Reader Sam L. flew San Francisco – Newark yesterday on United and provides feedback on the brand new improved United meal service. 3 choices on a long-ish haul, up from 2. Had the mac and cheese and, while certainly calorific, it was excellent. Probably the best airplane food I’ve had in awhile. Ice cream was […]
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Avianca’s LifeMiles program has just announced that they’ll be offering a 100% bonus on transferred miles between February 2 and February 16, 2015.
The rules of the promotion are kind of confusing because LifeMiles doesn't actually publish them, but:
-- The terms state you can transfer at most 75,000 miles during the promotion (not including the 100% bonus), but I can't seem to actually get the system to accept that; I've had no issue getting to the purchase page with a 50,000 mile transfer, though
-- The cost to transfer miles is 1.5 cents per mile, which is cheaper than buying LifeMiles
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Through February 15, 2015, Hyatt Gold Passport is offering a 30% bonus on the first purchase of points during the promotion period.
If you max out the promotion and purchase 55,000 points you’d receive a total of 71,500 Gold Passport points. That would cost you $1,320, which is a rate of ~1.85 cents per Gold Passport point.
How does this stack up to Hyatt’s past promotions on the purchase of points?
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Over the summer I flew Ethiopian Airlines business class from Beijing to Addis Ababa on a 787, and then from Addis Ababa to Frankfurt on a 767.
While the 787 itself was sparkly, I was dumbfounded by the fact that Ethiopian chose to install angled business class seats on a brand new plane. Don't get me wrong, I'm not picking on Ethiopian specifically here, as there are lots of airlines that do the same. Just look at Air France and Lufthansa with their A380s, for example.
While the flight was otherwise decent enough, the fact that the seats were angled just made it a not-so-pleasant flight.
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American has launched a series of new #OurHeritage amenity kits. These are branded with several of the airlines that have merged over time to create the current American Airlines. The kits come wrapped in plastic with an identification of the legacy carrier on the plastic. These are the 9 carriers: This isn’t truly comprehensive of […]
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I love a good fifth freedom flight. For those of you not familiar with fifth freedom routes, it's when an airline from a third country operates a flight between two other countries.
For example, unarguably the most glamorous fifth freedom flight within North America is Cathay Pacific's flight between New York JFK and Vancouver. The flight continues to Hong Kong, though you can also book the flight exclusively between New York and Vancouver.
The flight offers full longhaul international service, from bedding to Krug.
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I’ve never really been jealous of iPhone users before. I’m an Android guy, and that means I can’t download the new MobileSuites app when it comes out in a few weeks. It’s only for the Apple ecosystem at launch. This app will let you order room service, request housekeeping, set up transportation, and reserve restaurant […]
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Rite Aid has a new promotion for the month of February called Fab-uary. It's almost identical to the Rite Aid Happy You Year promotion from January, except now you can earn a free domestic flight, free cruise, or free 7-day resort stay for spending $250 on participating products. (No Hyatt nights this time.) The list of participating products are also very similar.
I guess now you can get the free flight to go with your free hotel stay.
In this post, I'll discuss how Fab-uary works and offer some strategies for maximizing the value you receive from it.
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I'm celebrating seven years of the blog this week (OMG), and in addition to the traditional “comment to win” posts I’m trying other things that I hope will be fun/interesting.
Today, I’m giving away $100 on Instagram. I generally share “real time” photos there, many of which never make it to the blog or trip reports, so if you’ve been wanting to see more of the destinations I visit you might want to follow me there ;p
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Through March 15 you’ll earn a 25% bonus when you transfer hotel points to American AAdvantage miles. Most hotel programs are eligible for this bonus, however: Point conversions from Starwood Preferred Guest®, Melia Hotels International & Resorts, La Quinta Inns & Suites® and Langham Hospitality Group OUIDA program are not eligible for the 25% bonus […]
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One of the best uses of Air France/KLM FlyingBlue miles is booking their Promo Awards. FlyingBlue publishes these every month, and they offer 25-50% off select award tickets on Air France and KLM metal. Back in the day Promo Awards would consistently be for 50% off and would have a good number of options in business class, though unfortunately they’ve devalued the program somewhat since then, and the discounts now vary.
However, there are still some great values to be had. FlyingBlue just published their latest Promo Awards. These are valid for bookings made between February 1 and February 28, 2015, and for travel between April 1 and May 31, 2015. Unfortunately this set of Promo Awards sucks compared to the recent ones:
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There’s nothing more inspirational than a well-written travel book. It can fill you with awe, wonder, and wanderlust. Books make those 10-hour bus rides through Laos more bearable. They get us excited for new destinations and can change our world view. I’ve always been a voracious reader, but my goal this year is to read one book a week (if not more). I go through fits and starts with reading. I’ll read a book or two a week and then […]
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You’ve heard the drumbeat in the media: identity/data theft is by far the world’s fast growing and most insidious crime. But, with a few simple, affordable precautions, it’s surprisingly easy to thwart: © Nathan Borror Protect Your Identity: RFID-shielded passport wallet Newer U.S. passports feature RFID chip technology which, in theory, provides additional safeguards for […]
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Through March 15, 2015, American is offering 25% bonus AAdvantage miles on select hotel points transfers. There's no limit to how many times you can earn the bonus.
Bonus AAdvantage miles will post as a separate transaction within seven days of the initial transfer taking place.
Eligible hotel transfer partners include the following:
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Wendy Perrin shares very good advice similar that what I’ve offered here in the past. When snowstorms hit, or operations melt down for other reasons, it can be tough to get help. A year ago during an ice storm in Dallas American Airlines’ operations were so impacted (yes, that’s a word) that the hold time […]
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