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American Airlines Considers Merging With 5 Airlines

American Airlines is moving forward with merger considerations. They are reported to be considering six options including JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, Frontier, US airways, Virgin and are even considering themselves. This move comes as creditors have pressed American Airlines on their stand alone restructuring plan. Reuters has a good report with the following high level summary:…

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Ultimate Montreal Tips And Discounted AAward Travel + Hyatt Extra Giveaway

Montreal is one of our favorite North American cities to visit, especially in the summer. The city has a unique feel and excellent restaurants to indulge your culinary senses. Discounted Award Travel On American Airlines AAdvantageGeek reminds us that American Airlines offers discounted travel on a quarterly basis for American Airlines card holders. You can…

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Points, Miles and 5,000 mAArtinis Giveaway Part II – Small wins BIG

Points, Miles and Martinis is back again to give away a cool 5,000 American Airlines miles. This time it is small that wins BIG! Here at PMM we value redemptions that avoid the usual suspect tourist cities of the world and seek out unique places we could never get to otherwise. For part II of…

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Konnichiwa Japan – Final Thoughts

In this Final Thoughts post I’d like to recap five simple awards tactics used to make this trip special. Trip Report Introduction and Trip Planning Japan Airlines Economy From ORD to NRT Westin Miyako Kyoto Exploring Kyoto Day trips from Kyoto Park Hyatt Tokyo – Part I Park Hyatt Tokyo – Part II Exploring Tokyo…

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Earn 1,200 American Airlines Miles With Bose

A quieter way to earn American Airline miles is available through the end of the month. You can earn 1,200 American Airlines miles by purchasing the QuietComfort 15 noise cancelling headphones. My Bose QuietComfort headset has been around the world with me for years now. I tend to take this headset with me on long…

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Winners of BEST TRAVEL DEAL EVER!

On Monday we unveiled Points, Miles, and Martini’s newest giveaway, BEST TRAVEL DEAL EVER in which we were giving away 5,000 American Airlines miles for offering up your best travel deal. A big Thank You goes out to all our readers for participating in this giveaway. I hope you were able to learn some new…

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Points, Miles & 5,000 mAArtinis – American Airlines Miles Giveaway Part 1

The moment you’ve all been waiting for is finally here. The BEST TRAVEL DEAL EVER is giving away 5,000 American Airlines Miles in 1,000 increments. Below are the instructions if you wish to participate in the BEST TRAVEL DEAL EVER. Must act fast, as only the first 100,000 ENTRIES will qualify towards entry to the…

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Priceless Moments – Parting With 20,000 SPG Points Is Such Sweet Sorrow

Parting is such sweet sorrow and so is redeeming SPG points. SPG points are some of the most valuable loyalty program points. Their flexibility is powerful. You can redeem them for a lot of different things including hotel rooms, aspirational airline awards, and an often overlooked but interesting redemption, the SPG moment. But without pain…

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Turks And Caicos + Luxury Traveler’s Choice Hotel Trip Report

With wedding season coming up and having just attended a wedding in Clearwater Beach, we thought we’d share the last destination wedding we attended. Since Alex likes lists so much, we looked up the hotel we stayed at on Turks & Caicos and found it was on the 2012 traveler’s choice luxury list for the…

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Working On 10,000 AA Miles Giveaway – Update On AA Expert Tip Promotion

American Airlines set up a Facebook page called the “Tips Tab†and asked travel bloggers to contribute “expert tips” to the tab. Once our tip was up, we asked each of you to help us help you win 5,000 American Airline miles to give away. In return for posting tips, AA mentioned the top 5…

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Sizzle And Mingle With American Airlines Experiences

More ways to redeem miles is a great addition to loyalty programs, especially if it brings unique value to the program member. With American Airlines Advantage experiences, you can bid your AAdvantage miles for unique experiences. The current offers allow you to sizzle in Miami, mingle with the stars or relax and enjoy a show.…

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AA Expert Tip Promotion – 5,000 AA Miles Giveaway

American Airlines set up a Facebook page called the “Tips Tab” and ran a promotion to give away American Airlines miles for submitted tips. We asked each of you to help us help you win 5,000 American Airline miles. Entries had to be submitted by May 1, 2012 and now the results are in. The…

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Delta Secrets – Low Business Class Award To Tokyo

Delta won the best redemption promotion at the Freddie Awards but they are still one of the most difficult programs to find international business class low level awards. The program weakness is exacerbated when looking for business awards to Asia. But I will give them a nod for having good partners and plenty of ways…

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American Airlines Crew Behind The Scenes – Business and Crew Meals

I stumbled upon this American Airlines behind the scenes video tonight and found it interesting to see a flight meal from the crew perspective. It takes at least 30 minutes to an hour to prepare business class service. The first and most important thing is to get the coffee nice and hot. Second is to…

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Earn Up To 20,000 AAdvantage Bonus Miles Down Under

American and Qantas are improving passenger connection experience down under in Australia and New Zealand. Members can earn up to 20,000 American Airlines miles by flying a round-trip nonstop Qantas Airways operated flight. Pretty cool bonus considering Qantas is the only airline to fly the A380 between the US and Australia. How To Register You…

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The Winners Of The American Airlines 10% Off Coupons Are…

The much anticipated winners of the American Airlines 10% Off coupons have been selected. Earlier this week we shared a chance for multiple readers to win a 10% off coupon good for up to six passengers on an American Airlines flight. This was on the heels of our March Deals And Martinis contests. The Contest Readers were…

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Help Me, Help You – Win 5,000 American Airlines Miles

American Airlines is running a Facebook promotion for members to share their favorite tips about the AAdvantage program. The promotion will award 10 lucky winners to receive 5,000 American Airlines miles each. They have an expert tip section and they asked me to contribute a tip for consideration in the promotion. If I win the…

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