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…
About a month ago, I wrote about the expectation that service between LAX and Sao Paolo, Brazil was for later this fall. There were still a few hurdles to clear, and Thursday American cleared another hurdle when the DOT issued a Show Cause Order…
It looks like National Car Rental is bringing back it’s popular One, Two, Free promotion this summer. It appears that people participating in last year’s version are getting invitations to pre-register for this year’s promo. Last year’s version ran from August, 2012 to…