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Friday, November 23, 2018

American Airlines Discounting Miles for Black Friday and more...

For Black Friday last year they offered miles at 1.77 cents apiece and they did that the year before too. So it's no surprise they have a Black Friday offer so sell miles at 1.77 cents apiece again through November 26. Continue reading American Airlines ...

American Airlines Discounting Miles for Black Friday and more...


American Airlines Discounting Miles for Black Friday

For Black Friday last year they offered miles at 1.77 cents apiece and they did that the year before too. So it's no surprise they have a Black Friday offer so sell miles at 1.77 cents apiece again through November 26.

Continue reading American Airlines Discounting Miles for Black Friday...

        

Charlotte Will Get a Centurion Lounge in 2019

On Monday the City of Charlotte is expected to approve a 10 year lease (and two five year extension options) to American Express for building of a Centurion lounge at their airport. Here's the detail:

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Best Deal Ever on Perhaps the Most Valuable Miles in the World (First Class Award to Europe $855)

The best Star Alliance frequent flyer program in the world is hidden in plain site. What if I told you that you could book first class to Europe for 60,000 miles, or first class to Africa for just 75,000 miles? That's what Aegean Miles & Bonus offers.

They are a Marriott transfer partner but do not partner with any of the credit card points programs. And they're now selling miles at a great discount.

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How Not to Lose at Black Friday

ou need to stay disciplined. Do not buy things simply because they are a 'good deal' relative to their usual price. You wouldn't have paid that price anyway, so you aren't saving money compared to that price if you make a purchase. You know how I know you wouldn't have paid that price? The very fact that you didn't buy it already.

There may be things you have in your purchase path already. Those are the things to consider buying on Black Friday.

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Frequent Flyer Program Head Warns Airlines About Risk of Further Devaluations

It's this success that left me perplexed -- why would airlines continually devalue their frequent flyer programs? These are highly profitable multi-billion dollar businesses. Yet each cut risks undermining that business. Now this very warning comes from inside the industry.

Loyalty program executives -- and their airline bosses -- need to realize just what's at stake: "As more full-service airline loyalty programs strip away benefits, devalue the currency and make it more challenging to earn meaningful rewards, the cracks in the dam will continue to grow, more rapidly, until one day the game will be over and full-service airline loyalty programs, and their billions in revenues – begin to wash away."

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