The New York Times is reporting that AA’s pilots union has voted in favor of a new contract. This wasn’t a huge surprise, but I don’t know that there’s anything that would surprise me with airlines and unions anymore. The reported tally was 74%…
Meant to post this earlier, but the day got away from me. US Airways has been at war with it’s pilots for waaay too long (7 years-ish, to be exact). There have been a number of contract proposals, but no new contract since the…
Shopping portals are a great way to increase your mileage earning. Not only do the portals provide you with extra miles for purchases you were already going to make, but they also offer periodic bonuses that make certain vendors an even better offer. Finally,…
Sorry for the break in blogging over the last few days. StarMegaDO4 has been occupying all my time. I’ll be posting more about that over the weekend and next week, but I wanted to post a quick update about the current state of negotiations…
AVIS is offering 250 bonus AAdvantage miles per day for car rentals. This one is good through the end of 2012. There’s a discount code that goes with it as well. A couple random checks yielded some rates that were the same without the…
There’s been plenty of press over the last few months about possible progress between the pilot’s union and American Airlines. At times the pilots have seemed delusional but recent reports seemed to indicate things were moving closer. Oddly, it seems we may be all…
American Airlines’ AAdvantage program shopping mall has some early double mile deals if you’re early bird shopping for the holidays. Right now, you can earn double the normal amount of miles at such merchants as: Macy’s (4 miles/dollar) Nordstrom (4 miles/dollar) Under Armour (6…
I took a few days off from blogging, though not totally voluntarily. Hurricane Sandy has affected millions of people, me included. Our family has a house on the Jersey Shore and my father has been up there trying to figure out if it’s okay. …
I guess it may be a good thing I’m not in charge of American Airlines. If I ran the airline and a judge had already told me that I could void the pilots contracts, I don’t think I’d be back at the bargaining table…
For those that don’t spend 30% of their life on airplanes, the various shopping malls run by the airlines can be a great way to accumulate miles. Generally speaking, you can buy pretty much anything you need through one of the malls at the…