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New Starbucks Visa, Double Elite Qualifying Miles and More Free Restaurants in Airports and more...  In This Issue...  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  Post Office Memo Bans Money Orders for Gift Cards and New Condiments for United Cheeseburger  Virgin America Flight History Won’t Count Towards Alaska Airlines Lifetime Elite Status  The Best Rewards Credit Cards in a Nutshell  More Recent Articles New Starbucks Visa, Double Elite Qualifying Miles and More Free Restaurants in Airports A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading New Starbucks Visa, Double Elite Qualifying Miles and More Free Restaurants in Airports...          • Email to a friend •   Pilot Pretending to Be Blind Walked Around Chicago Midway Airport for Halloween CorkyBravo saw this pilot at Chicago Midway airport on Halloween. He reports that "airline employees were all trying to "help" [the pilot] near every gate. He would refuse help, then go bump into a bunch of stuff while shuffling off to his next gate." Continue reading Pilot Pretending to Be Blind Walked Around Chicago Midway Airport for Halloween...          • Email to a friend •   Cool Test: Airline Picks Up Checked Bags From Your Home, Hands You Boarding Pass Federal rules notwithstanding the need to check in is a bit of an anachronism. Requiring it of every passenger does let an airline know a few minutes earlier how many people haven't checked in, therefore losing their seats, and making seats available to accommodate other passengers. But is it really worth imposing the (small) cost on millions of people per day? Continue reading Cool Test: Airline Picks Up Checked Bags From Your Home, Hands You Boarding Pass...          • Email to a friend •   Post Office Memo Bans Money Orders for Gift Cards and New Condiments for United Cheeseburger A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading Post Office Memo Bans Money Orders for Gift Cards and New Condiments for United Cheeseburger...          • Email to a friend •   Virgin America Flight History Won’t Count Towards Alaska Airlines Lifetime Elite Status A reader asked me how his Virgin America flight history would count towards Alaska Airlines lifetime elite status once the Virgin brand was completely folded in Alaska Airlines. Alaska Airlines awards lifetime MVP Gold status after 1 million actual miles flown on Alaska (and not counting flights on partner airlines besides, for instance, Horizon). Continue reading Virgin America Flight History Won’t Count Towards Alaska Airlines Lifetime Elite Status...          • Email to a friend •   The Best Rewards Credit Cards in a Nutshell We often delve into the extreme detail and minutiae of rewards cards, there are tons of benefits and features and lots of details but it's easy to lose the forest from the trees. I thought I'd try to keep it simple, with just a single statement to encapsulate the key value proposition offered by several of the best rewards cards. See if you agree with my cutting to the chase on each. Continue reading The Best Rewards Credit Cards in a Nutshell...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles Man and Woman Meet for the First Time on Delta Flight, Have Sex, Face Charges Airline Admits Revenue-Based Mistake, Will Award More Credit to Cheap Fares Air France Will Announce Total Revamp of Frequent Flyer Program on Monday       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.