The airlines are always looking for ways to acquire new elite customers. Status match offers, where you prove you’re a loyal elite customer of another airline so you’re newfound airline girlfriend airline of choice gives you a fast track with elite status from them….
If you’re not as studious (obsessed) about miles and points as I am, there are lots of little details along the way that can trip you up. Expiration dates is one of them. You see, the airlines book those miles as liabilities on their…
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…
American Airlines launched a new 777 business class product that’s supposed to be awesome not too long ago. I haven’t had the opportunity to experience it yet, but they’re supposed to be great. View From the Wing (probably the most knowledgable/experienced person on this…
If you’re hunting for cheap fall tickets today’s Virgin American sale might help. I don’t fly Virgin America a whole bunch, but they serve particularly useful with fare sales. As a general rule the big guys match their prices though I’m not sure if…
The age of competition is over. There, I said it. Okay, so it only holds true for the airlines. More correctly, for what’s left of the legacy airlines that fought to the death after de-regulation. In a matter of months, American Airlines and US…
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…
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…