For those of us obsessed with interested in the miles and points game, it’s hard to argue with the value of Chase Ultimate Rewards points. The points transfer to a number of programs on a 1:1 ratio, including: United Airlines British Airways Southwest Airlines…
The blogsphere is abuzz the last 48 hours with a report from The Points Guy about a 75,000 miles sign-up bonus for the American Airlines’ Citi Executive Card. Here’s the application link for the offer. It’s very common for Citibank offers not to show…
It’s no secret Doug Parker and his team has made a difference at US Airways in terms of on-time departures. It’s also no secret that American lags behind US Airways and a bunch of other airlines when it comes to on-time performance and a…
The New American has had a number of announcements lately about their network and for the most part they’re positive. Due to some of the DOJ agreement and also to consolidation of the two airlines, some routes are being added while others go away….
It’s a digital world, for sure. But I’m a bit old-fashioned when it comes to books. I like a newspaper to flip through in the morning and my adventure planning begins when I crack open the cover of a Fodor’s book for the destination…
I’m not entirely sure why, but WordPress decided to burp up one of my posts from 2012 last night and e-mail it out to all of my subscribers. So, first, apologies to those that got it and didn’t want it. It covered my thoughts…
REGISTRATION LINK In the past, I haven’t talked much about cards that earn cash back because there was always tons of value in earning and redeeming points that could be leveraged with the airlines for much better value. But, after United gutted their award…
I just got done with giving away some Amazon gift cards, but I figured another giveaway was in order, especially considering the time-sensitive nature of it. I have one United RPU (Regional Preferred Upgrade) and one GPU (Global Preferred Upgrade) that expire at the…
Thanks to everyone who entered my Amazon gift card giveaway. There were a ton of great tips and I’m not done responding to everyone. The random winner of the $100 Amazon gift card was Justin, with the following comment: My tip – always smile….
I figured I would follow-up on my earlier post about United’s new Premier Qualifying Dollars after the second half of my flight posted. In case you missed it, if you want to retain status with United for the future you’ll need to meet certain…