Category Archives: Airlines

Best Points Purchases

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Chris

I’ve started a listing of the best options for purchasing points outright.  While these are only occasionally a good value, the option to buy points can often be useful in topping up  an account for a specific award redemption.

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Double Redeemable/Elite Miles on AA

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Chris

I am exceedingly late to the party announcing double redeemable and elite qualifying miles on American Airlines as an apology for recent operational performance troubles, but here goes. For everyone, AA is offering: Double EQMs between November 1st and December … Continue reading →

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What’s in the water at Dallas-Fort Worth?

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Chris

American Airlines has been offering significantly discounted first class fares lately.  Last month, The Points Guy advertised this as a great deal that had all the appearances of ending quickly. To put this into perspective, consider flying from JFK to SFO on … Continue reading →

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US Airways 100% Bonus on Purchased Miles

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Chris

As a follow-up to last month’s 100% bonus on shared miles, US Airways is now offering a 100% bonus on purchased miles to the general public. US is charging $37.625 per 1k miles (inclusive of taxes), bringing the total cost … Continue reading →

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An Overlooked SPG/Aeroplan Promotion

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Chris

As I had a string of Starwood stays last week, I was far more concerned with SPG’s Better by the Night promotion and overlooked the other promotions that were more quietly announced.  Loyalty Traveler notes another promotion, one for Aeroplan … Continue reading →

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Routes Have Their Entrances and Exits

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Chris

Yesterday, American added four new/resumed international routes to its Summer 2013 schedule: Chicago – Dusseldorf, resumes April 11, 2013 (discontinued Dec. 1995), 1x daily, operated by a 763. Dallas – Seoul, starts May 9, 2013, 1x daily, operated with a 777. … Continue reading →

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American Airlines Admirals Club Honolulu

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Chris

Having built too much padding into my schedule for getting to the airport, I had quite a bit of time to kill.  Luckily, I had my Priority Pass card on me (making use of it for the second time since … Continue reading →

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Does the BA Visa companion pass have any value?

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Chris

Yesterday, I wrote about upgrading with British Airways Avios as a cheaper way to fly Club World.  Ultimately, the fuel surcharge jump from World Traveler Plus to Club World offset most of the savings, but it still wound up being … Continue reading →

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Premium Cabin Mileage Bonuses

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Chris

American and British Airways recently kicked off  a promotion for roundtrip travel in premium cabins/near-full fare economy between the U.S. and Europe, September 25th, 2012 through January 31st, 2013.  The promotion has tiers according to the number of trips taken: … Continue reading →

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Cheap Star Alliance Status

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Chris

View from the Wing notes that Aegean is offering 2000 status miles for signing up for an account.  Rather crucially, Aegean has an extremely low bar for Star Alliance Silver status (4k status miles), which offers a free checked bag … Continue reading →

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