Competition is great, I love that there are two different banks issuing American Airlines credit cards. It seems that when one increases its signup bonus a little while later another one does too. They're offering more and more miles to compete for the ...

130,000 Miles: Two Big Improved Offers for American Airlines Credit Cards and more...  In This Issue...  130,000 Miles: Two Big Improved Offers for American Airlines Credit Cards  Southwest Giving Out Points If You Have to Wait 10 Minutes at TSA PreCheck  British Airways Now Part of PreCheck (Even Though They’re Not on the TSA Website Yet)  Delta, American, and United Took Out a Full Page Ad to Suck Up to Donald Trump  How American Airlines Sees New York – and Why They Fail in the Big Apple  Airline Employee Offered to Smuggle C4 Onto a Plane and Fee-Free Credit Card Payments  How to Book American Awards With British Airways Avios When BA.com Shows Nothing Available  More Recent Articles This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. 130,000 Miles: Two Big Improved Offers for American Airlines Credit Cards Competition is great, I love that there are two different banks issuing American Airlines credit cards. It seems that when one increases its signup bonus a little while later another one does too. They're offering more and more miles to compete for the attention of customers. Citibank has two bigger offers than we've seen in a long time for their AAdvantage cards. Continue reading 130,000 Miles: Two Big Improved Offers for American Airlines Credit Cards...          • Email to a friend • Southwest Giving Out Points If You Have to Wait 10 Minutes at TSA PreCheck Security wait times hurt an airline's business for short haul flights. Having to get to the airport early means that total travel time can take as long or longer than driving. In the Northeast for instance Amtrak has taken a lot of business away from the airline shuttle routes between Boston and New York and between New York and DC just because of the need to turn up at the airport earlier. So if airlines can convince you that total travel time is less than you think — a 'security wait time guarantee' — you may be more inclined to buy tickets for those flights. Continue reading Southwest Giving Out Points If You Have to Wait 10 Minutes at TSA PreCheck...          • Email to a friend • British Airways Now Part of PreCheck (Even Though They’re Not on the TSA Website Yet) A couple of weeks ago I wrote that British Airways would be joining TSA PreCheck. Then the updated list of airlines went live on the TSA website — and British Airways wasn't on it. The strange thing was BA had sent out a memo saying they were going to launch. BA went into damage control mode saying this was misinformation, with non-denial denials. Continue reading British Airways Now Part of PreCheck (Even Though They’re Not on the TSA Website Yet)...          • Email to a friend • Delta, American, and United Took Out a Full Page Ad to Suck Up to Donald Trump Delta has extensively praised Donald Trump. Now a lobbying group working for United, Delta, and American has taken out full page ads in the New York Times and New York Post praising him. They're happy, it seems, that they're getting nothing out of an agreement with Emirates, Etihad and Qatar. Delta should be happy because out of this effort they've improved their competitive position against American. Continue reading Delta, American, and United Took Out a Full Page Ad to Suck Up to Donald Trump...          • Email to a friend • How American Airlines Sees New York – and Why They Fail in the Big Apple American Airlines President Isom told employees on Friday how the airline sees themselves in New York. And it's a departure from how the airline talked about New York when US Airways first took over. Continue reading How American Airlines Sees New York – and Why They Fail in the Big Apple...          • Email to a friend • Airline Employee Offered to Smuggle C4 Onto a Plane and Fee-Free Credit Card Payments 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 Airline Employee Offered to Smuggle C4 Onto a Plane and Fee-Free Credit Card Payments...          • Email to a friend • How to Book American Awards With British Airways Avios When BA.com Shows Nothing Available One of the most frequent questions I've been getting over the past couple of months is how come I can't book American Airlines awards on the British Airways website? This is just a website issue. The space is available to British Airways members, and the impediment is easy to overcome. Continue reading How to Book American Awards With British Airways Avios When BA.com Shows Nothing Available...          • Email to a friend • More Recent Articles Big Changes to Award Availability at American Airlines, Southwest Still Offers the Most Seats American Airlines Revealed the Real Reason They're Cancelling Chicago – Beijing New Boarding Group Ahead Of First Class 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.     Safely Unsubscribe • Archives • Preferences • Contact • Subscribe • Privacy Email subscriptions powered by FeedBlitz, LLC • 365 Boston Post Rd, Suite 123 • Sudbury, MA 01776, USA