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Double Flying Club Miles When Flying Virgin Group Airlines

March 2, 2011

While the Virgin group of airlines; Virgin Atlantic, Virgin America, V Australia, and Virgin Blue, are owned by different entities (with the common denominator being Richard Branson), they have a tight marketing alliance. Virgin Atlantic just announced a promotion allowing their Flying Club members to earn double miles when they fly any of their other [...]

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Free Facebook on Gogo In-flight WiFi All February

February 5, 2011

Gogo and Facebook are teaming up to provide free access to Facebook on all Gogo equipped flights during the month of February. I actually noticed that Facebook was working before I logged into my Gogo account on a flight last Friday, January 28th. I shrugged it off as a glitch, but now realize it was [...]

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How to Use Same Day Flight Changes to Your Advantage

January 31, 2011

One of the perks I enjoy most about my Diamond elite status, is the ability to Same Day Confirm for free to other flights when traveling domestically. Knowing how to use Same Day Flight changes with your airline is critical to traveling “smarter,” even if you aren’t a frequent flyer. I have personally used SDC to increase [...]

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1,500 Virgin America Elevate Points for Crunch Gym Membership

January 20, 2011

If live in NY, LA, San Francisco or Miami and been meaning to sign up for Crunch gyms, you can now get 1,500 Virgin America Elevate points with a new membership. I did a program score card on the Virgin America Elevate Program this past summer and 1,500 points are worth between $24 and $30. [...]

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My Top 20 Loyalty Program Christmas Wish List

December 24, 2010

As a loyalty program junkie, I often think about how each program could be enhanced. While no perfect program exists in my opinion, here are my 20 wishes that, if granted, would make me a very, very happy frequent traveler. Feel free to add yours in the comments below! In no particular order: 1) Delta changes their [...]

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Double AA Miles DFW to Los Angeles and San Francisco

November 29, 2010

To compete with DFW’s newest airline, the venerable Virgin America, American is offering double elite and redeemable miles Dallas (DFW) to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Additionally “starting December 1, our ’15 Days of Giveaways’ promotion will surprise customers on select mystery flights between Dallas/Fort Worth and San Francisco and between Dallas/Fort Worth and Los [...]

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Free WiFi on Delta, Virgin America and AirTran Courtesy of Google

November 8, 2010

Google is giving us frequent flyers an early holiday gift: free wifi on Delta, Virgin America and AirTran from Nov 20- Jan 2. The catch? You have to try out the Google Chrome browser briefly, which they are hoping will increase their market share. Not a totally shameless gift, but I’ll certainly try out a [...]

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Program Score Card: Virgin America Elevate

August 11, 2010

Virgin America celebrated its three year birthday this week and it has garnered a huge, loyal fan-base in that short amount of time. It’s even been featured in a reality show, Fly Girls, that followed the lives of it’s perky flight attendants. What Virgin America is really known for, is its low-fare structure, technology, in-flight [...]

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Virgin America/ Virgin Atlantic Announce Points Earning Partnership

August 10, 2010

You can now earn Virgin America Elevate points when flying Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club Points when flying Virgin America. The ratios: Earning Elevate Points on a Virgin Atlantic flight: CLASS OF SERVICE BOOKING CLASS ACCRUAL (POINTS % OF MILES) Promotional Economy N, V, X, O 10% Discounted Economy L, M, Q 20% [...]

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Coming this Week: Spotlight on Non-Legacy Frequent Flyer Programs

August 8, 2010

A lot of my content is geared towards the 5 major US airline frequent flyer programs (American, Continental, Delta, United, US Airways). Collectively, they have millions of members and constitute a majority of domestic flights. However, many frequent flyers have been switching to low cost carriers (like Southwest and AirTran) and boutique carriers (like Virgin [...]

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Virgin America and Joie de Vivre Promo

July 14, 2010

Virgin America announced a partnership today with Joie de Vivre hotels, a unique California boutique hotel chain. The promotion, spelled out here, allows Virgin Elevate members to double dip when staying at Joie de Vivre  hotels for the rest of this year- meaning you can earn both Elevate and “Joy of Life” club points. As [...]

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