On Sunday morning I wrote about how it looked like American would be bringing back an elite renewal offer this year.
Last year American AAdvantage offered the Elite Boost offer, whereby if you were within 10,000 elite qualifying miles of a status level, you could purchase the remaining needed elite qualifying miles needed for status.
American has now published a similar promotion for this year, though they've changed a couple of things about it.
First of all, previously you could only buy up to the next status level if you were within 10,000 elite qualifying miles of your desired status level. This year you can buy up if you're within 15,000 elite qualifying miles of your desired status level.
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News and notes from around the interweb: Airline service is bad because they can’t fire flight attendants. I think it’s deeper than that, here’s why flight attendants offer poor service and why airlines aren’t nice. Massive devaluation of the El Al Matmid program coming in February. That’s one I didn’t see coming. A germaphobe’s strategies […]
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In 2013, Singapore Airlines announced a refresh for the cabins on their Boeing 777-300ERs. I tend to think of the changes more as lipstick on a supermodel than anything else, since all the cabins maintained their original "bones," and most of the changes were with the finishes.
Singapore isn't in a rush to retrofit these new interiors throughout their fleet, so this isn't one of those product refreshes that's complete within 12-18 months. Instead, the 777s they're newly taking delivery of feature this product, and at some point I'm sure they'll get around to refreshing their existing fleet.
Up until now, the refreshed 777-300ERs have been operating select flights to London Heathrow and Tokyo Narita. They haven't published an exact schedule for the new aircraft, since they have the same layout as others, but those are the two routes that the refreshed cabins frequent most.
Via AusBT, Singapore Airlines will being flying their refreshed 777s to Australia as well. The new 777-300ERs will be operating the following flights to Australia:
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Woohoo! I hate the process of getting visas (not the credit cards -- those I love -- as they fund much of my travel). The process is costly, time consuming, and means I have to separate myself from my passport for some amount of time as the visa is being processed.
Fortunately I have both a US and German passport, which helps me at least somewhat. Countries love going "tit-for-tat" with the US, whereby if the US adds visa requirements or fees, they reciprocate. That's where my German passport is invaluable, since it has saved me hundreds of dollars and a lot of aggravation, especially in South America. My German passport has allowed me to enter Brazil without a visa, and Argentina and Chile without having to pay a reciprocal entry fee.
Anyway, the US and China have announced a new, reciprocal 10 year visa policy for tourists and business travelers. This is supposed to kick in tomorrow, Wednesday, November 12, 2014, and will allow travelers from both countries to apply for a 10 year visa rather than the current maximum of a one year visa.
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First discussed over the summer, British Airways pre order meals are rolling out. According to Flyertalk the British Airways pre order meals program begins November 18, taking meals for flights December 1 onward, and the offering will be available in premium economy and not just business and first class. Customers can simply select their meal […]
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