Lots of useful stuff on View From the Wing this week. I’ve been able to catch quite a few mistake fares and other quirky sale options from the airlines and hotel chains over the years. Due to work travel I’ve also had to let…
Thanks to View From the Wing on this one. AA is offering bonus miles for roundtrips during the fall travel season. It doesn’t kick in until September and runs through November. Unfortunately for me, you have to book all your travel by the middle…
Less capacity is both a blessing and a curse. Every time the airlines shrink capacity it gets harder to redeem awards, but it does mean they’re thinking about the bottom line and how to be sustainable (at least I like to believe so). A…
Despite the announced drought conditions in Austin, it was raining so hard when I pulled up to the hotel so no outdoor shots. The hotel does have valet service which came in especially useful for this stay. This was a one-night stay so it…
USAirways announces it’s now a creditor of American Airlines’ parent AMR. Talk about a tale of two articles. The first one makes it sound like US Airways might change it’s “support” of AMR in the bankruptcy process if it doesn’t consider a merger. The second…
In my haste to write about the big donation to LIVESTRONG I had forgotten the pictures I took of the LIVESTRONG HQ. Walking in, we were greeted by a newspaper box filled with LIVESTRONG bands. With the impending death of the newspaper industry, it’s good…
I’m on my way back from Austin, Texas. Randy Petersen and I showed up at LIVESTRONG headquarters today to discuss a bigger relationship between Milepoint and LIVESTRONG. We had in tow with us a check for $25,000 from the members of Milepoint. The meeting…
Definitely a bit of a surprise to me. WSJ is reporting that AMR (parent of American Airlines) will look at merger and investment opportunities in the next few weeks. It’s even more surprising considering AA won the right last week to continue to control…
Boeing or Airbus? Well, maybe it’s because Boeing is an American company, but I like to think it’s because they build better planes. And, there’s a reason some call the other guys “Scarebus”. Anyway, Boeing and Airbus always try to make annoucements around the…
I know. Fascinating stuff. For the few that may actually be interested…. Traveling through DFW today and I saw these new signs being assembled at one of the gates. The one thing I thought that looked like a good change was the notation of…
