I was having a perfectly reasonable day until I saw this post from Wandering Aramean detailing American Airlines’ decision to jump in the pool of airlines offering upgrades in an auction system. Don’t get me wrong, this program has the potential to be a…
US Airways is offering a one-year free membership to the US Airways Club if you book a preferred room on a 7-day vacation at a resort that’s part of their US Airways Vacation packages. Full disclaimer on a few points. I’m not a big…
Though the prize isn’t that large, American Airlines has a bit of an interesting new game out today revolving around the launch of the new Airbus321. If you like their Facebook page, you’ll have a chance to win 25,000 miles. The catch? They’re taking…
I was on a plane the other day, flying over an airport and couldn’t readily identify it. Most folks don’t think twice about such things, but if you spend as much time on airplanes as I do, weird things interest you. I’m banking on…
I wish I knew where Gary gets all his good info from. We knew there was another announcement coming from Hyatt (and likely a good one) after they announced their devaluation recently. I wouldn’t call the good stuff a home run, but it’s a…
The Middle East carriers are pumping up the order books early for Boeing’s new 777X. First, there was the news of an order from Etihad for 25 777X aircraft. And, for good measure they tacked on another 30 787s. The retail value on that…
Now that Qatar has been an official part of the oneworld alliance for a whopping two weeks, American has it’s first promo with their new partner. They’re offering double miles on all Qatar flights through the end of January, with a brief blackout around…
American Airlines is giving away bonus miles for specific spending thresholds on their shopping portal for the Christmas season. Through December 2, you can earn bonus miles in 3 tiers: This essentially breaks down to an extra 10 points/dollar as long as you…
I guess Virgin America is having trouble filling seats around Thanksgiving. They’ve got a reasonable fare sale in the market today covering November 23rd-30th. $179 one-way from IAD to LAX, $149 one-way from Chicago to the West coast. Maybe not rock bottom prices,…
At least a bit to my surprise, Southwest Airlines has decided to offer TSA PreCheck access to it’s customers. This shouldn’t really be a big announcement since so many other airlines have been offering PreCheck for quite some time. But, Southwest doesn’t exactly have…