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Saturday Recap: 75,000 Points for Amex Business Rewards Gold, Save $100 on Admirals Club Membership, Bonus Club Carlson points with Budget, Earn Delta SkyMiles for Joining a Wine Club

January 26, 2013

Here’s a recap of the interesting points and miles news from this week: 75,000 Points for Amex Business Rewards Gold: As a recap from earlier this week, Amex announced a great sign-up bonus for their Amex Business Rewards Gold Card of 75,000 bonus points for spending $10,000 within the first 4 months of having the card. This offer [...]

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Why I Love American’s New Choice Fares

January 25, 2013

Just over a month ago, American announced the launch of a new set of fare options called Choice Fares that give flyers the option of purchasing fares slightly higher than the lowest non-refundable ones that basically bundle together extra perks you’d normally get as an elite flyer or fees flyers tend to pay for things [...]

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2,000 Points and 5,000 AAdvantage Miles for Joining American Business ExtrAA

January 24, 2013

Business ExtrAA, American Airlines’ business mileage program, has launched an enrollment bonus good from now through March 31, 2013, where companies that enroll and spend $3,000 on eligible fares earn 2,000 Business ExtrAA points – enough for a roundtrip economy domestic ticket on the airline. You can enroll and register for the bonus at this [...]

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(Video) Exclusive First Look at The New American Airlines Livery

January 23, 2013

The big airline news last week was that American Airlines finally unveiled the new livery design that it would first be rolling out on its huge order of new aircraft starting with its flagship 777-300ER’s (set to fly January 31) and 737-800′s and then rolled out on the rest of the fleet over the next [...]

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100 Free AA Miles and up to 1,000 with AAdvantage eShopping

January 22, 2013

Now through February 3rd, American AAdvantage members have the opportunity to earn up to 1,000 bonus miles with AAdvantage eShopping. AAdvantege members will receive 100 free miles just for signing up, 300 miles with their first purchase through the portal, and 600 bonus miles for spending $100 through the portal. These miles are in addition to [...]

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And The New American Airlines Livery Is…

January 17, 2013

Update 10:30am: I just got off a conference call with Rob Friedman, American’s VP of Marketing to hear more about the new livery. He said the idea began about 2 years ago when American put in its historically large order of new aircraft. It was influenced by the fact that many of those aircraft would [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: Can You Transfer British Airways Avios to American Airlines Miles?

January 13, 2013

TPG reader Ann asks: “Can British Airways Avios points be transferred to American Airlines AAdvantage miles since the airliens are code share partners?  Or the reverse? For example, if one opens the BA card, could those bonus miles earned then be transferred to AA at any time? Or could an existing small AA balance be [...]

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AA Promo Code: 15% Off Select Flights to the Caribbean This Spring

January 12, 2013

I just received a promo code for 15% off American Airlines flights from the East Coast to the Caribbean this spring for travel April 1 – June 13, 2013. Sadly, I have a trip planned at the end of March, so I won’t be able to use my code, but I hope someone can! My [...]

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(Citi) Bank Error In Your Favor- Collect Free AA Miles

January 8, 2013

One of the new features of the Citi American Airlines AAdvantage credit cards is a 10% rebate in redeemed AA miles, up to 10,000 per year. I received my rebate in May of last year, but unbeknownst to me I got an additional 1,250 AA miles credited to my account in July as well. At [...]

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Maximize Monday: Choosing the Best Site and Credit Card for Purchasing Airfare

January 7, 2013

Update: The offer for the British Airways Visa looks to be still available publicly for the moment, though we cannot verify it since it is not one of our affiliate links. Maximize Monday is a new weekly series, where I’ll dig into different topics and offer my suggestions on how you can change your habits in order [...]

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Video Sunday Reader Question: Do I Have To Pay A Change Fee To Cancel One Leg Of An American Airlines Award?

January 6, 2013

TPG reader George is planning an award trip on Cathay Pacific using American miles, but his flight plans might change, so he asks: “I am planning a one way first class award trip on Cathay using American AAdvantage miles. I am based in Orlando and from my research, expect to be routed through Chicago O’Hare [...]

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Saturday Recap: Bonus SkyMiles with Marriott, Aerolineas Argentinas Status Match, Update on Hyatt Stay Certificates, Bonus American Miles, Cheap Finnair Business Class

January 5, 2013

Here’s a recap of the interesting points and miles news from this week: Maximizing Travel Credit Cards Calendar Year Spending Threshold Bonuses: As a recap from earlier this week, I took a look at all the credit cards that offer bonuses for crossing spending thresholds, so you can think about how to allocate your spending this [...]

