Okay, so it’s not quite mid-year anymore. Let’s call this the mid-August review. I started out the year with two plans: 1. I would fly less. 2. I would fly predominantly on American Airlines. I haven’t done a good job with either of those…
Airline loyalty program puts a beat down on it’s members. I don’t follow Air Canada all that closely for its loyalty program. There was a time when they were one of the best programs, but they’ve shot themselves in the foot a few times…
Most people look for cheap flights by hunting on Expedia, Travelocity and the like. If prices aren’t to your liking and you have time, you wait and check back periodically, hoping for something better. There are some other tools people use frequently to help…
There’s been a lot written by travel bloggers about buying gift cards at office supply stores to earn lots of points. I’ve been involved with it for a while myself, though not to the extreme of some. I know I’m supposed to get a…
Courtesy of Jeff Zidell, Senior Vice President of Hyatt Gold Passport on Milepoint: Dear Milepoint members, I wanted to remind you about the live chat that I will be cohosting, tomorrow at 7 p.m. MDT, with MGM Resorts Senior Vice President of Brand Strategy…
The American Airlines Advantage shopping portal has a number of good deals this week, especially one for Best Buy: You can link to this offer here. The reason why I’m high on this particular offer is because Best Buy will let you buy…
In the latest mini-development in the American Airlines/US Airways merger snafu (brought to us by our friends at the DOJ), the bankruptcy judge neglected to rule on the motion for AMR to leave bankruptcy. I can’t say I’m an expert on bankruptcy law, but…
Delta is raising the price of international award tickets again. As View From The Wing points out, these are not small increases. 25% more miles for some of the common routes, like US to Europe, is “gulp” worthy. Were you one of the lucky…
LAX is a pretty major airport as far as travel goes. Not only do you have the huge population of Southern California but LAX is a major jumping off point for trips to Hawaii and Asia. I’ve stayed in the airport area a handful…
Many a word has been written about the relentless march of airline fees, and not too many have been complementary (well, except those ones by the airlines themselves in reference to increased profits). Heck, Southwest has made a multi-year marketing campaign out of airline…