Southwest and Chase introduced a new more premium credit card product last week that's a nice improvement over their existing cards. I like the line from Southwest's chief marketing officer about the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card, it ...

Final Week: 65,000 Point Launch Offer for New Southwest Priority Card and more...  In This Issue...  Final Week: 65,000 Point Launch Offer for New Southwest Priority Card  American Says They Have a Problem With Premium Revenue. Will They Fix It?  Really Clever Fake Free Airline Ticket Scam That’s Easy to Fall For  American Makes 4 More Partners Available for Online Award Booking  Chase Eliminating Korean Air as Transfer Partner August 25  American Reveals Its Plans and Challenges With Airbus A321s  Successful Lawsuits Against Airlines for Failing to Board Your Kosher Meal, Not Letting You Sell Miles and More  New: 4% Cash Back on Dining Plus $500 Reward  More Recent Articles This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. Final Week: 65,000 Point Launch Offer for New Southwest Priority Card Southwest and Chase introduced a new more premium credit card product last week that's a nice improvement over their existing cards. I like the line from Southwest's chief marketing officer about the Southwest Rapid Rewards® Priority Credit Card, it has the 3 Ps... "more perks, more points, and more priority." When the card was introduced Southwest said that the record-setting launch offer for this card would only be available through August 22. Continue reading Final Week: 65,000 Point Launch Offer for New Southwest Priority Card...          • Email to a friend • American Says They Have a Problem With Premium Revenue. Will They Fix It? At a meeting between American Airlines employees and airline President Robert Isom last week, a sim instructor asked whether – with higher fuel prices – there's an 'industry initiative to increase fares' to compensate. Isom explains that American is lagging behind on premium revenue. However he thinks that premium economy will drive higher performance, and that basic economy and segmentation will "offer our customers what they want to buy, trying to encourage that move up the ladder" and that this will fix things. Continue reading American Says They Have a Problem With Premium Revenue. Will They Fix It?...          • Email to a friend • Really Clever Fake Free Airline Ticket Scam That’s Easy to Fall For No one offers a free airline ticket for answering three questions and sharing the (scam) offer with friends. Anyone offering something for free but asking you for a credit card to claim your prize is suspect. However scammers are getting good at making themselves look like the brands you know and maybe even trust. Continue reading Really Clever Fake Free Airline Ticket Scam That’s Easy to Fall For...          • Email to a friend • American Makes 4 More Partners Available for Online Award Booking American appears to have at least partially added the ability to book awards online with four more partners: Cathay Pacific, Qatar, SriLankan, and Malaysia Airlines. Continue reading American Makes 4 More Partners Available for Online Award Booking...          • Email to a friend • Chase Eliminating Korean Air as Transfer Partner August 25 Chase shared with me that Ultimate Rewards would no longer partner with Korean Air SkyPass after August 24. You have through August 24 to make these transfers. Continue reading Chase Eliminating Korean Air as Transfer Partner August 25...          • Email to a friend • American Reveals Its Plans and Challenges With Airbus A321s American Airlines is a big operator of Boeing 737s, a workhorse of the domestic fleet. But they're also a big operator of Airbus narrowbodies, including the larger A321 version. There are 121 Legacy US Airways A321s, and there are 98 legacy American Airlines A321s. The airline also has 100 A321 'neo' or 'new engine option' planes on order. And at an employee forum last week American's management shared their plans for these A321neos, as well as plans to update the interiors of existing A321 aircraft in the fleet. Continue reading American Reveals Its Plans and Challenges With Airbus A321s...          • Email to a friend • Successful Lawsuits Against Airlines for Failing to Board Your Kosher Meal, Not Letting You Sell Miles and More 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 Successful Lawsuits Against Airlines for Failing to Board Your Kosher Meal, Not Letting You Sell Miles and More...          • Email to a friend • New: 4% Cash Back on Dining Plus $500 Reward Ultimately I'm going to value bonusing dining spend in points that transfer to miles more highly than 4% cash back but that's largely because I'm also looking to spend my points for premium cabin international redemptions. This is a great new cash back tool for folks who spend heavily in dining and entertainment. Continue reading New: 4% Cash Back on Dining Plus $500 Reward...          • Email to a friend • More Recent Articles American's President Explains How Maintenance Is Dragging Down Their Operation American Will Leave San Francisco's Terminal 2 and Alaska Will Build New Lounge There 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