Boy, that was fast. Mere days after the bankruptcy judge ruled that American Airlines could void the pilots’ union contract, AA started tackling one of the issues they’ve been trying to solve for quite some time. AA has inked a contract with SkyWest Airlines…
As reported by View From The Wing, Frontier is making some changes to it’s booking procedures. Going forward, unless people book on the Frontier website, they won’t be able to select seats ahead of time and they’ll earn half the miles. Since View From…
If you’re a holder of the Starwood Preferred Guest American Express Card, you should be familiar with their feature that gives you stay and night credit every year you maintain their card. You can get 5 nights and 2 stays by holding the SPG…
Previous posts about our trip to Toronto: Sheraton Centre Toronto We didn’t have a ton of time in Toronto but did manage to squeeze in a few fun activities. Rogers Centre/Toronto BlueJays: A short walk from a bunch of downtown properties, Rogers Centre is…
I blogged last week that Dulles Airport had announced the arrival of TSA Pre-Check. At that time, they told me that the actual security checkpoint would open as a regular checkpoint upstairs a few days later and Pre-Check would arrive on September 25th. Unfortunately,…
I currently use the American Airlines and United Airlines apps on my iPhone. And, while those apps are serviceable, I wouldn’t label either “award winning”. But good news appears to be on the horizon. There’s been news leaking like crazy for a while about…
I wrote about Starwood’s promo a couple weeks ago when it was announced. And, while I like Hyatt’s promo a bit better, I’d never pass up extra points. Even if you don’t plan on staying at a Starwood property anytime soon, registering is the…
AwardWallet is my go-to choice for tracking all my miles and points. I’ve enjoyed how easy it makes my job of tracking miles for the various family members I help. A while ago, American Airlines essentially told AwardWallet to bug off and stop accessing…
I’ve always enjoyed watching tennis on TV. I was more attached to the stars of the previous generation, especially Andre Agassi. Growing up in NY it always seemed a shame I never made it to the US Open in Flushing. But, collecting miles and…
It used to be you could just redeem your miles for airline tickets. And hotel points for, well, hotel rooms. And then you could redeem airline miles for hotel rooms and vice versa. Then, merchandise crept into the picture. Who wouldn’t want to use…