Four and a half years ago Delta introduced Sky Priority. This big marketing initiative consisted of a whole bunch of signage, existing elite benefits, and the introduction of a free drink coupon for Gold elites and higher that don’t get upgraded and check-in online. They’d be able to print a ‘Have One On Us’ coupon […]
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I’m in the middle of over a month with just 5 nights at home. Then I’ll be home for 5 nights, which I’m really looking forward to, before leaving the country again. For me that means key priorities are: Dry cleaning Laundry Haircut I should probably do these more efficiently on the road. For one […]
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DogVacay has a network of ~ 20,000 people in the U.S. and Canada that will take in your dog while you’re out of town. They’re new to me, although they’ve apparently booked a million nights of boarding in the past two years. The average price is about $30 a night. Each person sets their own […]
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Here are the best travel tips and tricks, the highlights of View from the Wing posts from November. Last month I summarized the very best travel posts from October, here’s the best travel posts from September, and from August. In July I offered the most useful and interesting developments from June as well. It turns […]
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Hello from Washington DC! I'm here this weekend for Frequent Traveler University and am really enjoying meeting so many of you.
Were you able to take advantage of the great deals this week? Between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday there were quite a few travel bargains to be had!
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Back in August and October I wrote about the increased sign-up bonus on the Virgin Atlantic MasterCard. While the card has had fairly good bonuses in the past, this was the best I had ever seen, at up to 90,000 miles after qualifying spend.
Anyway, a while after I posted the link it seemed to have disappeared, though the offer is back once again, and seems to be valid through December 19th.
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One thing that readers keep asking is, with the price of fuel dropping, will airlines reduce or eliminate fuel surcharges? And my answer is that few things would shock me more. What are fuel surcharges and how do they work? Why are airfares rising when fuel prices are going down? Fuel surcharges aren’t about fuel. […]
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