Star Alliance Route List: Transpacific
A while back I started compiling collections of long-haul routes flown by carriers in the different alliances. The main goal was to make it a...
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oneworld Route List: Transpacific
A while back I started compiling collections of long-haul routes flown by carriers in the different alliances. The main goal was to make it a...
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Hot deal: fuel dumping without any work
Someone asked me recently about why sometimes fuel dumping worked and sometimes it didn’t. My answer was simple: It is airlines both writing and processing...
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American launches bid-for-upgrade program
Forget those old lists of top 10 ways to get an upgrade, most of which haven’t worked in years. If you want to sit up...
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Check your PQDs today on United.com
United introduced the concept of Premier Qualifying Dollars (PQDs) to their elite status earning rules earlier this year for the 2014 program year. Alas, they...
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The other half of Hyatt’s Gold Passport updates for 2014
Remember last week when Hyatt adjusted their Gold Passport awards chart? It turns out that wasn’t the only change coming for the new program year. More...
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Is the IHG flash sale a big snooze?
For one thing, I’m not entirely sure something is a “flash sale” if you spend the week leading up to the even publicizing it and...
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Alaska Airlines award chart changes for 2014
I’m sitting next to Scott from Hack My Trip at a conference and we’re both apparently not too interested in the session being presented because...
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Oh, goodie: A Hyatt devaluation, too!
‘Tis the season for award chart adjustments and the Hyatt devaluation for 2014 is now public. Their new award chart for their Gold Passport program effective for...
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Lawsuit over award fuel surcharges moves forward
A year ago four members of the British Airways Executive Club program filed a lawsuit against the carrier, claiming that the fuel surcharges charged for...