The news came out last night from United that they would not honor those incredible sub-$100 fares in Business and First class from Europe to the US and beyond. Here’s the text of the note United is sending to people who booked those tickets:…
As travel has gotten more stressful the benefits of elite status are even more valuable. In some cases, what used to be free for everyone is now only free for those customers that fly most frequently. I value my American Airlines Executive Platinum status…
Don’t forget to enter my giveaway for a free ticket to the Austin MegaDO. The organizers have offered to add other events to the ticket (except NXNW and the UA event). Delta caused quite a kerfluffle this week. They eliminated their published award charts…
EU residents will now be able to apply for a “mini-passport” that can be used to travel through most of the EU. Smart that they’re planning to make it the same size as a credit card. HT: uggboy on Milepoint. Hotel credit cards that…
I’m in the process of clearing off my desk, a daunting task I don’t seem to be achieving. In the midst of that process I found a couple of United Airlines beverage vouchers with no expiration and a Gogo pass that expires at the…
United Airlines has released a large update to partner earning rates. For most customers, I suspect earning rates will go down. Across the board, it’s gotten more confusing for customers to figure out how many miles they earn. Wandering Aramean did a great job…
Pizza-in-chief note. This is a guest post by a good friend of mine, Nathan. The airlines recently lost his suitcase and he reached out to me about constructing a post to help readers understand what to do when this happens to you. Nathan has…
Some people think that my travel life is all sunshine and roses. Sure, they think, maybe it can be a drag from time to time to travel for work, but you get to visit all these cool places! Yes, the vacations can be tons of…
It’s been one heck of a year for fare sales and award seat availability, and we’re only about 3 weeks in! First, there were ultra-cheap tickets to tons of places, then last night there was tons of US Airways business class inventory. Now, The…
One of my readers (and a great friend) jetsetr on Milepoint reached out to me yesterday and is being kind enough to offer up one of his GPUs (Global Premier Upgrades) on United for me to give away to a reader. That was a…