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Earlier this week Flyertalk member dlaue (who snapped and owns this picture) spotted this at Terminal 1 at LAX, where Southwest Airlines is the only tenant, and started a thread, “have comfort animals gone too far?” The since the $95 pet fare on Southwest Airlines only “allows small vaccinated domestic cats and dogs to travel…
In a recent change Amazon.com is now allowing you to use your Gift Card Balance to purchase gift cards to hundreds of popular retailers, restaurants, and travel-related providers such as Hyatt Hotels and Southwest Airlines. It’s a great way to liquidate balances lingering on your Amazon.com account. I usually have a big Amazon.com Gift Card…
McDonald’s serves more than 70 million people every day with over 35,000 locations in 119 countries. When I run out of ideas for food when traveling, I’ve stopped by many airport locations or even downtown location in a foreign country. And if recent rumors swirling around McDonald’s are true, McDonalds’s could be serving up McBrunch…
Whenever I travel (which is over 250 days a year) I always ask myself two key questions: where is my phone? (I’ve lost it again) am in a location (airport or hotel) where I am going to get good service? (uuugh) I’ve been watching with interest the two lower cost cellular network providers – Sprint…
I’ve written before about Omni Platinum Status, which normally requires 10 nights per year to earn, however Omni currently has a promotion where you can get this status after just one night. Omni Hotels & Resorts and Sony Music invite you to upgrade to Platinum Level and start earning free nights twice as fast! Simply,…
Update: This card doesn’t appear to be a viable alternative for the Home Improvement Gift Card, but it might be of value to some. There may be an alternative to the short lived Home Improvement card frenzy of late, maybe. I stopped into my local Wilco operated gas station and found this interesting rack which…
I remember my first time like it was yesterday…. There I was, a lifelong Economy Class flyer onboard a Lufthansa A330 at Washington Dulles bound for Munich sitting in the front cabin. I knew they were coming but the moment was so tense with anticipation. Down the aisle the lovely flight attendant came and presented…
Some readers may know Mrs. Weekly Flyer is a big online shopper, so I have asked her to do a small summer series of her top sales and deals. Hope I don’t regret this when the credit card bills start rolling in! It is not very often that you can get sales and and stack…
I like sharing specific details about acquiring Lufthansa First Class award seats as partner awards because frankly it is really easy. I put together a Lufthansa First Class toolkit here. People generally shy away from Lufthansa First Class because you cannot lock in a trip before 15 days out. That being said, you can almost…
I arrived to Los Angeles early in the morning to catch my domestic flight back to the east coast on Delta’s internationally configured 777 with flat-bed seats. My upgrade wasn’t confirmed heading to the airport, so I wanted to get there extra early. I figured I could catch up on some work in the Delta…
The Westin Bonaventure is located on South Figueroa Street and walking distance from businesses and the convention center in the downtown Los Angeles area. I landed in Los Angeles from my 5 hour flight in Delta’s 777 flat-bed Business Elite seat and took a taxi to the Westin for about $45-$50 all in. The hotel…
Air France / KLM / Air Europa offer heavily discounted Flying Blue awards for certain routes throughout the year. With the discounted awards and a transfer from SPG’s program, you can redeem only 20,000 Starpoints for a one-way award in Business Class from North American to Europe. In the past, we’ve shared how you can…
Earlier this month we gave away what we thought was arguably the last ticket to the April FTU event in D.C. through our Antipodal challenge. Well, it turns out we were wrong. Reader Jacob reached out to us here at Points, Miles & Martinis with two tickets for sale at face value, $100 per ticket. He…
Purchasing Vanilla Reloads with a credit card can be a real pain since it requires you to find a store that has Vanilla Reloads in stock AND one that will let you purchase the reloads with a credit card. Some may recall Office Depot used to be an excellent source for Vanilla Reloads because not…
The Washington Metro Area’s busiest and most habitable airport, BWI, has added a Chipotle to the food court in the AB terminal serving Southwest and Airtran. This is the second airport Chipotle after the initial location launched at Washington Dulles. Locating the Chipotle The BWI Chipotle is very easy to find within the airport. Simply…
Have you ever been demoted on a flight? These guys have and it didn’t go very well for them. Warning: Contains graphic language. Clyde: “Row 8? I didn’t know that First Class went down that far” Flight Attendant: “No actually your seats are a little further back, in coach” Clyde: “I’m sorry what was that”…
If you’ve ever been to Denver’s airport, there is a good chance you probably muttered, “Why is this airport so far outside the city?” A drive from downtown to the airport is a solid 30 miles. The airport hotel district doesn’t provide much relief as the shuttle rides are pretty lengthy. A lot of the…
I spent some time this week thinking about simple changes loyalty programs can make to win more business while improving their relationship with high frequency business travelers. On Tuesday I mentioned an easy fix for hotels so today I will turn my focus to airlines. For the most part, commenters agreed with Tuesday’s post on my hotel suggestion though…
Staples currently has a nice deal on reams of paper good through February 16, 2013, if you are willing to go into the store. The reams of copy paper are 80% off when you use Staples Rewards and you get 5x Chase points/$1 with your Ink Plus® Business Card or Ink Bold® Business Card. Here’s the deal…
I wasn’t planning to write about this when it happened to me the first time, but now that it has happened on three consecutive stays I think it’s time to speak my peace. First impressions are meaningful in just about every human interaction, including the way you perceive a hotel. Hotels spend millions and millions…