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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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50% US Airways Miles Bonus on Hotel Stays and Car Rentals

May 15, 2013

Now through July 31, 2013, US Airways is offering a 50% bonus on miles for every hotel stay and car rental you credit to your Dividend Miles account. Just register here and then make sure your account number is on your reservation. You must be subscribed to the US Airways e-Statement and Earn More Miles [...]

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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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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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US Airways 100% Buy Miles Promotion Through May 31, 2013

May 1, 2013

Now through May 31, 2013, US Airways is offering up to a 100% bonus on purchased miles. There is a limit to 50,000 purchased miles (so 100,000 with the bonus). It is a tiered bonus, so you only get the full 100% bonus if you buy at least 30,000 miles. Here’s how it works: Buy/gift [...]

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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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Maximize Monday: What Do 50,000 Amex Points Get You?

April 22, 2013

In light the current limited-time 50,000-point sign-up bonus on the Business Gold Rewards card from American Express, as well as today’s launch of the a 35% transfer bonus from Membership Rewards to British Airways Avios now through June 7, 2013, I thought that for today’s Maximize Monday post, I’d write about American Express Membership Rewards [...]

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Earn 250 Bonus Miles For Buying US Airways Tickets With Mastercard

April 16, 2013

US Airways in partnership with Mastercard announced a promotion where you can earn 250 bonus US Airways Dividend miles every time you book a flight using a Mastercard between now and October 31, 2013 for flights through December 31, 2013. Register here with your name, Dividend miles number and the promo code MC13. You must [...]

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50% Bonus For Converting Hotel Points to US Airways Miles

April 2, 2013

In addition to the current 50% share/transfer miles bonus that US Airways is having at the moment, the airline is also offering a 50% bonus on hotel points that you convert into US Airways Dividend miles. Before you get too excited and start transferring tons of Starwood points to US Airways miles, SPG is not [...]

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50% US Airways Shared Miles Bonus Through April

April 1, 2013

While the 100% bonus on shared/transferred miles US Airways offered last October was something to consider since it meant you could essentially buy miles at 1.1 cents each, the airline is currently offering a less-thrilling 50% bonus on shared miles that equates to spending about 2.3 cents per mile. You don’t have to register for [...]

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US Airways American Merger Approved By Federal Judge

March 28, 2013

The US Airways American Airlines merger took another step forward yesterday when federal bankruptcy judge Sean Lane officially approved the $11 billion deal, calling it an “excellent result” – though that remains to be seen. American Airlines has been in bankruptcy since November 2011, while the official announcement of the merger with US Airways came [...]

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Maximize Monday: How to Stay Connected in the Sky- An In-Flight WiFi Roundup

March 18, 2013

The more time I spend up in the skies, the more I have come to value in-flight WiFi. Although some people, including myself from time to time, like to disconnect onboard and enjoy a few brief hours of email/Facebook/Twitter-less bliss, losing six hours of work and communication time while flying cross-country can be a daunting [...]

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US Airways 5,000 Bonus Miles For Every 3 East Coast Shuttle Flights

March 17, 2013

The East Coast corridor between Boston, New York and Washington DC is one of the most competitive markets in the US airline industry,. To get a leg ahead of the competition (including Amtrak), US Airways has been offering some interesting promotions in the last few months including 1,000 bonus miles per flight back in February, [...]

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US Airways 25-100% Bonuses On Purchased Miles Through March 31, 2013

March 4, 2013

Much like my posts from last week on the 50% transfer bonus British Airways is offering Canadian Amex members or the 40% bonus offer from Air France and KLM’s Flying Blue program, US Airways is now offering members bonuses of between 25-100% on miles purchased between now and March 31, 2013. Unlike this November 2012 offer [...]

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Business Class from Many Cities to Rio de Janeiro for ~$2,000 Total Roundtrip on US and American!

February 28, 2013

US Airways just loaded some competitive roundtrip business class fares to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: $2,005 total roundtrip from JFK (via Charlotte) = 10,471 base miles, plus class of service bonus depending on where you bank your miles $2,005 total roundtrip from Miami (via Charlotte) = 10,688 base miles, plus class of service bonus depending [...]

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Paying For Airline Lounge Membership With Miles – Worth It?

February 20, 2013

Annual airline lounge membership – when it’s offered at all – can be an expensive proposition. However, several airlines let you redeem miles for membership rather than paying cash. TPG contributor Nick Ewen takes an in-depth look at the miles options out there and whether any of them are a good value. Airport lounges offer [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Potential Positive Changes and Negative Changes of the US Airways American Merger

February 19, 2013

As an American Executive Platinum and someone with several hundred thousand US Airways miles that I want to put to good use, I’ve got more than my fair stake in the outcome of the US Airways American Airlines merger – as do many of you, I’m sure. If past mergers are anything to judge by, [...]

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Maximize Monday: Current Buy Miles Promotions – United, American, US Airways, British Airways and Avianca

February 18, 2013

Update: The current offer for the British Airways Visa is 50,000 Avios when you spend $1,000 in the first 3 months. There are several buy miles promotions from various airlines going on at the moment – including a United 40% bonus that ends today! – so we asked TPG contributor Nick Ewen to run through the options [...]

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SRQ: What’s The Best Use Of Amex Points To Get To The Caribbean?

February 17, 2013

TPG reader Craig is sitting on some American Express Membership Rewards points that he wants to use to get to the Caribbean. Here’s what he wants to know: “I have 525,000 points I earned with an American Express Business Gold Rewards card. I travel to several Caribbean islands each year and usually fly with US [...]

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Recap of US Airways/American Airlines Merger News And Media Appearances

February 16, 2013

The major travel news story this week was the merger of US Airways and American Airlines, which was officially announced on Thursday. I’ve been covering various aspects of the merger as details emerged, and discussed topics including: Official American Airlines US Airways Merger Announcement and What It Means For Consumers: This post covers the official [...]

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US Airways Chairman’s Preferred Mastercard Offer Possibly Back?

February 15, 2013

Although yesterday it looked like the current best US Airways credit card offer, for the Chairman’s Preferred version of the card, expired yesterday, per this FlyerTalk thread, the Chairman’s Preferred version of the card might still be around and available for applications at this link.  Update: It looks like there is no application submit button [...]

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How Will The US Airways American Merger Affect Million Miler Lifetime Status?

February 15, 2013

One of the major questions that has come up with the official announcement of the US Airways American Airlines merger has been speculation as to what will happen to flyers who have achieved lifetime elite status through the two airlines’ Million Miler programs. The outcome could be a huge boon for US lifetime members who [...]

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Official American Airlines US Airways Merger Announcement and What It Means For Consumers

February 14, 2013

There’s a new power couple on the runway. In a whimsically appropriate Valentine’s Day announcement, American Airlines and US Airways officially announced their merger today in a press conference from American’s hub at Dallas-Fort Worth DFW. You can find information on the new merged airline on a site that went live today. Financial analysts and [...]

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