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Airlines are Responding to Bank, Accounting, and Consultant Pressures by Opening Up More Award Space
May 14, 2014
According to the Wall Street Journal, airlines are opening up more award space this year compared to last year because of pressure from banks, accounting rules, and consultant studies.
In the short term, that's good for us. More award space: woohoo!
But in the long run, these pressures could cause more airlines to move to revenue-based frequent flyer programs. Revenue-based redemptions: boohoo!
Every year IdeaWorks comes out with one of the worst-conceived studies imaginable in an attempt to quantify which frequent flyer programs make redemptions the easiest.
Shouldn’t It Say Get 1 and 5/7 Roundtrip Flights?
April 19, 2014
Southwest and Chase market their Southwest card in a misleading way. The big bold letters say:
The 50,000 points the card offers in no way correlate with two roundtrips.
Bad Deals to Avoid This Week
October 4, 2013
There were some great deals this week:
US Airways Share Miles with 100% Bonus = 1.13 Cent Dividend Miles
Citi Offering 3 AAdvantage Miles Per Dollar on Gas, Groceries, and More.
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What I’d Least Like to See Changed about Each Frequent Flyer Program
July 13, 2013
United scared me a lot on Friday when it tweeted that changes were coming to MileagePlus.
United still hasn't told us what those changes are, but insists we'll like them.
It's very unlikely I'll like them much. It could be a minor enhancement, but there are very few things I would change about United MileagePlus that United would also change.
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What I’d Least Like to See Changed about Each Frequent Flyer Program
July 13, 2013
United scared me a lot on Friday when it tweeted that changes were coming to MileagePlus.
United still hasn't told us what those changes are, but insists we'll like them.
It's very unlikely I'll like them much. It could be a minor enhancement, but there are very few things I would change about United MileagePlus that United would also change.
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Up to 35% Off All Southwest Flights Today Only with Three Simple Steps
June 27, 2013
Update: I got 2 x 36k in the first few seconds.
How to Enjoy Southwest’s Sale that Ends Today Even If You Don’t Fly Southwest
June 13, 2013
Southwest is having a big sale on all of its flights that ends today at 11:59 PM ET. The sale is good for travel from August 26 - December 18. Almost everyone benefits from this sale.
Great Southwest Sale Nonstops for $49 to $149 Based on Distance
February 5, 2013
Southwest is running my favorite type of its sales--the distance based ones. Oneways of the following lengths are the following discounted prices.
The great thing about these deals is that they are widely available, include two checked bags, and earn double points!
Here are the details:
Purchase by 11:59 PM on Thursday and travel Monday-Saturday from April 3 to June 8. There are city and systemwide blackouts also.
You don't need any special promo code. You can just do a normal search on southwest.com.
Double Southwest Points until May 15
February 4, 2013
Register for the new Southwest Double Points promo that runs until May 15, 2013.