Shouldn’t It Say Get 1 and 5/7 Roundtrip Flights?

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

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.

What I’d Least Like to See Changed about Each Frequent Flyer Program

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.

What I’d Least Like to See Changed about Each Frequent Flyer Program

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.

How to Enjoy Southwest’s Sale that Ends Today Even If You Don’t Fly Southwest

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

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

Register for the new Southwest Double Points promo that runs until May 15, 2013.

Southwest and AirTran Get Cozier: What It Means For You

According to this thread on FlyerTalk, Southwest Airlines has started to display bookable AirTran flights on its own website. The first AirTran city pairs offered on Southwest.com are Atlanta <-> Fort Lauderdale and Atlanta <-> Fort Myers. A sample screenshot of the newly available flights is below.

These flights are still bookable on AirTran's website.