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Flights to Cuba Just Got Cheaper on American Airlines

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If you’ve been itching to travel to Cuba, now that relations between the U.S. and Cuba are thawing, flights just got cheaper. Here’s more information from The Charlotte Observer:  “American Airlines is temporarily cutting fares on its planned flights to Cuba as it prepares to inaugurate the commercial routes in September. Under the discount, travelers…

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Bids Are In: Multiple Airlines Apply For Service To Cuba

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Service to Cuba is expected to resume this year, allowing U.S. carriers to operate a total of 20 daily round-trip flights between the U.S. and Havana, and 10 daily round-trip flights to nine other Cuban cities with international airports. The deadline for airlines to bid on these slots is today. With that in mind, many…

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AAdvantage Card Offer Bonus Miles – 3 Day Rental Earns 2,250

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Check out this new offer from AAdvantage when you rent with Avis and Budget. If you have the Citi® / AAdvantage® cardholder or an AAdvantage® Aviator™ MasterCard® you can earn even more bonus miles, an additional 250 miles. As the preferred car rental partners of American Airlines, Avis and Budget are proud to offer you even more for your rental. Now, AAdvantage members…

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30 Minute American Flight Takes 9 Hours!

“American Airlines flight 382 was supposed to leave Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport at 1.45pm on Friday for Oklahoma City, but didn’t take off until 10.48pm,” as reported by the DailyMail. This story is my worst nightmare and something that I always pray won’t happen to me when I am flying especially when I’m with my…

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Alaska Airlines MVP Gold 75k Status Match

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In this post we’ll share how you can receive an Alaska Airlines MVP Gold 75k Status Match through email and start enjoying all the benefits the status has to offer. I can speak from experience having just received confirmation of my new MVP Gold 75k status match. I’ve long been interested in Alaska Airlines mileage program. They have…

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1,000 AAdvantage Miles When You Book With National‏ Rental Car

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Members can earn 1,000 American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles plus receive $15 off when you book with National Rental Car. How To Get Bonus 1,000 Miles Rent any size car for a minimum of three days at any participating National location in the United States and earn 1,000 American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles plus receive…

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Easy Way to Earn 2000 Bonus American AAdvantage Miles

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American Airlines is giving you the chance to ‘rake in the miles’ by shopping the AAdvantage eShopping Mall and earn bonus miles based on the amount you spend. The offer is good until October 16, 2014, and the bonus miles could take 8-10 weeks to post to your AAdvanage account. Terms: From 10/01/14 to 10/16/14…

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American Adds New Miami Non Stop Service, And Is Vying for Delta’s Haneda Slot

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American Airlines announced yesterday that it’s adding four new non-stop flights out of Miami: Austin and San Antonio, Tx; Kansas City, Mo.; and Salt Lake City, Ut. Tickets for these new non-stops go on sale October 5, 2014 but service doesn’t start until March 5, 2015. American will use Boeing 737-800s on the daily round-trip…

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Southwest Airlines Implementing Rapid Expansion at DCA This Fall

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Southwest Airlines started serving Ronald Regan National Airport (DCA) in June of 2012. Since then, they have gained greater access to the slot controlled and perimeter restricted airport thru its purchase of take-off and landing slots after the Department of Transportation made American Airlines and US Airways divest some of their slots at DCA to…

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American Flights Bookable On Orbitz (Again)

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After a dust up last week between American Airlines and Orbitz, American airlines plans to return to selling fares through Orbitz. It was pretty clear that American was putting the squeeze on Orbitz for lower fees.Most telling is that their statement reads they no longer plan to pull Us airways fees from the booking site.…

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Happy #NationalAviationDay

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Tuesday August 19th marks the 75th National Aviation Day.  The holiday, meant to celebrate the history of aviation, was started  in 1939, and August 19 was chosen to coincided with Orville Wright’s birthday.  Here are some snapshots on how some airlines are wishing you a Happy #NationalAviationDay Bottom Line: Happy National Aviation Day!    …

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How to Earn a 50% Mileage Bonus with American and US Airways

American Airlines and US Airways have each launched their own promotions where if you credit one of their airlines flights to the other, you will earn a 50% mileage bonus. Both are these are available for flights now through March 2, 2014, so make to register. The great thing is that travel flown prior to registration…

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How the AA/US Merger Affects United MileagePlus Members

As we covered earlier today, the US Airways and American Merger has closed which means the airlines are taking an exciting step toward building the new American. They are combining to form a stronger airline with an extensive network, greater schedule options and a modern and fuel-efficient fleet. However as a result, US Airways will be…

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Win 250,000 Miles In American Airline’s Merry Miles Sweepstakes

Be sure to enter American Airline’s Merry Miles Sweepstakes which is going on now through December 31, 2013. You can win a bunch of prizes such as 250,000 miles, and $100 eGift Cards. Going on now through December 31, 2013 go here to enter to win! Four (4) Grand Prize winners will receive 250,000 AAdvantage®…

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Major Changes for American Express Platinum Cardholders

American Express announced today that there will be some major changes coming for Platinum card holders. Platinum Card holders will no longer have access to American Airlines Admirals Clubs or US Airways lounges starting March 22, 2014. This applies to all personal, corporate, and business Platinum and Centurion cards. Major Changes for American Express Platinum Cardholders…

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18x American Airlines Miles At Neiman Marcus Limited Time Through 11/7!

Start your holiday shopping now at Neiman Marcus where you can get an additional 18x American miles when you go through your AAdvantage Shopping portal! This is a huge amount of miles 3x more then the usual 6 miles/$! Additionally, there are some good sales going on as well including a denim sale where you…

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I saw the Light on my trip to the Dark Side

This is part four of a guest series about a trip to Haiti. You can read part one here, part two here and part three here. A friend, “Captain”, who travels frequently to the Caribbean for work took a trip to Haiti with Delta and the Haiti Department of tourism to explore the country, people, culture and get a…

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2000 Bonus Offer AAdvantage Miles – Holiday Shopping With Mrs. Weekly Flyer and American

American’s shopping portal is offering a nice promotion of an additional 500 miles for every $250 you spend through the portal. This is on top of the extra miles per dollar that you get at each online store. This is good timing because Mrs. Weekly Flyer has been shopping online like crazy lately in preparation…

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Thanksgiving 4X Points Shopping With American Airlines – Mrs. Weekly Flyer’s Approach

A post from Mrs. Weekly Flyer Today, I turned to a promotion at Williams-Sonoma to get a few last minute items that I needed for Thanksgiving. Williams-Sonoma is offering free shipping on most* items if you place your order by today, November 12, 2012 at 11:59 PT with promo code FREESHIP. How To Get The…

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Earn 2,012 Delta Miles With Hilton Stays Through March 31

Hilton has teamed up with Delta to offer 2,012 Delta SkyMiles per 2 night stay at Hilton. Delta trumped the Hilton AA 1,000 mile promotion, but they only did it by 6 miles per night. With the Hilton Delta promotion, you must register before you checkout and all stays of 2 nights or more through…

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