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Saturday, September 22, 2018

New Rose Gold Metal American Express Card Could Be the Best Rewards Card and more...

Yesterday I wrote that we could be about to get a new best points-earning American Express card. The strong rumor, based on information posted and then removed from the American Express website, is that the Premier Rewards Gold Card from American ...

New Rose Gold Metal American Express Card Could Be the Best Rewards Card and more...


New Rose Gold Metal American Express Card Could Be the Best Rewards Card

Yesterday I wrote that we could be about to get a new best points-earning American Express card. The strong rumor, based on information posted and then removed from the American Express website, is that the Premier Rewards Gold Card from American Express is getting an amazing revamp.

Here's more word on the street about the card's upcoming changes.

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I Love Delta Award Sales But They Don’t Actually Drive Much Value to Members

Delta has been running sale after sale on award redemptions recently. Make no mistake charging fewer miles for a ticket is better than charging more miles. But there's been tremendous euphoria in the blogosphere about how valuable Delta SkyMiles have become. That's just falling for Delta's hype and doesn't make sense at all.

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American Has a New Electronic System for Giving Out Hotels, Meals, and Transportation During Delays

American Airlines is in the process of rolling out a new "Hotel, Meal & Transportation (HMT) system" that will replace vouchers for hotels and meals during irregular operations with "a virtual credit card for hotels and meals."

Vouchers can be emailed to customers or printed, so that vendors no longer need to return paper vouchers for payment.

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10% Off Already-Discounted Hotels Worldwide and Reducing Airline Change Fees

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.

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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, It’s a Bird ON a United Plane!

Last night United's San Francisco – Newark redeye, flight UA1796, was delayed for a much shorter period of time than you'd expect when when a bird found itself trapped and flying around inside of the airline's Big Metal Bird.

United's Newark-bound stowaway was captured and released. When it arrived at Newark on its own it declared, "boy are my arms tired."

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People Keep Trying to Steal American Airlines Planes. That Never Ends Well.

A man hopped a fence at the Melbourne, Florida airport — and got on board an American Airlines plane. This happened around 2 a.m. These incidents never end well.

The perpetrator is a 26 year old man from Trinidad "who entered the country via Canada" and is a student pilot. He wasn't very sneaky. Maintenance workers saw him. And then tackled him.

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Delta Pilot Indicted for Lying About Depression. Could That Make Problems Worse?

A Delta pilot has been indicted for lying to the FAA in order to be certified to fly, claiming that he didn't suffer depression even though he had sought help from the Department of Veterans Affairs for a "major depressive disorder."

The pilot had claimed his VA disability benefits for covering "knee strain and tinnitus."

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