I spend a lot of time telling people how best to spend their miles. There’s not much else that’s more frustrating than seeing people use 50,000 miles for a $200 airline ticket. One of the common refrains I hear is, “I can never find…
I don’t hide the fact that I enjoy flying American Airlines more than United. I’ve generally found the customer service to be much better at AA. They consistently go out of their way to make sure my travel experience meets or exceeds my expectations. …
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 flying quite a bit this year on United, and can’t say I’ve been that happy. United’s been going through a bunch of changes as part of the Continental merger. Despite that, I’ve had a few instances (including a 5-hour 2 plane delay)….
Some of this is not necessarily new info, but AA has now organized a bunch of it on their website. The 777 announcements were made back during the oneworld MegaDo in January, but the Airbus info is new. The A321 that flies transcon (NYC-LAX/SFO,…
Less capacity is both a blessing and a curse. Every time the airlines shrink capacity it gets harder to redeem awards, but it does mean they’re thinking about the bottom line and how to be sustainable (at least I like to believe so). A…
USAirways announces it’s now a creditor of American Airlines’ parent AMR. Talk about a tale of two articles. The first one makes it sound like US Airways might change it’s “support” of AMR in the bankruptcy process if it doesn’t consider a merger. The second…
I had a last-minute flight I needed to book for this upcoming week on AA and a revenue ticket was disgustingly expensive. So, I looked at award seats. Unfortunately, there was no “saver” inventory for either economy or first. I went ahead and plunked…
This appears to be for any Mileage Plus VISA, and there are a bunch of different ones out there. Essentially, register to receive text messages and receive 500 miles. I don’t believe this is targeted. You’ll also receive text messages with bonus offers. No…
American Airlines just extended a promotion I’ve been using for a while with my Hertz rentals. The CDP # is 217692 and the PC# is 169853. A decent amount of the time, using codes like these drive up the price of your rental, which…