018
I was surprised flying American Airlines this week that the onboard credit card pitch for the Barclays AAdvantage® AviatorTM Red World Elite Mastercard® included the flight attendant noting that this is ‘a new card introduced in 2017 (sic) and that if you already have the American Airlines card issued by Citi you can get this one too.’
Explicitly mentioning a competitor product seems to be a new part of the script since I’ve seen several references to this from other flyers on Facebook as well.
30th Anniversary of Alaska Airlines Collusion With Russia, and New Miles for Banking Offers Coming
May
30
2018
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.
New Biggest Ever Offer for Barclays AAdvantage Business Card
May
06
2018
American AAdvantage has two banks issuing credit cards to members in the U.S.: Citibank and Barclays. Citibank advertises online, through direct mail, and in American’s club lounges. Barclays advertises in the airport (but not within 100 feet of a club) and on flights.
The Barclays small business card is still new and hasn’t ever offered 50,000 miles before though I imagine after this offer ends we’ll eventually see it back.
Cathay Pacific Business Class Award Space Wide Open to and from Asia
Apr
29
2018
One of the big mistakes people make booking awards is to assume that when you want to travel you go to your frequent flyer program’s website and enter where you’re flying from, where you’re going to, and you’ll be presented with your options.
If you go to the American Airlines website and say you want to go to Bangkok there will be no availability, ever. And that’s not because there’s no availability, although that’s what most people assume it means.
New Benefits and Bigger Bonus Coming for Citi American AAdvantage Card
Apr
23
2018
American Airlines and Citibank announced that their co-brand credit card will be increasing earning and also that a bigger signup bonus is coming next month.
Cheapest Ever? Stack 2 Promotions to Buy American AAdvantage Miles at 1.46 Cents Each
Apr
20
2018
It’s been an annual tradition for American to offer a bonus moving Starwood points to AAdvantage miles. And Starwood has occasionally offered a 35% discount buying points. But the two offers don’t usually happen at the same time.
