I was a little surprised this morning to hear that United Airlines MileagePlus and Marriott Rewards were forming a partnership. Here are the particulars, then a few initial thoughts from me: United Gold, Platinum, 1K and Global Services members will now receive complimentary Gold…
Plenty of funny submissions for United beverage vouchers, including a general theme that United might not always deliver on what it promised??? Anyways, the winners are: Orlando Traveler, who said, “The best way to make sure you get your own row on Southwest is…
I was home long enough to clean off my desk a bit. My office looks a bit less like a disaster relief area and along the way I found a small stack of United Airlines beverage vouchers. Leave a comment and I’ll give away…
Are you an aviation/travel enthusiast? Have you been on a MegaDO? If the answers to these questions are yes and no, respectively, what are you waiting for? There’s a ton of information about StarMegaDO5 on Milepoint, but here’s a few quick tidbits: The MegaDO…
Southwest announced yesterday that it will begin offering live television free on flights (sponsored by Dish). At first, I thought it was a ho-hum kind of announcement. But, I think there’s a bit more to this announcement, especially in light of my recent thoughts…
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…
Southwest has released the 50,000 miles sign-up bonus for their credit card again. The offer may be somewhat targeted, but a fair amount of people are reporting success getting the offer. You can find more info here. If you don’t get the link that…
United’s having a busy week, and it’s not even Friday yet! First, they added a spending requirement for elite status. Then, very late Tuesday night (essentially yesterday for us East coasters) Hack My Trip picked up on another change, this one for non-elites. Now, if…
Credit cards (and the accompanying sign-up bonuses) have become a big part of most effective strategies for earning points and miles. Just a few days ago I was discussing a great way to pick the low hanging fruit by buying gift cards from office…
The United Airlines Mileage Plus shopping mall has a couple good deals on Nike and eBags that are higher than I recall seeing. The deals are only until June 16th. Nike purchase now earn 12 miles per dollar instead of the normal 4. eBags…