One of our favorite pastimes during flight is taking in the views from a window seat with our drink of choice. Airlines offer many drinks to choose from, weather it’s a refreshing water, fizzy Coca Cola, or a adult beverage, there are plenty of drinks to choose from. For me, the choice is easy. I…
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One Way To Burn A Half Million SkyMiles
Bidding on Superbowl tickets with Delta miles is one way to burn through a large stock of Delta SkyMiles. I typically only see people use this many miles when they give up on finding low level award availability and finally book that Delta award to Hawaii. Don’t worry, I cancelled the Hawaii award ticket, it was…
Earn 1,500 Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan Miles With Avis
Avis has teamed up with Alaska Airlines to offer double and triple miles on car rentals. The offer is valid through December 31, 2013 and offers double and triple the normal miles earned depending on the length of the rental. Avis members normally earn 50 miles per rental day on qualifying rentals or 500 miles…
Earn 1,000 Miles&Smiles Miles With Hertz Rentals
Hertz has teamed up with Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles to offer double bonus miles and a discount for renting a car with Hertz. Normally, a Hertz rental will earn 500 Miles&Smiles miles, but this promotion offers double that amount to 1,000 miles. To receive the bonus miles, reservations must be booked before January 31, 2013 for…
Instant Flying Blue Gold Status Through Status Match Offer
Flying Blue is offering a status match to Flying Blue Gold Status (hat tip to View From The Wing) and I just took them up on the offer. The results of the status match were quick. I’ll take you through the status match process in this post. Status Match Request The status match request process…
Aloft To Asia – Seoul Korean Air Prestige Lounge And Transfer Desk
After a six hour flight in Singapore Air’s regional Business Class, I had several hours relax before the long Korean Air flight back to the states. But first, I would have to change terminals, receive my Korean Air boarding pass by going to the transfer desk and find a Korean Air Prestige class lounge to…
Korean Air Expands A380 Service From New York And Los Angeles
Korean Air is expanding A380 service to Los Angeles and New York and that is good news for those of you seeking to fly on an award in Korean Air’s Business Class. I flew Korean Air last year in Business Class and really enjoyed the service, but I haven’t yet had the opportunity to fly…
Delta’s 777 Business Class Availability To Joburg – 4th Longest Flight
Delta currently operates the 4th longest flight in the world with a 777. If you are lucky enough to find award availability on this flight, you’ll ride in style with Delta’s completely flat bed Business Product. The challenge is just finding the availability. But you are in luck, I’ve just found two days this spring…
Is Delta The Smartest Airline Of 2013?
Delta has made a few recent moves that would cause some to ask if they are the smartest airline in the sky. Before you get all worked up, hear me out. Investments In Future First of all, there is the FAA grounding of the 787 this week. Delta was not impacted at all by this…
Aloft To Asia – Singapore Business Class From Singapore To Seoul
I boarded flight 608 from Singapore to Seoul very much looking to stretching out in Singapore Air’s large, comfy Business Class seats. During my flight from Seoul to Singapore, I felt like two people could have sat in the seat, so I thought I’d get a full 5 or 6 hour rest before arriving in…
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…
Aloft To Asia – Singapore Air Business Class Lounge
I got a call from my driver that the car was waiting downstairs as I was finishing my last drink in Singapore. I closed my tab at the Fullerton Bay Lantern Rooftop Bar and Lounge, said my goodbyes and hopped into the S Class Mercedes for the 25 minute ride to the airport. My first…
Earn 1000 Southwest Points for using TurboTax Online
I hate to bring this up but it is time to start thinking about tax season. As is the case with any activity which requires an exchange of money, we points collectors need to think about how we can generate points from this inevitabletransaction. Southwest Airlines and TurboTax have teamed up to offer an easy way to earn 1000 Rapid Rewards…
Double Rewards Birthday Present – Make Sure You Add A Birthday To Your Frequent Flyer Accounts
I’ve received an unexpected birthday present this month. The present is due in part to the fact that I have a birthday set on one of my loyalty accounts to this month. Second, it is due in part to the fact most loyalty programs send out birthday presents to members each year. I make it…
Free 5,000 Aeroplan Miles Posted Thanks To Travel Blogger
Back in September, a fellow travel blogger posted a link to an Aeroplan promotion where you could earn 5,000 miles just for staying at Starwood hotels. I missed this post, but caught the follow up post on November 15th illustrating the points were now posting. I now have my first 5,000 Aeroplan miles in my…
It is not too late to buy Delta status (time warp back to 2012)!
For those ultimate procrastinators, it is not too late for you to keep your status if you ran just a few MQM’s short last year. How? Last year, Delta sold MQM’s, at a slightly lower price, but had a cutoff date of  December 15, 2011. Then, they extended it to December 30, 2011 as this was proving to…
Singapore Business Availability To Maldives On United Miles
I was amazed when I flew Singapore Airlines Business Class for the first time last year. Not only was the seat the best I’ve ever flown, but the service was some of the best I’ve ever experienced. I’ve only flown Singapore on a paid ticket but have always kept an eye out for opportunities to…
Earn 1,000 Bonus Delta SkyMiles With Marriott Stays
Marriott and Delta have teamed up to offer 1,000 bonus miles for every stay at select JW Marriott, Renaissance Hotels, Marriott Hotels & Resorts or Gaylord Hotels. The promotion is valid for stays completed through February 15, 2013. You still have time to make your hotel reservations under this promotion as it is valid for…
Earn 5,000 Delta SkyMiles With Debit Card
I remember the days of getting 50,000+ airline miles with bank debit cards. That has all changed since the new banking legislations came out. The airlines are no longer offering very generous signup bonus offers. But signup bonus offers still exist. Earn 5,000 Delta SkyMiles With Debit Card For example, take the Delta and Suntrust…
Twilight Star Drunk At LAX, Caught On Video Urinating On Floor Near Gate
There are some things you never want to see at an airport, and this is one of them. Here is a video of a Twilight Saga Star (caution graphic-this is no PG13 video), Bronson Pelletier who plays Jared on the show, urinating on the LAX airport floor. Bronson claims in this TMZ video that the “peeing…