What would you do with 5 million award search data points?
I love good data. Taking huge chunks of information and trying to distill trends, patterns and links has always been interesting to me. And so...
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Delta plays favorites with their partners; customers lose
Man do I hate being right on this one. I’ve been saying for nearly a year now that the three major global alliances are losing...
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Where to credit a one-off oneworld flight??
Last week I was facing a bit of a conundrum: I had an upcoming flight on an alliance I don’t bank a lot of miles...
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Pennies, pennies everywhere
If you’ve paid attention to the CC churning space at all you know that the holy grail is a service which allows for “purchase” transactions...
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Award ticket surcharge arbitrage: Aussie style
Want to save hundreds of dollars in fuel surcharges on Qantas award flights between Australia and Europe? Turns out it is a trivial task. Thanks...
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Double Up points earning at more than 3200 hotels via PointsHound
When hotel booking engine PointsHound started up late last year there were some notable limitations to the service. Most significantly, like other OTAs, bookings made...
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Mileage earning coming to Norway
For nearly the past decade earning points for flights within Norway was not possible thanks to laws designed to encourage competition and prevent one airline...
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JetBlue, Emirates team up on two-way codeshare
Europe and the Middle East are about to become destinations JetBlue flight numbers serve, even if it isn’t JetBlue-operated flights making the trips. The NYC-based...
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So, just how big a deal was the 75K AmEx signup bonus?
If you believe the bloggers, the latest sign-up promo might have been the most significant news this year. It certainly gathered the most posts in...
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My favorite conversation from FTU DC
It is no secret that the best conversations at larger events happen in the margins. Smaller conversations among more intimate groups naturally tend to be...