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The 11 Best Card Offers for December and more...  In This Issue...  The 11 Best Card Offers for December  Delta Now Punishing Frequent Flyers: Starting to Book Some Award Tickets Into Basic Economy  Man Forgets to Put Phone in Airplane Mode, Gets $300 Bill  Why Merchants Still Require Signatures When Credit Card Networks Don’t and Why Travel Writing is So Bad  This Diamond-Studded Emirates Boeing 777 is – Sadly – Not Real  The Jet Airways Meltdown Could Spell Trouble for Delta’s India Plans  oneworld Alliance Gets its First Member in Africa, Will Be Great for AAdvantage Travel  An Oral History of Anthony Bourdain and People Taking Fake Private Jet Selfies  More Recent Articles This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. The 11 Best Card Offers for December There's no quicker and easier way to earn a large amount of miles quickly than with a new credit card. And before the holidays is the perfect time to get one, because it's even easier than the rest of the year to meet the minimum spending required to earn signup bonuses. Every month I post what I find are the best signup bonus offers out there. There's now even a public 200,000 mile offer which I've never seen before. Continue reading The 11 Best Card Offers for December...          • Email to a friend • Delta Now Punishing Frequent Flyers: Starting to Book Some Award Tickets Into Basic Economy Basic economy tickets aren't a 'new way to offer cheaper fares'. They are new restrictions on the cheapest fares, a way of making the product worse so that some passengers will pay more. Now that United, Delta, and American all offer Basic Economy fares (no advance seat assignment, no cancel/changes, no upgrades or extra legroom seats, and in United's case no full-sized carry on bag) it's only been a matter of time before one of the carriers tried booking award tickets into Basic Economy. I admit to being surprised that it's happened so quickly, since it's not in the best interests of the airline - it's a bad business decision - but I'm not surprised that it appears to be Delta going first. Continue reading Delta Now Punishing Frequent Flyers: Starting to Book Some Award Tickets Into... Continue Reading »          • Email to a friend • Man Forgets to Put Phone in Airplane Mode, Gets $300 Bill About 5 years ago the ban on using personal electronics below 10,000 feet on U.S. flights was lifted. Now passengers can use their phones or tablets with the door closed, during taxi, and takeoff. But devices are supposed to be in airplane mode. This is the first time I've heard of a real consequence for not doing that -- though as a result of something that would only occur with certain airlines in Europe, the Mideast, and Asia. Continue reading Man Forgets to Put Phone in Airplane Mode, Gets $300 Bill...          • Email to a friend • Why Merchants Still Require Signatures When Credit Card Networks Don’t and Why Travel Writing is So Bad 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 Why Merchants Still Require Signatures When Credit Card Networks Don’t and Why Travel Writing is So Bad...          • Email to a friend • This Diamond-Studded Emirates Boeing 777 is – Sadly – Not Real Dubai-based Emirates tweeted out a photo of one of their Boeing 777s encrusted in Diamonds. For Emirates this is actually believable. And they serious Need. To. Do. This. Continue reading This Diamond-Studded Emirates Boeing 777 is – Sadly – Not Real...          • Email to a friend • The Jet Airways Meltdown Could Spell Trouble for Delta’s India Plans A disrupted relationship with Jet Airways — from the carrier's own troubles, and the possibility that Etihad takes back control — could stymie Delta's indeterminate and underspecified promise to serve the market. Continue reading The Jet Airways Meltdown Could Spell Trouble for Delta’s India Plans...          • Email to a friend • oneworld Alliance Gets its First Member in Africa, Will Be Great for AAdvantage Travel Qantas CEO Alan Joyce welcomed Royal Air Maroc CEO Abdelhamid Addou into the oneworld alliance this afternoon at the Royalton Hotel in New York. This is a big win for AAdvantage frequent flyers. Award travel on the carrier is abundantly available and with the addition of Miami service in April they'll offer non-stop Boeing 787 travel from 4 North American cities to Casablanca with connections beyond. Continue reading oneworld Alliance Gets its First Member in Africa, Will Be Great for AAdvantage Travel...          • Email to a friend • An Oral History of Anthony Bourdain and People Taking Fake Private Jet Selfies 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 An Oral History of Anthony Bourdain and People Taking Fake Private Jet Selfies...          • Email to a friend • More Recent Articles Woman Suing Hilton for $100 Million: Says Hotel Employee Videotaped Her in Shower, Blackmailed Her Phoenix Expected to Get Centurion and Escape Lounges – City Council Approval Today 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