I had this post scheduled to run on the first day of Qatar’s full membership in oneworld, but United’s friendly moves with Expert Flyer and their incredibly drastic award chart changes distracted me. October 31st marked the beginning of Middle East carrier Qatar…
Thanks to everyone who entered my giveaway for free Milepoint Premium Membership. I’m pretty excited for our new product and happy that some of my readers will get to enjoy it for free. And, if you read the title closely enough, you’ll see that…
I woke up this morning to an announcement on Milepoint by United Airlines about award chart increases. At first, I didn’t really think it was that bad. But, the more I dug into it, more I realized this was a bit of a “Black…
The FAA made official today what many folks assumed was a foregone conclusion, that you’ll be allowed to use your Kindle or iPad for pretty much the entire flight, though not the cellular functions. It’s interesting that multiple writeups I’ve reviewed all say things…
It was such a peaceful morning, too. I just got a letter from Expert Flyer stating, in part: UA has told us that ExpertFlyer can no longer access UA’s upgrade or elite award inventory. It is our understanding that this is a universal policy…
I was pretty excited when Hyatt announced it was adding The Driskill to it’s list of properties. I spent a good number of years in the hotel industry and have the same affinity for hotels as I do airplanes. Each can be part of…
Just a reminder that you can enter once a day in my giveaway for free Premium Membership on Milepoint. Premium Membership comes with Hilton HHonors Gold status, 1,000 United MileagePlus miles, free parking and more. The full list of benefits is here. Good luck!
I was pretty excited when Milepoint announced it’s second round of Premium Membership a couple weeks ago. It’s been just over a year since Milepoint launched our first premium membership drive and that one sold out before everyone who wanted a package could get…
What do you do in a foreign country when you don’t speak the language and it’s time to hop in a cab? View From The Wing has some good advice. I especially like the part about making sure you get your suitcases out of…
I’ve been an Executive Platinum member with American Airlines for quite some time now. I think 2007 is probably the last year that I didn’t log 100,000 miles to retain/obtain EXP status. I truly value it as the best airline status amongst the legacy…