Readers know that I’m a big fan of Uber, the on-demand car service. You download an app to your phone, request a pickup with the press of a button. You watch your vehicle on a map as it drives to you and shows you how many minutes away the car is. You can stay inside […]
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Well, technically it’s the blog’s birthday... ;)
I started the blog seven years ago next Wednesday, which is incredible to me on so many levels.
For starters, I didn’t know a thing about internet technology, or blogging for that matter. I wasn’t (and still am not) a great writer. But I was crazy passionate about miles, points, and travel, so it seemed worth trying.
I didn’t expect to make it a month.
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News and notes from around the interweb: Starbucks gift cards earn ‘Stars’ so you can earn free drinks just buy loading your app. But by buying your gift cards from Starbucks, rather than an office supply store, you’re giving up 5x points-earning. So only do this on a ‘first Friday’ with a Chase Sapphire Preferred.. […]
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Hello from Abu Dhabi! I am here with my mom, and it has been a fun and relaxing trip so far!
I can't wait to share her thoughts and reactions with you guys in the coming weeks. Let's just say she may still be recovering from a hangover after our Emirates flight. ;)
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Peter Greenberg was inconvenienced by the recent Northeast snowstorm and he wants Orbitz to get him a refund. Even though his flights operated exactly as-scheduled. Airline ‘Weather Waivers’ Have Been Way Too Inflexible Greenberg writes, [U]nder most of the airline “waivers,” passengers were allowed to rebook their flights as long as they flew by today. […]
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Goodness, the situation between Alaska and Emirates keeps getting worse. Long story short, up until now we've known that Emirates first class awards aren't bookable using Alaska miles for travel after March 28, 2015. Here are the previous posts on the subject:
-- Alaska Blocking Emirates Award Space?
-- Are Emirates First Class Redemptions Using Alaska Miles Going Away?
-- Official Statement From Alaska Regarding Emirates Award Availability
-- Update Regarding Emirates Awards Using Alaska Miles
Up until now that has been the extent of the problem, though. Alaska Mileage Plan members haven't had access to Emirates first class award availability, though have had access to all other saver level business and economy class availability, best I can tell.
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We’ve all heard the story by now about Cho Hyun-ah, Korean Air’s Vice President for inflight services and daughter of the airline’s Chairman, who flew New York JFK – Seoul at the beginning of December and had an altercation with a crew member. She was flying first class, and a flight attendant presented her with […]
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I've written in the past about the SimplyCash® Business Card from American Express, which is one of the most compelling no annual fee business credit cards I’ve seen. They’re offering a $250 statement credit after spending $5,000 on qualifying purchases within the first six months of card membership. Here are few of the details:
There aren’t many rewarding business credit cards out there without an annual fee — this is a pretty big selling point, in my opinion.
The card has a cash back based rewards system, with some nice bonus categories:
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Two months ago I wrote about United’s unpublished business class partner award discount. United has been charging less for partner awards than their award chart says they will, charging as though you were flying just on United (perhaps a technical glitch rollings back a big chunk of the Great Devaluation). For US – Europe, business […]
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Last August, Asiana launched their first A380 longhaul flight, between Los Angeles and Seoul Incheon.
I had the chance to fly from Los Angeles to Seoul Incheon in A380 first class last October, and quite enjoyed it. I'm a huge fan of Asiana in terms of the food and service. And while they were good as always, I don't really think Asiana "stepped up their game" in terms of the overall product on the A380 compared to the product on the 777.
Anyway, Asiana has a total of six A380 orders, and so far only two have been delivered. So while they'll operate among the smallest A380 fleets of any airline (along with China Southern, Malaysia Airlines, and Thai Airways), clearly there are still some longhaul A380 routes in their future.
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American’s fleet will shrink by about 30 aircraft over the next year, netting new planes coming in and more than 100 retirements. Nonetheless, total available seats will rise because the airline has been adding seats to their existing planes. On the whole they won’t have more seats in each plane type than their competitors, which […]
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As I’ve explained many times in the past, Uber is one of those companies that uses technology to make life better. When public transportation in a city isn’t good, I used to get really frustrated by the lack of options and taxi “mafias,” though for the cities in which Uber operates I love them. They have UberBLACK, which is the “standard” service and a bit more than a taxi, while they also have UberX, which is usually cheaper than a taxi. And thanks to the instant feedback loop (you rating the driver and the driver rating you), service is excellent across the board, in my experience.
Uber has long offered sign-up and referral bonuses, whereby both the person referring and the person being referred get a bonus. For much of last year, Uber offered a $30 referral bonus, though they ended that on November 23, 2014. Since then the bonus has instead been $20.
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News and notes from around the interweb: Hawaiian Airlines redoes their lounges. Nothing special, but much needed nonetheless. 30% off participating Starwood hotels in Germany, Austria, Switzerland. On Denver airport’s ban on the sale, advertisement, or even wearing of marijuana-related logos and related items. While airports have broad discretion as landlords over the retailers they […]
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Spirit Airlines is saving $4 million, not advertising during the Superbowl, and ‘passing the savings on to you’. Here’s their ‘instead of a Superbowl ad’ ad. Me? I always thought this one fit Spirit even more closely. But that’s from the old days before Barry Biffle, whom I remember having drinks with back in his […]
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A few weeks ago Ben complied his breakdown of how he earned miles last year, which led to some interesting conversations about how us "normal people" go about earning miles.
One of the things I like to do at the beginning of each year is go through my credit card portfolio and draft up a bit of an outline for the coming months. Ben is constantly telling people to determine their travel goals and apply all this to their own lifestyle, and I thought it might be interesting to share a few more details about the approach my husband and I take when choosing the best travel credit cards for us.
So there are a few things that are different about our situation in comparison to Ben's (but are maybe similar to yours):
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The Wall Street Journal covers the disappearing perk of the road warrior: upgrades are getting harder and more expensive. There are (5) reasons this is true. Airlines are selling discounted first class fares far more than they ever used to. Airlines are making aggressive buy up offers to first class. The economy is doing better. […]
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British Airways is notorious for their outrageously high fuel surcharges, which are only exacerbated by the hefty UK Air Passenger Duty (APD), which applies if you have travel originating in the UK. While oil prices have dropped, for the most part fuel surcharges haven't. Why? The most simple answer is because the airlines can... no one is holding them accountable.
Anyway, Head for Points notes that British Airways has lowered their fuel surcharges on longhaul award tickets.
Earlier in the week British Airways lowered fuel surcharges as follows:
-- The fuel surcharges on roundtrip longhaul economy class flights was reduced from £229 to £209
-- The fuel surcharges on roundtrip longhaul premium class flights was reduced from £359 to £329
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There's no denying that over the past few years hotel loyalty program promotions have become significantly less rewarding.
During the recession we got used to them offering a major global promotion just about every quarter, which made sense at the time, given that hotel rooms were empty, and those promotions got heads into beds.
However, now that hotel occupancy and rates are at a near all time high, hotel loyalty programs have certainly been less generous with promotions. For the hotel programs it's a balancing act between:
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Reader Alex R. writes to ask about the status of award space on Singapore Airlines. Just wanted to see if you knew why all the saver inventory seems to be dropped from Singapore First, even a year out? ..[New York JFK-Frankfurt] I checked every day from May to January. I less comprehensively searched [Tokyo Narita […]
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