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Saturday Recap: Earn Bonus Delta SkyMiles with Hertz, Triple HawaiianMiles with Starwood, Emirates and JetBlue Expand Codesharing, Southwest Double Points from Select Cities, 50% Mileage Bonus with Air Canada

May 18, 2013

Here’s a recap of the interesting points and miles news from this week: Earn Triple HawaiianMiles with Starwood in Hawaii: Hawaiian Airlines and Starwood have teamed up to offer HawaiianMiles members triple miles when staying at Starwood properties in Hawaii from now through December 20, 2013. In addition, customers can also save 30% off their [...]

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Why I’m Going To Pre-Order Meals on American Airlines From Now On

May 17, 2013

Back in February, American Airlines officially launched the ability for first and business class passengers to pre-reserve your meal before a flight. No more running out of that sandwich you want or the cheese plate before the flight attendants get to you. The option was first only available on American Airlines marketed and operated flights within [...]

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Current Buy Miles Promos – 30% United Discount, 30% American Bonus

May 16, 2013

United and American are both currently offering promotions on purchased miles, so I thought I would take a look at each promo and whether they are worth considering. Now through 11:59pm CT on May 20, 2013, United is offering up to a 30% discount on purchased United miles. Here’s how it works, MileagePlus members will save 30% [...]

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American Launches New Boarding Process – Early Boarding With No Overhead Luggage

May 16, 2013

Airplane boarding is a battlefield, where travelers try anything they can to get on first, get to your seat, secure some overhead space and stake out their territory. Adding another skirmish into the process is American Airlines’ announcement today that it has overhauled its entire systemwide boarding process for flights within the US and Canada [...]

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In-Store Points and Miles Bonuses Through Online Shopping Portals

May 16, 2013

As I discuss often, online shopping portals can be a great way to rack up bonus miles and points on your everyday online purchases – and many of your favorite airline, hotel and credit card sites offer them. What you might not realize, however, is that several of these same portals offer a section that [...]

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Reduced Mileage Awards on American Airlines to Las Vegas

May 14, 2013

Now through May 31, 2013, American Airlines is offering discounted economy awards to Las Vegas. Normally domestic awards cost 12,500 miles each way, or 25,000 miles round-trip, but with this special offer, they are only 10,000 miles each way meaning you can save 5,000 miles per round-trip when heading to Vegas. This award special is [...]

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The Transcontinental Route Competition Heats Up

May 13, 2013

American recently announced that it would begin offering hourly transcontinental flights between New York JFK and Los Angeles LAX as it takes on both United and Delta on the most trafficked domestic route. All that means more choices and lower fares for consumers. Right now, American offers between 8-10 flights a day in each direction [...]

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Free Admirals Club One-Day Passes From Klout

May 7, 2013

The social media firm Klout and American Airlines have teamed up to offer “influencers” with high enough Klout scores free prizes including One-Day Passes to the Admirals Club and a free one-year Admirals Club Membership. Klout measures a person’s “influence” based on their Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, FourSquare and Google+ profiles and activity, and then [...]

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Maximize Monday: Avoiding Airline Fees

May 6, 2013

As airline fees continue to rise on everything from ticket changes/cancellations to carry-on bags, to lounge memberships to on-board snacks, now is the time to pay more attention than ever to how much you’ll be paying to fly and how you can get out of some of these fees so you can maximize your travel [...]

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Saturday Recap: US Airways 100% Buy Miles Promotion, Airlines Keep Raising Their Fees, Marriott Rewards Summer Promotion, Cathay Pacific Business Class Sale

May 4, 2013

Here’s a recap of the interesting points and miles news from this week: US Airways 100% Buy Miles Promotion: As a recap from earlier this week, now through May 31, 2013, US Airways is offering up to a 100% bonus on purchased miles. There is a limit of 50,000 purchased miles (so 100,000 with the bonus). It [...]

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American Matches Ticket Change/Cancellation Fee Increase To $200

May 1, 2013

Earlier this morning I wrote about how United, US Airways and Delta all increased their ticket change/cancellation fees on routes in North America from $150 to $200 in the past week and speculated that American Airlines would probably soon follow suit. Well, I didn’t have long to wait to see whether my prediction would come [...]

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Higher Airline Change Fees Are Here To Stay – United, US Airways and Delta All Raise Prices

May 1, 2013

Update: On the morning of the publication of this post, American Airlines also announced it would be matching United, US Airways and Delta in increasing its ticketing change/cancellation fees for travel within the U.S., between the U.S. and Canada, and between both the U.S. and Canada and Mexico, Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands, the [...]

