Monthly Archives: January 2014

Changes I Can Like… Coming To American Airlines

A thread on FlyerTalk highlights the silent changes that happened to American Airlines’ policies as the merger festivities kicked off: Minimum time for checking in (online or at the airport) without baggage at a U.S. airport is no longer 30 … Continue reading

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Virgin America’s New Credit Card

I rarely peddle credit cards on this site (for starters, I don’t maintain affliate links), but I couldn’t help but notice the benefits on the revamped Virgin America credit card described by MileCards. Comenity Bank (there’s an issuer you don’t … Continue reading

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Well That Was Unexpected…

The “new” American delivered on making US Airways award availability bookable with premerger AA miles (source: The Flight Deal):    

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Tomorrow’s Hyatt Award Changes

Hyatt’s changing its award chart effective January 7th (tomorrow!), bumping up the prices for Category 5 and 6 hotels slightly and introducing a new Category 7 for several of its Park Hyatt hotels. Today is the last day to book … Continue reading

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My 2013 Mile and Point Earning and Burning

In the tradition of this blog, it’s time to summarize where I went and how I got there. I flew about 228k miles in 2013, approximately 202k of which were revenue miles. Across my revenue and award travel, all but 73k … Continue reading

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