This is a bit of inside baseball, not really stuff the every day traveler wants to spend time reading about. But, it is interesting to me so I figured I’d write a quick post. The New American Airlines announced its senior leadership today. There…
No doubt, this isn’t a slam dunk to 200,000 miles. At 2 cents a piece, the miles are worth about $4,000, so it’s not a mileage run opportunity. But, if you have some travel scheduled on any of these joint venture airlines (American Airlines,…
Link: US Airways World MasterCard I recently applied for the US Airways World MasterCard for the first time a few months ago. I had blogged about it in the past and realized I never bothered to apply for the card myself. I was fairly…
View From The Wing has a synopsis on what is starting to seem like an inevitable change to revenue-based frequent flyer programs by the legacy domestic US carriers. Shockingly, I’m really not a big fan of revenue-based programs. While most of my fellow road…
I vacillate back and forth about my participation in the various dining programs. There are a few instances where a restaurant I’ve already dined at is a part of the program, so those are easy decisions. There’s also the “surprise dine”, where you go…
I wasn’t going to write about this again, but I’ve received a decent amount of e-mails form people asking me if Milepoint Premium Membership. So, I figured it was worth a quick post to let everyone know it’s for sale again, though for a…
A little over a year ago I was involved in starting up a community for frequent travelers. It’s a labor of love for me, since I spend a decent amount of time helping family and friends get more out of their travel. Milepoint is…
I’ve been a Hertz guy for a number of years now, and pretty much 100% Hertz since getting Hertz Platinum (their quasi-unpublished level with pretty cool benefits) a few years ago. For the longest time, I credited my rentals to Southwest. Under the old…