United “fixes” their earning rates for flights on South African Airways
UPDATE: This is a MUCH more broad devaluation of the MileagePlus program covering premium fares on 9 different partners. I’ve written a new post with...
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Lounge Time: Checking out the Admirals Club at LaGuardia
I don’t often find myself flying on American Airlines which means I don’t often find myself in the Admirals Club lounges. A few weeks ago...
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Virgin America inaugurates the Loft at LAX, their first airport lounge
Welcome to the Loft, Virgin America‘s new lounge at Los Angeles International Airport. The airline opened their first lounge this week, offering an option for...
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Sunny Suisse: Walking the Lavaux wine trail
Every now and then a travel moment just "clicks" and everything seems right. They aren’t all that common but when it happens there is a...
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Sunny Suisse Part 1: What the heck am I doing in Switzerland??
What happens when you show up in Europe on a three night trip and you have no idea what you want to do? This is...
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Using Hipmunk to maximize mileage run bookings
The past couple days I’ve been trying to help a friend of mine book a relatively complicated itinerary from Seattle to Stockholm. At 12,663 miles...
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Introducing search alerts for Cash & Points hotel awards
If you’ve read my stuff here much you know that I’m not particularly into hotel loyalty programs; I generally don’t find the value proposition to...
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Updates to my Star Alliance Award Search tool
Since I’ve been forced into exile due to no power at home I finally found a bit of time to make some much needed and...
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More partners available online for American Airlines award bookings
American Airlines has added two more partners to their online award booking engine. Air Berlin and Finnair are the latest additions to the aa.com site....
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A deeper look at PassBook and how travelers can benefit
For a guy who doesn’t use an iPhone I’ve been rather irrationally excited about the PassBook application and the implications it has for travelers. Most...