US Airways has an offer out today for up to triple bonus miles on purchases via their shopping portal. I can’t say for certain, but this appears to be in lieu of a holiday shopping offer for total purchases on their portal. It’s still…
Pretty straightforward. US Airways has offered this earlier this year. Essentially, you can transfer up to 50,000 miles from your account to someone else’s and receive a 100% bonus for doing so (meaning you earn 50,000 miles). The cost to transfer those miles is…
American Express and Amazon are teaming up to give AMEX cardholders an early Christmas present (or, insert name of your preferred holiday here). Spend $75 at Amazon on your synced AMEX card and you’ll receive a $25 statement credit. You need to sync an…
There’s an ongoing dispute that you probably haven’t heard about, thousands of miles away from the US. It appears to be related to a small set of uninhabited islands off the coast of Japan and China. The Japanese call them the Senkaku islands and…
I remember deciding to go shopping early on Black Friday one year. I can’t even blame my wife because it was at least as much my decision as it was hers. It didn’t take long for me to figure out that the discounts probably…
Though pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point, the AMR bankruptcy judge officially signed off on the antitrust settlement between American Airlines/US Airways and the DOJ. I had seen an interesting graphic the Wall Street Journal prepared a few weeks ago but forgot…
Starwood Preferred Guest has announced it’s 1st quarter 2014 promo, Bring On The Nights: The promo calls for a 2,500 point bonus for every 5 nights up to a total of 25 nights. If you hit 25 nights, SPG will award you…
Clearing customs is a fairly standard part of entering Mexico, whether for business or pleasure. But, in most cases, it’s usually after you get to your destination. If a group of investors have their way, you’ll be able to walk across a bridge from…
It was just a week ago when American Airlines announced a new Facebook promo, and I’ll admit I was interested despite my dinosaur ways when it comes to social media. They announced they were giving away some portion of 3.21 Million AAdvantage miles. Essentially,…
You gotta love Google. Every once in a while I cruise through my search terms just to see how people find their way to my blog. A couple days ago I saw “drunk chinease moms” (yes, misspelled). It popped up again, slightly differently as…