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In this post we’ll share an amazing deal where you can get summer award flights at 50% off to Europe with Air France and KLM Promo Awards. The latest promotional offer only requires 12,500 Air France miles for economy and 25,000 for premium economy one-way plus taxes. Promo Awards Offer Details The Flying Blue (Air France…
It’s no secret that I like to partake in a happy hour or two, especially when flying. I think it is best when you have a drink you enjoy and can save a few bucks while enjoying it. For me, there’s no question I like the Woodford Reserve offered onboard Delta’s flights. They’ve also “re” introduced…
Yea so my trip to Panama today was rather interesting as my OCD was put to an all time test. For some reason, I didn’t get upgraded. No big deal as I had 8C bulkhead with plenty of leg room on my AA flight from MIA to PTY. About 15 minutes after takeoff, I felt…
According to JetBlue, Flight 704 from San Juan to New York on Saturday evening was evacuated after the plane experienced engine trouble. The flight with 186 passengers and 6 crew never took off because the pilots rejected take-off. The passengers were evacuated and put on another plane or given alternative options. According to Carib News,…
Back in August of 2006 I was heading to the airport with a few bags full of brand spanking new W Hotel products. Soap bars, shampoos, body wash, heck, I even took the conditioner bottles. I had built up a connection with the W brand, that taking the products home after a 1.5 week long…
The 100% bonus offer on purchased US Airways miles is back for a very limited time during the month of August. With this targeted offer you can buy enough miles for an award to Europe or South America in Business Class for only ~$1,881.25 and almost enough (100k of the 110k required) miles for a South Pacific…
British Airways has cancelled flights and suspended service to and from Liberia and Sierra Leone due to the Ebola situation on those countries. As CDC issued guidelines for airline flight with suspected Ebola infection, airlines began to trim service to the countries with known outbreaks of Ebola. British Airways joined Emirates in British Airways has temporarily…
Now through August 31st, you can earn up to 2,000 bonus United miles through their MileagePlus Shopping program. You’ll earn 500 bonus miles with every $125 spent meaning you would have to spend $500 to receive the 2,000 bonus miles.  Remember these miles are in addition to any regular miles you would earn from your credit cards…
We shared back in June that US Airways is changing their award chart for domestic award tickets. The changes are now only a few days away. The change over will happen on August 1, 2014 and the reason is to align more with American Airlines award chart, which has higher award prices. But ever since American…
Delta has just announced a new feature for their First Class flyers, free access to Delta Studio. Delta Studio is Delta’s version of all things in-flight entertainment which includes movies, satellite TV, HBO, Showtime games and songs. The free access to the in-flight movies isn’t new, that has been around for a while. But what…
Update: Appears the site is back up. Anyone get a free direct booked ticket while it was down? Delta’s website is currently down. This not only tells me that Delta’s website is temporarily broken, but some could argue that was already the case with their award booking engine. Instead, it tells me that for a limited…
Listen to this exchange between a Delta Pilot and the Air Traffic Controller in Atlanta. The pilot is taxiing out to the runway when this exchange happened. Click on this link and fast forward to 30:20 in the recording to listen to the start of the rant. In summary, the pilot of Delta 2224 felt…
From now through July 31, 2014, Southwest Rapids Rewards is offering a 40% bonus on purchased or gifted points. How To Get 40% Bonus Points Buy or Gift Southwest Points here The points price through this promotion comes out to ~$1.96 cents per point. Given that points can be redeemed for ~$1.42 cents, the only…
It seems there are still people getting caught off guard by the recent American Express changes with access to Delta Sky Club access. A few months ago Delta and American Express changes the access privileges to Delta Sky Club for Platinum Card members, card members can no longer bring in guests and certainly can’t gain…
As most you that read the blog know, I am a sucker for Good Food, Stiff Drinks and Fast Women. Not in any particular order. (PS This is NOT The Weekly Flyer. This is the Captain speaking. The rambling, incoherent drivel contained in the post below, may or may not offend you, but is guaranteed…
United is back with a mid year promotion to entice their old frequent flyers back. This limited time and potentially targeted promotion offers double premier qualifying miles from August 1, 2014 through October 31, 2014. How To Register • You can register for the double Premier Qualifying Miles here Promotion Details • Register by August…
This is a post in our series of Delta Secrets we’ve learned over the last 11 years flying this great airline that just happens to have a more “interesting” way to find flights you want to take at the miles you want to spend. In the past, I’ve shared an approach on how to get free one way flights…
According to Delta, they have suspended all flights between Tel Aviv (TLV) and its New York-JFK hub. They appear to be taking precautionary measures in the wake of the Malaysia Airlines tragedy and reports of rockets landing near Tel Aviv airport. Today, they’ve diverted Delta flight 468 operated by a Boeing 747 away from Tel Aviv and to Paris.…
Transferring Citi ThankYou points to airline or hotel loyalty programs is a relatively new feature and the options are limited to global airlines and Hilton Hotels at the moment. But there can still be value in transferring Citi ThankYou points to these partners. The process to transfer the points is straightforward and once complete, you’ll have miles…
Citi ThankYou points have just become more valuable. They’ve now introduced the option to transfer ThankYou points into 8 global airline loyalty programs vastly expanding the use of points in your ThankYou accounts. Granted, some of these airlines are already transfer partners of American Express, like Cathay Pacific AsiaMiles, and even Singapore which is a transfer…