Traveling

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Best Credit Card Signup Bonuses for June and more...

There's no quicker and easier way to earn a large amount of miles quickly than with a new credit card. And before the holidays is the perfect time to get one, because it's even easier than the rest of the year to meet the minimum spending required to ...

Best Credit Card Signup Bonuses for June and more...


Best Credit Card Signup Bonuses for June

There's no quicker and easier way to earn a large amount of miles quickly than with a new credit card. And before the holidays is the perfect time to get one, because it's even easier than the rest of the year to meet the minimum spending required to earn signup bonuses.

Every month I post what I find are the best signup bonus offers out there. Over the past several months we've seen several that are new and bigger, even 100,000 point offers.

Continue reading Best Credit Card Signup Bonuses for June...

        

3 Days Only: Buy IHG Rewards Club Points for Half a Cent

IHG Rewards Club – the loyalty program for Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and related brands — is offering a 100% bonus on purchased points through June 15.

You likely won't get hurt at this price. I consider it a good deal. And it's tied for the lowest price I've seen.

Continue reading 3 Days Only: Buy IHG Rewards Club Points for Half a Cent...

        

American Express Shares New Details on the Upcoming LAX Centurion Lounge

In April word leaked that LAX would be getting a Centurion lounge finally. We should expect this lounge to open in 2019.

The lounge will be located in the in the Tom Bradley International terminal, and not where it was originally expected between terminals six and seven. It will be 13,693 square feet, 10% larger than the expanded Centurion lounge they're building in Dallas.

Continue reading American Express Shares New Details on the Upcoming LAX Centurion Lounge...

        

New American Airlines Route to Avoid Like the Plague and Will Alaska Buy Hawaiian?

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 American Airlines Route to Avoid Like the Plague and Will Alaska Buy Hawaiian?...

        

Daily Show Mocks American Airlines New Miserable Lavatories

American's new Boeing 737 MAX interior has seats with less space between them than ever before, less recline, and no seat back entertainment. They are installing satellite wifi and bigger overhead bins, but to squeeze in even more seats -- they've gone from 150 seats to 172 seats on this size aircraft in just four years -- they're shrinking the bathrooms onboard.

One American Airlines pilot describes these lavatories as the most miserable experience in the world. He says he'll refuse to deadhead on the aircraft to get to his duty assignment.

Continue reading Daily Show Mocks American Airlines New Miserable Lavatories...

        

Virgin Atlantic Clubhouses at Newark and Washington Dulles Now Open to Priority Pass Cardholders

Back in the fall Priority Pass added access to the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse at LAX. That seemed fantastic, and it is — finally a Priority Pass-accessible lounge at LAX terminal 2. However it wasn’t exciting as it seemed at first blush. Hours are limited to when Virgin Atlantic’s own passengers aren’t there. Initially the LAX lounge was open 5 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. That’s been cut back to 10:45 a.m. Since they’re not servicing Virgin’s customers they don’t offer the extensive food service Virgin customers are used to. Credit: Virgin Atlantic Credit: Virgin Atlantic They’ve apparently extended the model of generating revenue for otherwise-unused lounge space, getting Virgin Atlantic lounges to open earlier in exchange for that sweet, sweet...

Continue Reading »

        

American Will No Longer Be As Flexible With Same Day Changes When You Call Reservations

American Airlines is already a lot stricter with same day confirmed changes than their competitors are.

Consistent with the American's overall move to limit agent flexibility they've changed how reservations agents process same day standby.

There is no de jure change here, but a de facto change in what reservations agents will be able to do for customers. They'll no longer be able to ignore other business rules when E inventory is available

Continue reading American Will No Longer Be As Flexible With Same Day Changes When You Call Reservations...

        

In the Mideast VIP Passengers Get Escalators Brought Up to the Plane

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum of Dubai arrived in Saudi Arabia with plans to discuss an aid package for Jordan. He made a roughly 1000 mile journey.

And like the King of Saudi Arabia, he used an escalator for getting on and off the aircraft.

Continue reading In the Mideast VIP Passengers Get Escalators Brought Up to the Plane...

        

Fare Alert: American Premium Economy to Hong Kong Under $1000 Roundtrip

American Airlines is offering premium economy from $994 roundtrip between San Francisco and Hong Kong. That's an amazing fare for not coach. It's also broadly available.

Continue reading Fare Alert: American Premium Economy to Hong Kong Under $1000 Roundtrip...

        

Opinions expressed here are author's alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, airline or hotel chain, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities.

   
   
   

No comments:

Post a Comment