Menu
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Home
Forums
Starting Out
New Blog Posts
Southwest, British Airways, and Tax Day – April Woes
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
Reply to thread
Message
<p>[QUOTE="tmount, post: 229762, member: 152"]</p><p><img src="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/SouthwestOldLivery.jpg" data-url="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/SouthwestOldLivery.jpg" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></p><p><a href="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/southwest-british-airways-and-tax-day-april-woes/"><img src="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/SouthwestOldLivery-300x194.jpg" data-url="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/SouthwestOldLivery-300x194.jpg" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/SouthwestOldLivery.jpg"><img src="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/SouthwestOldLivery-300x194.jpg" data-url="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/SouthwestOldLivery-300x194.jpg" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></a></p><p></p><p>I’m not sure why, but it seems like April is a popular time for devaluations to go into effect this year; worse yet, this is the week! So, just a few reminders for you:</p><p></p><p><strong>Southwest introduces “dynamic pricing” beginning 17 April </strong></p><p></p><p>Kenny over at <a href="https://saverocity.com/miles4more/southwest-devaluation/">Miles4More</a> wrote up a good post about the murkyness that was Southwest’s announcement. I think either way you look at it, this change is going to be for the worse, so if you have Southwest Rapid Rewards points, and have even the tiniest inkling that you may be traveling somewhere through the end of their schedule, <strong>book now.</strong> Southwest doesn’t charge any cancellation fees, so you really have nothing to lose. I still stick to my belief that this could <a href="http://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/southwest-pending-devaluation/">hurt Southwest more than its customers</a>.</p><p></p><p><strong>British Airways Executive Club devaluation kicks in 28 April</strong></p><p></p><p>This one will hurt. Gary at <a href="http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/01/28/huge-british-airways-avios-devaluation-coming-april-28-wont-affect-savvy-frequent-flyers/">View From the Wing</a> has a good overview of the changes. This hurts those that want to use Avios points for premium awards most. British Airways is putting in a 4th “tier” aka Premium Economy. Essentially, Economy will be priced as x (lets say 50k points, which is the highest I think), Premium Economy will then double that (100k points), Business will triple the cost of economy (150k points), and First Class will be quadruple the cost of economy (200k points). So if you had an designs to fly Aer Lingus from Boston to Dublin, or other <a href="https://saverocity.com/miles4more/award-booking-east-coast-avios/">Avios sweet spots</a> – <strong>book before 28 April.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Friendly reminder: Wednesday, 15 April is tax day</strong></p><p></p><p>Yeah, I figured I’d throw all the bad stuff in one post, so, don’t forget to do your taxes, if you haven’t already done them.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/southwest-british-airways-and-tax-day-april-woes/">Continue reading...</a></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="tmount, post: 229762, member: 152"] [IMG]https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/SouthwestOldLivery.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/southwest-british-airways-and-tax-day-april-woes/'][IMG]https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/SouthwestOldLivery-300x194.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/SouthwestOldLivery.jpg'][IMG]https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/SouthwestOldLivery-300x194.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I’m not sure why, but it seems like April is a popular time for devaluations to go into effect this year; worse yet, this is the week! So, just a few reminders for you: [B]Southwest introduces “dynamic pricing” beginning 17 April [/B] Kenny over at [URL='https://saverocity.com/miles4more/southwest-devaluation/']Miles4More[/URL] wrote up a good post about the murkyness that was Southwest’s announcement. I think either way you look at it, this change is going to be for the worse, so if you have Southwest Rapid Rewards points, and have even the tiniest inkling that you may be traveling somewhere through the end of their schedule, [B]book now.[/B] Southwest doesn’t charge any cancellation fees, so you really have nothing to lose. I still stick to my belief that this could [URL='http://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/southwest-pending-devaluation/']hurt Southwest more than its customers[/URL]. [B]British Airways Executive Club devaluation kicks in 28 April[/B] This one will hurt. Gary at [URL='http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/01/28/huge-british-airways-avios-devaluation-coming-april-28-wont-affect-savvy-frequent-flyers/']View From the Wing[/URL] has a good overview of the changes. This hurts those that want to use Avios points for premium awards most. British Airways is putting in a 4th “tier” aka Premium Economy. Essentially, Economy will be priced as x (lets say 50k points, which is the highest I think), Premium Economy will then double that (100k points), Business will triple the cost of economy (150k points), and First Class will be quadruple the cost of economy (200k points). So if you had an designs to fly Aer Lingus from Boston to Dublin, or other [URL='https://saverocity.com/miles4more/award-booking-east-coast-avios/']Avios sweet spots[/URL] – [B]book before 28 April.[/B] [B]Friendly reminder: Wednesday, 15 April is tax day[/B] Yeah, I figured I’d throw all the bad stuff in one post, so, don’t forget to do your taxes, if you haven’t already done them. [url="https://saverocity.com/taggingmiles/southwest-british-airways-and-tax-day-april-woes/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Preview
Name
Verification
What is the greatest credit card of all time, with 2x on Dining and Travel? (from Chase)
Post reply
Home
Forums
Starting Out
New Blog Posts
Southwest, British Airways, and Tax Day – April Woes
Top