I just noticed I qualify for an apparently targeted 50,000 United MileagePlus Explorer Business card offer. I simply logged into my United account and clicked on the Explorer card offer at the bottom of the “My MileagePlus Summary” section. Then click the “Are you a business owner” in the top right hand corner. The offer…
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United Forgot What On A 10 Hour Flight?
The American Customer Service ranks United towards the bottom of the rankings, and it is stories like these that perpetuate the poor ratings. According to Huffington Post, United forgot to stock their 10 hour flight #931 from San Fransisco to London with toilet paper. What? I’ve heard of planes running out of Woodford Reserve but…
Last Vestige Of The Mileage Runner & Is DPM The New Metric?
An important question is raised by the impending roll-out of Delta Medallion Qualifying Dollars (MQDs) and United’s future roll-out of the Premier Qualifying Dollars (PQDs). Is American Airlines the last vestige of the Mileage Runner? And is DPM the new mileage running metric to measure a successful flight? I would say yes, at least for the domestic U.S. mileage runner. But…
2,000 United Miles Offer For Avis Rentals
For the weekly business traveler, the car rental offers a significant points and miles earning opportunity. Renting a car with bonus hotel or airline promotion offers can significantly increase the amount of miles you earn each week. For example, a friend earned 10,000 Delta Sky Miles per week during the 5,000 bonus miles offer with…
United’s Premier 1K Status Match Challenge For An AAdvantage Executive Platinum
United Airlines awards members who fly 100,000 Premier Qualifying Miles (PQM) or 120 Premier Qualifying Segments with their Premier 1K status level. However, there is a status challenge going on with United that you can get the benefits with minimal effort. If you hold top level elite status with another airline and ask them for a…
How To Modify United Award Ticket For Free
I’ll admit it, I have no status with United Airlines. I don’t have it as good as some United Premier Platinum, 1K, or Global Services who can avoid pretty much any fee. As a result of not having status, when I want to modify or cancel an award, I have to pay attention to the…
How To Cancel United Award Ticket For Free
Some airlines require costly fees to change or modify an award ticket. Airline frequent flyer elite members know this but are mostly exempt from the fees or know ways around the fees. In this post, I’ll share an experience with how I was able to cancel an award ticket with United Airlines for free and…
Earn Up To 2,525 United Miles With Avis Car Rentals
United and Avis have teamed up to offer up to 2,525 United MileagePlus miles for qualifying car rentals. The car rentals must be booked with a specific promotion code and the rental must begin by April 30, 2013. How To Earn MileagePlus Miles With Avis Book your Avis rental using Promotional Code: MUAA125 Promotion Details…
Lounges Of Las Vegas – Review Of Centurion Lounge And Club At Las
Mrs. Weekly Flyer was lucky enough to take a tour the new Centurion lounge in Las Vegas today. It’s located in Concourse D near gate D 4. You’ll see a bright blue door that is unmarked until you walk in….Secretive! Centurion American Express Club The Centurion American Express Club only opened a few days ago…
Earn Up To 3,000 American Airlines Miles With Budget Car Rentals
Some vacations don’t require a rental car. Then there are other times when you want to get out and explore. Like when we rented a car during our recent trip to Seattle to travel across Puget sound, up the Olympic peninsula to the Olympic National Park. No matter what reason you have to rent a…
United reps can’t book select Austrian award space but YOU can
I wrote last week how I booked two Business Class seats on Austrian Airlines using United miles for this summer. I received several follow-up emails asking me how I was able to ticket the booking as it appears others attempting to book similar flights were running into a snag. As a follow-up, I wanted to…
United Mile Bonus Offer With Avis Rentals
Avis and United have come out with an interesting promotion for 2013. This promotion offers an escalating number of bonus miles the more days you rent with Avis. The promotion requires a coupon code, advance reservation and the rental must begin by March 15, 2013. Below is a summary of the promotion. How To Register…
145,086 miles and 124 Flights – 2012 year in review
I have been traveling every week as a business consultant for a little over four years now. I average around 4 nights per month in my Chicago apartment but I am OK with that. At the beginning of 2012 I made the (mighty difficult) decision that I value my personal relationships and community over a…
Award availability excellent on LOT 787….but only one way!
The time is now to start thinking about Summer tickets to Europe if you are in the market. One of the newest and most promising options to hop across the pond is from LOT, the Polish carrier, on their new 787 Dreamliner. I flew long-haul on the Dreamliner this month on Japan Airlines and was…
Received United MileagePlus Explorer Card Offer And Here Are The Details
It’s been raining targeted offers here at Points, Miles & Martinis. Now, we’ve received the coveted targeted Chase United MileagePlus Explorer Card offer with gives 50,000 bonus miles after signing up and many more miles after meeting requirements. First, Mrs Weekly Flyer received the Platinum American Express card offer for 100,000 bonus points. Next, I…
How To Find Swiss Business Class Award Availability With United Miles
Finding award availability in Business Class for three people can be difficult. Throw in the fact that we were looking for three Business Class seats in Swiss, and we had a problem finding what we were looking for. But after careful searching, we ended up with three Business Class seats in Swiss on our preferred…
US To Europe Discount Awards – 48k Coach, 40k Business or 35k Coach Round Trip
Did you know United Coach Class to Europe at a 20% discount for 48,000 miles? Perhaps you’ve read about it. But did you know you can book a Business Class award for only 40,000 SPG Starpoints or redeem only 35,000 US Airways Dividend miles for a round trip Coach Class during low season? These are…
Hilton Airline Q4 Promotions – Delta, American, United and Others
Hilton is promoting two pretty nice bonus offers with partner airlines for Q4 that look like an easy way to earn miles. If you are close to getting a status tier on Delta and need more MQMs the promotion #1 below may be the help that you need if you have some upcoming stays with Hilton.…
Delta Debt Refinancing On Asia Pacific Routes
Reuters is reporting that Delta is refinance $1.7 billion in Senior Secured notes. The financing proceeds will refinance the airline’s credit facilities. The who’s who of bankers have been reported to be part of this deal including  Bank of America Barclays, BNP, Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS. This debt is down…
Changing Singapore Airlines First Class Award On United Website Fail
A few weeks ago I set out to cancel my First Class Singapore Airlines award tickets. My goal was to cancel the ticket with as little out of pocket cost in terms of miles and dollars. Gary of View from the Wing, shared his thoughts on how to save the most money when cancelling an…