If frequent flyer credits at United, Delta, and American are earned based on the price of a ticket rather than the distance flown, why are those credits called miles? Frequent flyer programs were meant to provide differentiation amongst airlines where ...

Miles are Still More Important Than Revenue — Even at United, Delta, and American and more...  In This Issue...  Miles are Still More Important Than Revenue — Even at United, Delta, and American  Etihad First Class Award Booking Trick is Back – Use Your American Miles Now  Why Airlines Now Like Connecting Passengers More Than Non-Stop  Review: Starwood’s Fantastic Las Alcobas, Mexico City  15 Things I Love about the Chase Ink Business Preferred Card  The Really Offensive Thing About the Viral 9/11 Math Problem Is It Gets 9/11 Facts Wrong  More Recent Articles Miles are Still More Important Than Revenue — Even at United, Delta, and American If frequent flyer credits at United, Delta, and American are earned based on the price of a ticket rather than the distance flown, why are those credits called miles? Frequent flyer programs were meant to provide differentiation amongst airlines where none existed. Airline seats are more or less commodity products. Programs create brand loyalty, and get a customer to take a connection rather than a non-stop or wait for a flight 2 hours later instead of flying at the ideal time. Continue reading Miles are Still More Important Than Revenue — Even at United, Delta, and American...          • Email to a friend •   Etihad First Class Award Booking Trick is Back – Use Your American Miles Now With American and Etihad in a political spat, American killing their codesharing with Etihad, it's unclear how long this partnership would last. However it remains one of the best uses of miles in the world. First class is 115,000 miles each way between the US and Mideast or "Indian Subcontinent" which includes the Maldives. Get booking using this trick for sure! Continue reading Etihad First Class Award Booking Trick is Back – Use Your American Miles Now...          • Email to a friend •   Why Airlines Now Like Connecting Passengers More Than Non-Stop n traditional airline economics, a major airline makes money by locating its hub in a major city with significant business travel. Ideally owning that hub, business customers will pay a premium for non-stop flights and there will be limited competition for those non-stops. The airline builds its schedule around meeting the needs of those business customers, and then fills empty seats at a discount with leisure passengers. Continue reading Why Airlines Now Like Connecting Passengers More Than Non-Stop...          • Email to a friend •   Review: Starwood’s Fantastic Las Alcobas, Mexico City Las Alcobas is a small boutique hotel in the Polanco area of Mexico City. It joined Starwood two and a half years ago and has just 35 rooms (4 suites). The area is near Lincoln Park, street food and fine dining. I managed to score a 50% off rate here by spending 1000 Starwood points. Continue reading Review: Starwood’s Fantastic Las Alcobas, Mexico City...          • Email to a friend •   15 Things I Love about the Chase Ink Business Preferred Card This is strongest-earning small business card and the card with the most valuable signup bonus. And it's a $95 annual fee card, not a $450 annual fee card. Many readers can get a business card and probably should. Continue reading 15 Things I Love about the Chase Ink Business Preferred Card...          • Email to a friend •   The Really Offensive Thing About the Viral 9/11 Math Problem Is It Gets 9/11 Facts Wrong By all means teach what happened on 9/11. Offer context for why it happened, and what the response to the attack was. And use math problems to engage directly in the learning. But if you're going to do that please start with getting facts right. Otherwise it really is just a math problem with random numbers with a story of mass murder attached. Continue reading The Really Offensive Thing About the Viral 9/11 Math Problem Is It Gets 9/11 Facts Wrong...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles New Starbucks Visa, Double Elite Qualifying Miles and More Free Restaurants in Airports Pilot Pretending to Be Blind Walked Around Chicago Midway Airport for Halloween Cool Test: Airline Picks Up Checked Bags From Your Home, Hands You Boarding Pass       Click here to safely unsubscribe from "View from the Wing." Click here to view mailing archives, here to change your preferences, or here to subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC, 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123, Sudbury, MA 01776, USA.