News and notes from around the interweb:
- Peter Mandelson, dismissed as British Ambassador to the U.S. on Thursday, discussed the difficulty in redeeming British Airways miles as he planned to meet up with Jeffrey Epstein at The Island.
- I had been skeptical that this Hertz incident was real (and the default should always be anything bad Hertz is accused of, they definitely did)… but I guess it was:
Update: Hertz has terminated the employee responsible for the incident. https://t.co/Bav5Cqdwli
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) September 10, 2025
- Delivering Door Dash to earn American Airlines status
@goinggonemadd The funniest airline hack to get 5000 miles for “free” from @American Airlines through @DoorDash #doordashdriver #airlinehacks #flighthacks ♬ original sound – GoingGoneMadd - Many of you will find this 1 minute 35 seconds worth a watch. Here’s the American Airlines vehicle that carries the coffin of soldiers returned home after being killed in action, “this is the ultimate in respect.”
#WarfighterNation
@AmericanAir pic.twitter.com/X8njkFdoTO— Boone Cutler (@boonecutler) September 10, 2025
- 20% bonus transferring Chase points to Air France KLM Flying Blue through September 30. I wouldn’t speculatively transfer to take advantage of this, but it’s worth remembering when comparing prices (it’s like getting a discount on Air France KLM awards when using Chase points) and because a transfer bonus is better than not having such a bonus.
Overall I like Flying Blue’s award availability at halfway decent (but often not lowest) redemption prices. They’re a much better SkyTeam program than Delta’s SkyMiles. But I greatly prefer the flexibiltiy and optionality of leaving points in my Chase account until I know for sure how I’ll use them.
- Frontier Airlines CEO sees path forward to ultralow-cost dominance
Biffle isn’t merely counting on the demise of Spirit Airlines, now going through its second bankruptcy restructuring this year, to turn the fortunes of Frontier. He’s leaning into Frontier’s credit card and loyalty offering and prepping for the introduction of first-class seats.
Mandelson seems like a real sicko. Now, release the files. Right or left, foreign or domestic, get rid of these pedos.
@1990- quadfecta if this qualifies as another BA article? Sort of?
FlyingBlue miles expire after 2 years unless you have elite status. Can’t just transfer more miles either, you need a qualifying activity like crediting a flight to them. I have not redeemed with them in a little bit and have 500 leftover miles that are about to expire (they just emailed me asking if I wanted to donate them instead). Not a big loss but something to keep in mind if you are considering speculatively transferring to that program.
@Peter — A VFTW record! (And I’m with you on Flying Blue; it’s lame how they separate ‘flown’ miles from credit card earned miles for expiration.)
@Peter that is no longer true about Flying Blue.
– flight earning activity extends all points in an account for two years
– non-flight earning activity extends all non-flight points in an account for two years
So if you transfer more miles that’ll extend the validity of miles in the account from previous transfers.
Did you end up DoorDashing, Gary? I was legitimately considering it just for fun but never got around to it.
+1 @1990
@Gary Leff — On Flying Blue, I still find it annoying how they subdivide like that. At least their program has transfer partners with practically every major credit card company (Amex, Citi, Chase, CapOne, etc.) I mean, I get it; we’re all lucky to have lived through this ‘golden age’ of points and miles, but, yeah, some things could be better. Are we ungrateful? Bah!
@L737 — Think of all the extra LPs! DD!
The AA coffin video is just something to make the heart warm, for sad but heartwarming reasons in an otherwise crappy 24 hours and surge in stupid antisemitism.
I’ll just say, Gary. It may not be the best for clicks, but it sure was the best link on this post today, in my opinion.