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OneWorld Alliance was for a time, the best alliance going. Not because they had the most connectivity or partners. But rather, because, if you were flying on multiple OneWorld partners, whether it was on one Passenger Name Record (PNR)–and believe me, the acronym doesn’t make much sense–or multiple PNRs, you were covered, whether you were…
Update: Chase has extended Freedom 5x through the end of the year, so now instead of 6,000 points, you have the potential for 18,000 points per Freedom, just from shopping at Costco, BJ’s Wholesale, and others!Its mid-June, and if you are like me, your Chase Freedoms have gathered dust. I didn’t bother to do much with them…
I shared the below as part of my remarks at the Travel Hacker 101 Meet-up that I co-hosted with Richard Kerr. If you aren’t a member of the Travel Hacking 101 Facebook Group, you are missing out. A new world, with AAdvantage Program ChangesWe all gather here today, to celebrate the amazing life, of the Mileage…
The Weekly News Roundup is a collection of headlines from around the internet that caught the attention of the Tagging Miles team. Content on these blogs do not necessarily reflect the positions of Tagging Miles, and should not be considered endorsements. Have a great story we should read? Contact us now and let us know.…
A couple of days ago I had an interesting conversation that turned toward manufactured spending, with my friend, who runs the Facebook Group Travel Hacking 101.He had shared the news about the AAdvantage program changes and asked the group whether that would lead to loyalty changes. He then followed up to say that he’ll continue…
American Airlines AAdvantage changed their program yesterday, and while the revenue based earning isn’t great, it was their introduction of Elite Qualifying Dollars that makes it just to hard for me to justify continuing to chase elite status.After much consideration, and staring at yellow painted walls, I’ve come to the conclusion that there is only…
American Airlines is making changes to their AAdvantage Program, and they are not pretty. This is of course, a follow-up devaluation to the one announced November, 2015. There are a bunch of changes – here’s the high points, plus my own analysis. AAdvantage Redeemable Mileage (RDM) Earning Rate Goes Revenue Based Not a huge surprise here.…
Back in February, I saw the movie Everest while flying back from Iceland (in economy of all things). I found the movie to be the right level of background, plot development, and emotion. You see, Everest is based on a true story of the 1996 hiking season, and a Rob Hall led expedition to make it…
A few days ago Amazon sent out a reminder to Start Preparing for Amazon Prime Day 2016!While most of the action will be toward the bigger resellers who received invitations to propose a Prime Day promotion, the fact is, Prime Day generates a lot more traffic to Amazon, which is good for everybody! According to…