A couple of weeks ago I posted about Creflo Dollar, the mega-church preacher who wanted his congregation to fund a $65 million Gulfstream G650 for him. Because if each of his 200,000 members donated "just" $300-and-some-odd-dollars, he'd already be there -- it's that easy!
Here's the fundraising video he made explaining why he needs a new G650 (I'm not kidding, that's actually the fundraising video, and not a parody).
Now, while I'm no stranger to trying to crowd source air travel, I don't do it in the name of the "prosperity gospel." ;)
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If you don’t pay off your credit card balances each month, the mileage card game is not for you. You should care a whole lot more about your borrowing costs than miles. Take your high interest rate balances and move them to a card with a promotional 0% rate on balance transfers. There are plenty […]
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Earlier today I posted about how Emirates announced they would be adding a second daily flight between Dubai and Seattle, as of July 7, 2015. The flight will be operated by a Boeing 777-200LR.
Emirates' first flight to Seattle was added only a few years ago, and it will soon be Emirates' only US route with twice daily flights (though JFK gets 4x daily flights). Some have suggested that the route was basically being added to shuttle Boeing parts between Seattle and Dubai, which wouldn't surprise me.
Well, apparently that wasn't Emirates' only US route announcement today. Emirates also announced their newest US destination. Now, if you asked me a few hours ago what Emirates' next US destination would be, I would have guessed Miami, Newark, or Atlanta, with near certainty.
Well, Emirates' latest US destination will be Orlando, Florida. That's right, Orlando.
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This post details my first class award redemption using American AAdvantage miles to fly Etihad, Los Angeles – Abu Dhabi … the third longest flight in the world. Previous installments: Introduction, overview, and costs Star Alliance first class and business class lounges, LAX After visiting the Star Alliance first class lounge, popping over to their […]
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For a few years now, Delta and Virgin Australia have had a partnership, allowing members of both airlines' frequent flyer programs reciprocal mileage earning and redemption.
Australia is one of the toughest destinations in the world to get to on miles, and Virgin Australia releases more saver level business class award availability between the US and Australia than any other airline. So this is a huge partnership for SkyMiles members, and one which greatly increases the value of SkyMiles, in my opinion.
However, something screwy has been going on lately.
Despite Delta having recently advertised that they've added a bunch of new partners to the SkyMiles online search page (and Delta displaying Virgin Australia award space online since 2012, actually), Virgin Australia award space no longer shows on delta.com.
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Virgin America Eliminates Fuel Surcharges on Virgin Australia Award Redemption Virgin America is a revenue-based frequent flyer program when using points for their own flights (points costs are based on the price of the ticket you’re buying) but there’s an award chart when redeeming for travel on partners. US – Australia business class awards on […]
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