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Oneworld Round The World Tickets Using American Airlines – The Basics

January 3, 2013

In addition to his career as a filmmaker with an entree into the frequent flyer world, Hong Kong-based Gabriel Leigh is a bona fide Oneworld expert, and today he shares his insights with us on booking and maximizing Round The World tickets using American Airlines. In an age of plentiful online resources for researching, planning, [...]

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Maximizing Travel Credit Cards Calendar Year Spending Threshold Bonuses

January 2, 2013

Update: The offer for the British Airways Visa looks to be still available publicly for the moment, though we cannot verify it since it is not one of our affiliate links. I hope everyone had a great time ringing in 2013. A new year means…a new chance to hit some spending thresholds on your travel credit cards [...]

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American Offering AAdvantage Members Opportunity to Buy-back Elite Status

January 2, 2013

For those AAdvantage members who didn’t re-qualify for elite status for 2013, American Airlines is offering the opportunity to buy-back your elite status. This is only for those members who held AAdvantage Platinum or AAdvantage Gold status in 2012, so if you were hoping to buy-back Executive Platinum status, you wouldn’t be able to. If you are [...]

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The Points Guy 2012 Year In Review

December 31, 2012

As 2012 comes to an end, I wanted to take stock of what turned out to be another exciting, challenging and ultimately rewarding year both on ThePointsGuy.com and personally. I visited over 20 countries, flew dozens of airlines, flew about 200,000 miles the good old-fashioned way and spent nearly 160 nights in hotels – and [...]

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End Of Year Airline Miles Account Audit – Claiming Miles That Are Rightfully Yours

December 26, 2012

As the year comes to an end, and everyone is concerned about maintaining elite status, I wrote earlier this week about End of Year Hotel Point Account Audits, so today I look at how to make sure you received all the airline miles that you are due this year. Similar to hotel programs, I almost always find discrepancies in my [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: My Miles, Points and General Travel Wishlist for 2013

December 25, 2012

It has been quite a year for the points and miles world, with lots of juicy credit card and mileage bonuses (and not one, but two American Airlines double EQM promos!). I’m still not sure whether I’ve been naughty or nice this year (I have been cheating hardcore on my long-term fling with Delta), but [...]

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No More Priority AAccess for Citi AAdvantage Cardholders

December 24, 2012

Apparently Citi AAdvantage cardholders have been enjoying a benefit by mistake that they were not entitled to. One of the many perks to holding a Citi American AAdvantage credit card is priority boarding – you’re among the first to get onto the plane so you don’t have to worry (as much) about finding space for [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: Using Avios to Upgrade on American

December 23, 2012

TPG reader Neil asks: “I came across your website while I was searching a way to use my Amex membership rewards to fly on American Airlines from Las Vegas to Miami. It seemed that transferring from Amex to BA and then using BA to upgrade on AA was the way to go.  So, I enrolled [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: How to Extend an American Airlines EVIP Upgrade?

December 23, 2012

TPG reader Jeff asks: “Many of us have American Airline e-VIP’s that are expiring at the end of February 2013 that we need to use up, or somehow extend.  American will NOT extend the expiration date, but you can use them on a ticket that is then cancelled and remains good for a year?” Jeff [...]

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American Adds South American Routes and Strengthens Relationship With LAN/Tam

December 17, 2012

American announced today that they are growing their South America footprint, by adding three new routes in late 2013: Dallas to Bogota (BOG) Miami to Curitiba, Brazil (CWB) Miami to Porto Alegre, Brazil (POA) American also announced new codeshare partnerships with TAM Airlines and LAN Colombia, which means they will file with the U.S.Department of [...]

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American Airlines Allows Customers To Pre-Order Meals

December 17, 2012

In a fun little bit of airline industry news that I first reported on back in April, American Airlines now lets AAdvantage members pre-order meals before they get on the plane. Flyers can choose between fresh salads and sandwiches on their upcoming flights. It’s easy to place an order by simply clicking on the “Pre-Order Now” [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: Using the British Airways / Amex 30% Bonus for Flights to Tokyo

December 16, 2012

TPG reader Julie asks: “I’m thinking about transferring 120,000 Amex points to British Airway Avios points to travel from LAX to Tokyo.  Since BA is having their 30% promotion, do you think this is a good conversion? The lowest price I found was approx $900.00 for (2 one way tickets).” I have some good news [...]

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