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We were contacted by an editor at Inside Flyer wanting to feature our Delta award trip to France & Italy this past spring in the monthly magazine. First thought: Yipee!
This magazine claims to be “required reading for frequent flyers,” helping its readers to optimize redemption & accumulation of miles. Each month, it alerts its readers to airline, hotel, car rental & credit card bonuses, as well as providing Best Bets on best mileage promotions…
IMHO (I’ve learned from my geeky husband that this means “in my humble opinion” in internet-talk), this magazine is the perfect fit for a feature from Weekend Blitz. And, how [...]
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By The Points Guy
Earlier this morning, Delta sent out a press release announcing changes that will be made to the SkyMiles program starting January 1, 2015, that they claim will make earning and redeeming easier for [...]
Our journey started off in Charleston-CHS on a small United Airlines commuter flight to Washington-IAD. We couldn’t have been more thrilled that the seat-back magazine, Hemispheres, featured article that was titled, “Three Perfect Days in Istanbul”–off to a good start!
…it must be a sign
We made it to Dulles from our connecting flight with about 3 hrs to kill before takeoff. I had a few United Club passes that I wanted to use before they expired, but we wanted to stay in Terminal B. Unfortunately, you’re out of luck when it comes to United Clubs in Terminal B.
British Airways flies a surprisingly large number of routes within the Caribbean–this can save hundreds of dollars if you’re interested in doing some island hopping and really opens up your vacation possibilities. Here are the destinations served:
Legend: Red = British Airways operated flights (confirmed bookable with Avios)Green = Codeshare American Airlines, operated by Seaborne Airlines (confirmed bookable with AA miles, not positive about Avios)
As stated in the caption, any flight in Red on the map or with a designation of BA in the [...]
I’m a regular listener of NPR’s “Planet Money” and was interested to hear this week’s past episode: “Episode 517: The Fastest Growing, Least Popular Airline In America.” The episode, which aired on Friday Feb 14, is all all about the airline we all love to hate: Spirit Airlines. It features an interview with their CEO, Ben Baldanza who defends the airline and likens it to the Dollar General of the airline industry whereas his competitors are all trying to be the Target or Nordstroms of the skies.
You can follow the link here to listen: Episode 517: The Fastest Growing, Least Popular Airline In America or directly download the [...]
