Apply for the Starwood Preferred Guest Personal Credit Card here and the Business Credit Card here. American Express Starwood cards – what are the offers? The Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express is offering 25,000 bonus Starpoints when you use your card to spend $3,000 on purchases in the first 3 months and the Starwood Preferred Guest Business Credit Card […]
– American Airlines has come out of the closet with their plans to go revenue based The earning structure looks much like on Delta and United (per dollar spend). They also introduced yet another elite tier and a minimum spend level per elite status. Now my fast track challenge looks like a ‘last call’ for […]
– Qatar is planning a proper welcome for it’s A380 welcome service to Atlanta with Jennifer Lopez Qatar Airlines expects a full 16 passengers a day going from Atlanta to Doha (!) while Delta says the number is more like five passengers. This does not account for connecting passengers which is likely much higher but […]
Thanks to my ‘special friends’ at the Department of Homeland Security, I had a big SSSS on my boarding pass and I knew that without a TSA approval I would not be able to fly. However, I had arrived for my Qatar Airways flight from San Francisco with American Airlines First Class and I would […]
Flying on the American A321T had escaped me for quite some time. Last Sunday it was finally time for me to give it a try. American launched this product in early 2014 and has been flying with the 10 First, 20 Business class and 66 Economy seats ever since from SFO and LAX to JFK. […]
The Brazilian airline Gol is an interesting airline – they partner with an eclectic mix of airlines around the world. Gol’s loyalty program is called Gol Smiles and for most of these partners you can redeem miles right inside the online interface. It is hard to get a hold of an award chart for GOL […]
##Update Many sites just fixed the prices in the last 10 minutes 🙁 However, I can still get to the booking screen on CheapOair, OneTravel, Travelocity and Expedia. Also, this fare is fully refundable, so if you’re thinking of booking, do it now and don’t waste time like I did… British Airways has apparently loaded fares […]
AAdvantage and US Airways miles will be combined over the weekend and your AAdvantage miles balance will go up. Now what are the best redemptions for your AA miles from the US? While the AA award chart looks enticing, American has a number of additional routing rules that make the award chart look cheaper than […]
MUST READS FOR THIS WEEK – DON'T MISS THESE DEALS! Our highlight of the week was the post about where to get amazing round-the-world flights for just $338! We showed you how to earn 2,000 points when joining IHG Rewards Club and how Starwood SPG members can get 500 bonus Starpoints. We gave you the […]
Book the Four Points by Sheraton Dubai here Trip Index (what we have published so far): Cathay Pacific First Class Review – Los Angeles to Hong Kong – CX 883 Colombo, Sri Lanka – What to expect and what to do Sigiriya – What you need to know about seeing the incredible Lion's Rock in […]