British Airways kills off 4,500 point awards for US travel
British Airways has announced that beginning February 2, 2016, short haul one-way awards originating or terminating in the US will begin at 7,500 Avios points rather than the current cost of 4,500 points. Bookings...
Free Gogo In-Flight Wifi: FlexPerks offers a terrific new perk for Visa cardholders
The US Bank FlexPerks card is one of my favorite secondary points programs card. The card offers 3X points for charities, 2X points for cell phone, and 2X for gas, grocery, or airline purchases...
Ignoring terms and flying cheap via 3 stacked promos: BA sale, AARP discount, and...
Last Thursday was an exciting day. I woke up early and noticed an announcement in my inbox about a two day British Airways fare sale on business class flights. I knew that this would...
AARP officially extends British Airways flight discount through March 31 2017
AARP has long offered a discount for certain flights booked through British Airways. The discounts are available on British Airways and British Airways codeshare services operated by American Airlines and on British Airways codeshare...
BA two day sale on round trip business class fares. Here’s how to pay...
British Airways is offering a two day sale on business class fares to London from select cities. Fares start at just $2015 round trip (but I’ll show you how to pay much less). Bookings...
Unbiased credit card rankings: enhancements and airline cards
A little over a week ago, I introduced unbiased credit card rankings, specifically for hotel credit card signup bonuses Since then, I’ve enhanced the methodology a bit and I’ve added unbiased airline credit card...
AA Chicago to LA only $40.10 one way!
As reported by Loyalty Traveler, American Airlines is currently offering dirt cheap fares between Chicago and Los Angeles. Fares can be found for only $40.10 one-way for a flight of 1744 miles. That comes...
A checklist for securing expedited security, hotel and car elite status, two $200 reimbursements,...
A bit of good news for Amex Platinum cardholders surfaced yesterday. First, it was widely reported that Amex Platinum holders are now eligible for free Hilton Gold status. Second, we learned that a glitch...
AA vs Delta Part 2: good upgrades, bad food, and in-flight ads
In part 1 of this series, I made it clear: my goal is not to compare the AA and Delta frequent flyer programs. On paper, at least, AA’s program has Delta beat by a...
More than double price for discounted AA first class? No ThankYou Citi. FlexPerks to...
In March of last year, Citibank increased the value of ThankYou Rewards points for Citi Prestige cardholders. When used to purchase American Airlines flights, each point is now worth 1.6 cents each instead of...
You might as well register: 30% more miles from United’s partners
United is running a potentially lucrative new promotion: From now until November 20th, if you earn miles from any of United’s partners, United will throw in either 10% or 30% bonus miles depending on...
OneWorld business class sale Charlotte to Europe spring and summer 2016
OneWorld airlines including American Airlines, Finnair, Iberia, British Airways, etc., appear to be having sales on round trip business class flights to Europe originating in Charlotte, NC. Discount fares appear to be available throughout...
The multi-city cheaper flight trick still works (Update: Maybe Not).
UPDATE 9/22/15 11:42 am: While I've successfully booked these multi-city discounted fares in the past, it no longer seems to be possible to book them. For example, the discounted fares show up on AA.com,...
Arches, Bryce, Grand Canyon, Zion, and more via trains, planes, and automobiles
Here it is. Our fantastic trip west to visit four national parks and the Hoover Dam…
Amtrak Wolverine to Chicago
Nine of us (across two families) began our trip west in business class on Amtrak’s Wolverine...
