ETA: I put a few of these on hold and even though they show a Business Saver award, the cabin says “Economy”. Beware before ticketing. Not sure how this will work out. The toughest part about getting to and from Europe as an American…
Orbitz will give you a $20 hotel credit for each flight you book with them between now and the end of January. I don’t generally use OTAs to book my tickets even though I know I can earn more rewards doing so. But, $20…
It looks like Citi is getting more aggressive with bonus miles for category spending, something they haven’t done a whole lot of in the past. I received the following offer today for both my Citi Executive AAdvantage credit card and my wife’s: This comes…
If you’re headed to Venice, you should consider a half-day trip to explore the islands of Murano. They can be reached in less than 30 minutes from many vaporetto stops and contain some of the most fascinating glass creations I’ve ever seen.
Here’s a recap of previous posts and a list of what’s upcoming for our recent trip to Italy. United Airlines To Rome St. Regis Rome Vatican Osteria 44 Photo Essay of Angels & Demons A Quiet Meal At Cul de Sac Trevi Fountain (Semi)…
There were a handful of comments from readers of my recent hotel breakdown post that thought I needed to consider the Club Carlson hotel promotion. I figured I would spend a few minutes analyzing it today to see what types of travelers would find…
News via View From the Wing tells us that United Airlines wasn’t the only airline to be compromised recently. American Airlines is reporting that this was a data hack of their systems, rather that these credentials were stolen elsewhere and used to access AAdvantage…
After a family vacation and a whirlwind week at CES, I haven’t had the time to catch up some things I’ve wanted to. The first hotel promotions of 2015 are out and I was interested to spend a few minutes on each evaluating where…
The flight data recorder from downed Air Asia Flight 8501 has been recovered. It’s been just about two weeks since the flight crashed and the recovery teams have reportedly heard pings coming from at least one of the boxes. The black boxes typically have…
The merger of American Airlines and US Airways continues to move forward in bits and pieces without much in the way of technical glitches thus far, a good sign for members of both programs. We’re starting to get to some of the more complicated…