While award tickets have gone up in price, they haven't gone up 10-fold over the last 30 years the way that signup bonuses have, so maybe award chart devaluation isn't so bad after all. Continue reading What Rewards Credit Card Offers Looked Like 30 ...

What Rewards Credit Card Offers Looked Like 30 Years Ago and more...  In This Issue...  What Rewards Credit Card Offers Looked Like 30 Years Ago  The Ultimate Million Mile Status Benefit  JD Power’s New Best Hotel Loyalty Program Survey is Garbage In, Garbage Out  The Folly of American’s New Coach Strategy: Undermines “$3 Billion” Investment  Jumping INTO a Plane Mid-Air and Hotel Shower That Records Your Thoughts  Flying to All 50 States (and Earning Unlimited Free First Class Travel for a Year)  More Recent Articles What Rewards Credit Card Offers Looked Like 30 Years Ago While award tickets have gone up in price, they haven't gone up 10-fold over the last 30 years the way that signup bonuses have, so maybe award chart devaluation isn't so bad after all. Continue reading What Rewards Credit Card Offers Looked Like 30 Years Ago...          • Email to a friend •   The Ultimate Million Mile Status Benefit Thirty years ago when OnePass was formed out of the Eastern Airlines Frequent Traveler Bonus Program and Continental's TravelBank, they offered a huge reward for members who flew one million miles between the two airlines. It was called the MillionAir and it offered a trip for two every week for a year anywhere the two airlines flew and it included 52 nights of hotel and 52 days of luxury rental car. Continue reading The Ultimate Million Mile Status Benefit...          • Email to a friend •   JD Power’s New Best Hotel Loyalty Program Survey is Garbage In, Garbage Out JD Power released their survey of hotel loyalty programs earlier in the week. The problem, though, is that their methodology doesn't come close to supporting anything close to meaningful results. And their purported 'takeaways' completely miss the point. Continue reading JD Power’s New Best Hotel Loyalty Program Survey is Garbage In, Garbage Out...          • Email to a friend •   The Folly of American’s New Coach Strategy: Undermines “$3 Billion” Investment American's new 737 MAX 8 aircraft have a brand new interior that squeezes in more seats. They've gone from 150 seats on 737s 4 years ago to 160 seats on most 737s today and now to 172 seats. American says they are spending "more than $3 billion in new customer products and services" making the mainstay product of their domestic fleet penny wise and pound foolish. Continue reading The Folly of American’s New Coach Strategy: Undermines “$3 Billion” Investment...          • Email to a friend •   Jumping INTO a Plane Mid-Air and Hotel Shower That Records Your Thoughts 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 Jumping INTO a Plane Mid-Air and Hotel Shower That Records Your Thoughts...          • Email to a friend •   Flying to All 50 States (and Earning Unlimited Free First Class Travel for a Year) I think of service to Delaware as what an airline does when they want to be able to claim they serve all 50 states. There's no current commercial service to Wilmington, Delaware's airport. The last major airline to offer service to New Castle Airport was Delta. Continue reading Flying to All 50 States (and Earning Unlimited Free First Class Travel for a Year)...          • Email to a friend •   More Recent Articles SWISS First Class Awards Cancelled, Aeroplan is "Not Pleased" American Will Pay Pilots Double to Solve Their Christmas Fiasco One Surprising Award Redemption Benefit to the US Airline Fight With Gulf Carriers       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.