Nick’s end-of-year status push strategy
Earlier this week, Greg published a post as a form of self-therapy in deciding which credit cards to open next. Today, I'm going to use that same technique of taking you on the journey...
Digging into JetBlue’s amazing status match for Delta elites
Suddenly, my wife has top-tier JetBlue Mosaic 4 elite status and I'm just one notch down at Mosaic 3. We've each flown JetBlue only once in our lives... in 2016. We have our status...
LATAM Pass Offering Status Match For US (useful for Delta benefits)
We've seen numerous airline status match opportunities over the last couple of years and there's another one available now from LATAM. The appeal of this status match will be limited due to its usefulness...
Delta may walk back some of their recently announced changes
Two weeks ago Delta announced huge changes to their SkyMiles elite program and to their Sky Club admission policies. These changes were so unpopular that many, many people vowed to give up their Delta...
(Expired) JetBlue offering very generous status match to Delta elite members
The Delta pile-on continues. Following their awful changes for people wanting to qualify for SkyMiles elite status, Alaska Airlines launched a status match opportunity to try to steal formerly loyal SkyMiles members to their...
My first steps towards divorcing Delta’s elite program
On Sunday, I signed up for the Alaska status match designed for disgruntled Delta elites. That should give me Alaska MVP Gold 75K status for 90 days and then once I sign up for...
(EXPIRED) Alaska Airlines offering status match to draw disappointed Delta frequent flyers
If Delta's elite status changes have you down, Alaska Airlines would like to turn that frown around: Alaska Mileage Plan is offering a very generous elite status match through October 31, 2023 whereby you...
Roll your own airline elite status
You can get elite treatment without paying the price for elite-level loyalty. This week on Frequent Miler on the Air, we talk the perks of investing your time, money and effort in elite status...
(EXPIRED) (Targeted) Earn 4.5k-13.5k Bonus American Airlines Loyalty Points Via Credit Card Spend
This past week American Airlines sent out targeted offers to some cardholders. I received an offer giving bonus Loyalty Points when spending enough on one of their credit cards in October and/or November, while...
Delta’s new elite requirements: Blatant copies of United
I knew that the general idea of Delta's new elite requirements seemed to follow United and AA's lead (see: Delta’s 2024 elite program - it ain’t pretty), but until I started crunching the numbers...
(EXPIRED) Frontier Status Match From Hotel Or Airline Programs
Frontier Airlines has another year-end promotion where you can "match" status from other airline, cruise and hotel programs. In reality, the promo is Frontier selling status to elite members of other programs. There's no...
(EXPIRED) American Airlines back with instant status pass for Hyatt Elite Members (targeted)
Hyatt and American Airlines have offered reciprocal benefits for elite members in one or both of the programs for several years, involving points-earning and promotions such as earning 1,000 bonus AAdvantage miles when staying...
Delta’s 2024 elite program: it ain’t pretty
Update 10/18/23: Delta has walked back many of the changes described here and has announced new benefits: Delta revises SkyMiles changes: more SkyClub visits, lower elite thresholds, better 1-time rollovers, vastly improved lifetime status.
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(EXPIRED) New American Airlines / Hyatt status match & challenge; get Globalist with 20...
A few years ago American Airlines and Hyatt launched a partnership offering reciprocal benefits and earnings. At times we've seen status matches and challenges and a new opportunity has started today which gives temporary...
