After breakfast at Voodoo Doughnuts and a productive afternoon at the Nike TechStars Accelerator, my colleague and I decided on Jake’s Famous Crawfish for dinner. Jake’s has been around for over a century and has some interesting history. About 40 years ago the restaurant…
The couple of rare times I’ve flown into Portland, Oregon it’s been because I was driving elsewhere. I’ve never actually spend any time in Portland until a couple of weeks ago. I asked the folks on Milepoint for tips on food and Voodoo Doughnuts…
Though the news doesn’t include elite qualifying miles and recognition of elite benefits on Hawaiian Airlines flights, it does include increased mileage earning for American Airlines customers. Here’s a before and after shot that illustrates what American Airlines AAdvantage members used to earn and…
Southwest has released the 50,000 miles sign-up bonus for their credit card again. The offer may be somewhat targeted, but a fair amount of people are reporting success getting the offer. You can find more info here. If you don’t get the link that…
Maybe this should be titled the bad news, good news and bad news. Because the bad news in the first place is that American Airlines gutted its presence out of San Juan, Puerto Rico where they used to have a bunch of flights to…
For those that don’t know, Daily Getaways are an annual program that the US Travel Association and American Express team up on each year with a variety of travel providers. There are a number of good opportunities and a few great ones. I’ve already…
This is a really good offer for the occasional traveler. Rocket Miles is similar to Points Hound in that they award a generous “commission” on your hotel booking in the form of airline miles. They’ve teamed up with Virgin America to offer bonus miles…
Points Hound is out with another valuable offer to win your business. They’re awarding an additional 500 miles from your favorite airline program for each booking you make in the month of June. And, that’s for any reservations in the future as long as…
Hertz has been running an offer most of the year that earns 4 miles per dollar for all rentals in the US, Canada, Mexico and Europe for all rentals up to 4 days long and 6 miles per dollar for all rentals longer than…
Right after I posted about rumors the FAA was moving closer to relaxing the regulations for electronics on planes, I was contacted by Scott Mayerowitz of the Associated Press. I don’t think the two were related, but Scott asked me my opinion on the…