Chase is now waiving the first year fee on the United Explorer Card. (After the $0 first year annual fee it is then $95.) And for a limited-time the initial bonus is 40,000 bonus miles after $2,000 spend on purchases in the first 3 months plus a $100 ...
This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. Chase is now waiving the first year fee on the United Explorer Card. (After the $0 first year annual fee it is then $95.) And for a limited-time the initial bonus is 40,000 bonus miles after $2,000 spend on purchases in the first 3 months plus a $100 statement credit after first purchase. This offer explicitly ends August 15. Continue reading Last Day for United Explorer Statement Credit and Initial Bonus Offer... In July American Airlines came in 15th in on-time performance for North American. They weren't just behind Delta, Hawaiian and Alaska but also United and Southwest and even Spirit. Despite a company-wide push to depart exactly on-time over everything else, they don't seem to be arriving on-time. This has been an ongoing issue. Continue reading American’s President Explains How Maintenance Is Dragging Down Their Operation... American Airlines will move out of terminal 2 in March 2020 and "commence operations in our new Terminal 1 and Boarding Area B" However Alaska Airlines will not take over the Admirals Club space. The airport wants that for retail. Alaska wants to "leas[e] some of the build-back space for a potential lounge" and may be looking at a two-level club. Continue reading American Will Leave San Francisco’s Terminal 2 and Alaska Will Build New Lounge There... This is all good news for corporate customers, especially big customers of United. Outside of change fee and reaccommodation waivers, the benefits largely come at the expense of flyers who are not corporate customers. Luckily the extra juice corporate customers are getting here is very much at the margin, a Platinum member's upgrade will still trump a Gold member for instance. More seats that require a fee isn't surprising, but it does make buying up from United's uncompetitive basic economy that much less appealing. Non-corporate leisure customers should increasingly consider American, Delta, or Southwest. Continue reading United Introducing New Seat Assignment Fees and New Benefits for Corporate Travelers... Frequent flyer programs create tremendous value for airlines. They're highly profitable, and have been for years. When United filed for bankruptcy it was said to have to continue flying to support the underlying credit card business. The airline's first call after seeing the judge each time was to Jamie Dimon. The issuer of the United co-brand credit card provided debtor-in-possession financing to United, and co-led bankruptcy exit financing. As with other airlines, United received hundreds of millions of dollars in loans backed by future mileage sales to provide liquidity during the financial crisis. Continue reading Here’s How Much Airlines Made Off Their Frequent Flyer Programs So Far This Year... |
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