I think one of the toughest things for most people is figuring out how to get started collecting miles and points. Shopping portals sponsored by the airlines are a valuable tool and they occasionally have outsized opportunities for everyday folks to collect miles. Right…
Good news from my favorite airline late last week. One of the very special people in charge of a frequent travel program, Suzanne Rubin, has been tapped to stay in charge of the AAdvantage program when the American Airlines/US Airways merger is completed. You…
Via Lucky at One Mile at a Time, there are a ton of great pictures of American Airlines’ new Airbus 319 interior. While I’m not wild about the reduction in first class seats on these planes, there are a number of cool things to…
I arrived home yesterday afternoon to find a Fedex box sitting on my desk. I wasn’t expecting anything special, but it sure was. You see, about 6 months ago, Milepoint (of which I’m proud to be a co-founder) signed a five-year agreement to be…
Certainly I’m a bit late voicing this opinion. The TSA decided a couple years ago that pilots wouldn’t need to be searched going through security. Last year flight attendants were added to this list. I was at McCarran airport this morning going through TSA…
Boy, it’s been a crazy busy week for me. I’m just getting caught up on a bunch of reading. Part of that reading was a few posts on Visa gift cards and Vanilla reloads by fellow travel blogger Frequent Miler. Visa gift cards and…
I love learning more about my favorite airlines and hotel chains. That’s why I’m always pretty pumped when Milepoint is able to present these types of experiences to the community. Jeff Zidell, the VP of Hyatt Gold Passport, is one of my favorite people…
I was a little surprised this morning to hear that United Airlines MileagePlus and Marriott Rewards were forming a partnership. Here are the particulars, then a few initial thoughts from me: United Gold, Platinum, 1K and Global Services members will now receive complimentary Gold…
Plenty of funny submissions for United beverage vouchers, including a general theme that United might not always deliver on what it promised??? Anyways, the winners are: Orlando Traveler, who said, “The best way to make sure you get your own row on Southwest is…
I’m a huge Yankees fan. I don’t write about them as often anymore since it’s harder to weave them into travel stories. So, given the opportunity to post about the Yankees and travel, I was excited. Now, if only this could have been a…