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How Airlines Assign Flight Numbers and Emirates Exaggerates Its Economy Class and more...  In This Issue...  How Airlines Assign Flight Numbers and Emirates Exaggerates Its Economy Class  EVA Air’s Bold Vision With Their New Safety Video Was to Create Actual Art  An Offbeat Tip for a Long Layover and Do You Know How to Identify Bed Bugs?  American Airlines Will Extend Elite Benefits to Fliggy Customers  The Psychology of Getting Someone Started With Miles and Points  Marriott Removes Banned Book From Chinese Hotel  Cathay Pacific Credit Card Increases Bonus, Adds First Year Fee Waiver for Limited Time  Aeroflot Deported US Citizens — To India, Because Racism?  Avianca LifeMiles Will Expire in 12 Months, Only Accrual (Not Redemption) Will Extend  5 Things I Love About the Hyatt Visa How Airlines Assign Flight Numbers and Emirates Exaggerates Its Economy Class 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 How Airlines Assign Flight Numbers and Emirates Exaggerates Its Economy Class...          • Email to a friend •   EVA Air’s Bold Vision With Their New Safety Video Was to Create Actual Art Star Alliance member EVA Air is out with a new safety video that they say took three months of planning and rehearsing -- and which they view as art ("EVA Makes Inflight Safety a Work of Art"). Continue reading EVA Air’s Bold Vision With Their New Safety Video Was to Create Actual Art...          • Email to a friend •   An Offbeat Tip for a Long Layover and Do You Know How to Identify Bed Bugs? 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 An Offbeat Tip for a Long Layover and Do You Know How to Identify Bed Bugs?...          • Email to a friend •   American Airlines Will Extend Elite Benefits to Fliggy Customers American has a new play in Chinese distribution. China's Alibaba Group has an online travel service called Fliggy. American Airlines is launching an online travel store on Fliggy, and extending elite benefits to Fliggy's elite customers. Continue reading American Airlines Will Extend Elite Benefits to Fliggy Customers...          • Email to a friend •   The Psychology of Getting Someone Started With Miles and Points I was e-mailing with Stephen M. about his son's credit card strategy, credit score, and options. He observed that he's been focused on getting the most from rewards 'for at least 8 years' but "it is kind of funny, I tell people who travel a lot about it, but very few do it seriously." When frequent flyer programs began in the U.S. programs would give you 5000 miles if you spent all your points. That's because they were afraid you would no longer be locked into an airline if you spent all your miles, you'd get off the treadmill and become a free agent. They stopped doing that. And the reason why is telling. Continue reading The Psychology of Getting Someone Started With Miles and Points...          • Email to a friend •   Marriott Removes Banned Book From Chinese Hotel Marriott had to take down their website and mobile app after Shanghai authorities were notified the hotel company listed Tibet and Taiwan as separate countries on a survey. Then after a Marriott employee working the Marriott Rewards twitter account 'liked' a tweet by Friends of Tibet the company was letting everyone know that employee was being fired rather than the usual corporate response of not commenting on personnel matters. Continue reading Marriott Removes Banned Book From Chinese Hotel...          • Email to a friend •   Cathay Pacific Credit Card Increases Bonus, Adds First Year Fee Waiver for Limited Time Cathay Pacific launched its new US credit card back in February. It's issued by Synchrony Bank. Initially the signup bonus on the card was 25,000 points after $2500 spend within 90 days for this $95 annual fee card. In late summer they ran a 50,000 point signup offer. Today they launched a new offer for the card which bonuses all foreign transaction spend: 35,000 miles after $2500 spend within 90 days and a $0 annual fee the first year. Continue reading Cathay Pacific Credit Card Increases Bonus, Adds First Year Fee Waiver for Limited Time...          • Email to a friend •   Aeroflot Deported US Citizens — To India, Because Racism? Aeroflot cancelled flight SU102 from Moscow to New York JFK on January 7. They offer 3 flights a day on the route, this is the second one, but they reported to passengers that flights were full. Transit without visa through the Moscow airport is only permitted for 24 hours.... Continue reading Aeroflot Deported US Citizens — To India, Because Racism?...          • Email to a friend •   Avianca LifeMiles Will Expire in 12 Months, Only Accrual (Not Redemption) Will Extend Star Alliance member Avianca's LifeMiles program is useful for frequently reasonable redemptions, no fuel surcharges, and regularly selling miles on the cheap. Miles have expired after 24 months of account inactivity, and until now any activity has been enough to reset the clock. Starting April 15th they're revising the rules to say miles expire after 12 months and only earning more miles resets the clock, not redeeming miles. Continue reading Avianca LifeMiles Will Expire in 12 Months, Only Accrual (Not Redemption) Will Extend...          • Email to a friend •   5 Things I Love About the Hyatt Visa I've been a Hyatt Visa cardholder almost since the product first launched. I'm a top tier Hyatt frequent guest, and I keep the card because each year it gives me a free night that's worth far more than the cost of the card. Here are 5 things I love about the product: Continue reading 5 Things I Love About the Hyatt Visa...          • Email to a friend •       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.