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Targeted American Status Match and Challenge Promo – Gold, Platinum and Executive Platinum Offers

April 30, 2013

Loyalty Lobby reports on three targeted American Airlines promos that offer Gold, Platinum and Executive status matches and challenges to former elites looking to regain their status as well as packets of 500-mile upgrades. The offer is instant elite status through August 31, 2013, as well as the chance to extend that elite status through [...]

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American Airlines To Open New York JFK Flagship Check-In in May

April 30, 2013

American Airlines just announced that it is bringing its signature Flagship Check-In experience to New York JFK starting May 1. So far, American only offers Flagship Check-In at Los Angeles LAX and Miami MIA. It also has one at London Heathrow that is available to passengers traveling to the US in First or Business Class [...]

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Maximize Monday: Airline Frequent Flyer Programs for Businesses

April 29, 2013

Normally when we talk about frequent flyer  accounts, we’re discussing those held by individuals or even households, but what you might not realize is that many airline frequent flyer programs  actually offer business accounts that allow businesses to earn points on the itineraries their employees travel while the individual employees still earn the miles and [...]

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Video SRQ: How Do You Maintain Status On So Many Different Airlines?

April 28, 2013

TPG reader Michael is wondering how you can maintain status on multiple airlines while still frequently booking travel using miles: “I have only discovered your blog in the last year (since gaining status for the first time). It seems like you take a lot of trips on miles, so I wanted to ask (maybe naively) [...]

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Saturday Recap: 35% Transfer Bonus From Amex to British Airways, 300 Free Priority Club Points, Best Western’s $50 Gift Card Promotion, Double AAdvantage Miles Between New York And Houston, Alitalia Cash and Miles Awards

April 27, 2013

Here’s a recap of the interesting points and miles news from this week: 35% Transfer Bonus From Amex to British Airways Avios: As a recap from earlier this week, American Express Membership Rewards is offering a 35% transfer bonus from Membership Rewards to British Airways Avios through June 7, 2013. While not quite as generous as recent transfer bonuses of 40% and [...]

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American Releases Lucrative 2013 Elite Rewards: Easier Qualification and More Choices

April 24, 2013

Elite Rewards is American Airlines’ incentive program for its elite flyers who go above and beyond their status qualification thresholds by offering them gifts such as high mileage bonuses, additional systemwide upgrades and the ability to gift elite status to friends and family among other benefits. In the past, you would just get your Elite [...]

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Video Sunday Reader Question: Getting to Australia Using AA Miles or SPG Points

April 21, 2013

TPG reader Margo has both American Airlines miles and Starwood Preferred Guest points but is unsure how she should use them to get to Australia: “I signed up for Award Nexus to search for flights for a trip we are taking to Australia in mid September. Although we have plenty of American AAdvantage miles, we [...]

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SRQ: Should I Fly Cathay Pacific First Class To Asia On The Outbound Or Return

April 21, 2013

TPG reader Michael has an award trip to Asia coming up on Cathay Pacific and wants to put his miles to the best use. Here’s his question: “My wife and I are going from Chicago to Bangkok (stopping in Hong Kong). We only have enough miles to get first class Cathay Pacific one way for [...]

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My Elite Status Conundrum: American vs. Delta

April 17, 2013

For some reason, I just can’t manage to stop flying Delta. For the past year I’ve been trying to shift my loyalty from Delta to American, which you would think would be easy with all of Delta’s negative changes – like an impending shift to a revenue-based elite program, hacked Same Day Confirmed Benefits, an [...]

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Airline Miles Expiration Policies Roundup

April 17, 2013

Following up on the recent national survey I commissioned from The Princeton Group and my contest about how people track their frequent flyer miles, I thought it would be a good idea to create a basic guide to the expiration policies of the major airline and hotel loyalty programs. Although mileage expiration is a major [...]

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5 Tips for Avoiding Hassle During the American Airlines System Failure Aftermath

April 16, 2013

Even though American has fixed their computer issues, thousands are still stranded or severely delayed. American’s head of communications just emailed me and stated that AA is offering the following options: 1) If customers must travel today and are already at the airport, they can rebook on another airline by visiting an American Airlines agent [...]

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American Airlines Beefing Up LAX Presence: 9 More Strategic Routes Starting in June

April 10, 2013

American Airlines announced today that it’s adding nine new destinations from Los Angeles International LAX I an effort to expand and strengthen its growing route network as well as potentially smooth a transition with US Airways’ route network before the two airlines merge later this year. Eight of the new routes are to regional domestic [...]

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