Back in May the Department of Transportation filed a “notice of proposed rulemaking” laying out the direction they intended to take with new rules for how airfares are displayed… everywhere. As airlines have added on lots of fees, and new websites have popped up that search for travel, the Department of Transportation has been considering […]
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I just received an email from American promoting up to 125,000 bonus miles for Europe flights. Earn American Airlines AAdvantage® bonus miles every time you fly round-trip between the U.S., Canada or Mexico and Europe on First Class or Business Class fares on American Airlines, US Airways, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia or OpenSkies. Registration is […]
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Through my award booking service I spend a fair amount of time on the phone with airlines. And by “fair amount of time” I mean roughly half my life.
So I have a decent bit of experience with talking to airline reservations agents, and there are a few things I've picked up over the years.
BE POLITE
In general, my approach is always to be nice and try and get the agent to feel like we're on the same "side" in booking an award.
And I truly think this makes a difference. No one wants to be bad at their job, so calling and demanding certain flights or telling an agent they're incompetent isn't going to get you very far, in my experience.
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News and notes from around the interweb: A wild rumor about American Airlines Former TSA Head: “toxic culture” with “terrible” morale and frequency of failures reaching a “frightening” level. Relatedly, there’s an event tonight Why doesn’t the TSA keep us safe? Star Alliance revamps its business program, and the signup bonus is enough for a […]
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After hitching all over the world, Turner Wright reveals his 10 best secrets for improving your hitchhiking game.
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A few times per year, the airlines participating in the oneworld transatlantic joint venture seem to offer bonus miles for paid transatlantic premium cabin travel. For example, a few months ago they offered up to 25,000 bonus miles per roundtrip.
American AAdvantage and British Airways Executive Club are back with one of these offers again, offering up to 125,000 bonus miles for transatlantic travel:
-- Up to 125,000 bonus American AAdvantage miles
-- Up to 125,000 bonus British Airways Avios
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Since I lived in the Seattle area for 18 months, it had been years since I've checked out the local hotel offerings. So during my recent trip to Seattle I figured I'd check out a few new properties. I love the Hyatt options in Seattle -- I usually stay at the Hyatt Olive 8, though love the Grand Hyatt as well. I'll have reviews of both of them soon.
However, during my recent visit both Hyatt options were sold out one of the nights, so I instead booked the W Seattle, which had a rate of ~$200.
I really hesitated to book the hotel, because long time readers will know I strongly dislike most US W properties. Abroad Ws are among my favorite hotels -- the W Taipei, W Sentosa Cove Singapore, W Guangzhou, and W Doha are all absolutely fantastic beyond words. But in the US, W properties just leave a lot to be desired, in my opinion.
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Earlier this year the Supreme Court limited the ability of consumers to sue frequent flyer programs, suggesting that the Airline Deregulation Act prevents state law claims against frequent flyer programs because it requires that all regulation of the airlines be done at the federal level. Strictly speaking you could sue for direct breach of contract […]
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Since joining the Star Alliance a bit over two years ago, Avianca's LifeMiles program has proven to be one of the more useful programs for premium cabin Star Alliance redemptions. They had a rough time at first, as they made a few award chart changes without notice, which were met with a lot of frustration by members.
Back in July, LifeMiles announced that they would be devaluing their award chart as of October 15, 2014. Of course nobody likes to see award chart devaluations, though to their credit they gave plenty of advance notice, which I far prefer to their previous system of unannounced devaluations. A few days after they announced the changes, they released their new Star Alliance award chart, which kicks in then. The changes are substantial though not horrible, in my opinion.
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Last week a man was found dead in Chicago O’Hare’s parking lot B. AirportParkingReservations.com speculated on the cause, and offered travelers advice. Park with them. Email subject line: Can On-Airport Parking Kill? Use their app. “Don’t be late and end up in a crate.” Mmmm-kay… Except clearly, since the man was found in a car […]
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