Just a few odds and ends today on the Shopping Portal front.It’s Raining AAdvantage MilesI’m probably a bit late to the punch here, but from 3/30/15 to 4/29/15, you can earn up to 2,250 bonus miles, after $700 spent. That’s not bad given some of the deals we’ve seen lately, as much as 6x at…
According to Australian Business Traveller Emirates is deploying its first two cabin A380 to Copenhagen. The 2 cabin A380 will have a whopping 615 seats, with 58 lay flat business class seats. While no seatmap is known at publishing, rumor has it that business class will still be on the upper deck. Since there will be…
Avgeeks throughout the twittersphere have offered photos and remembrance for US Airways “Cactus” Callsign. Why is today the last day for Cactus? Because its been widely reported that American Airlines anticipates getting a Single Operating Certificate on 8 April. With that, all American Airlines planes — whether former US Airways or American Airlines) will sport…
While, I’ll be the first one to admit that this is a crazy idea. I’m doing it. I’ll be honest, Matt proposed the idea of hosting a DO at a brewery for his next DO, and I thought why not try it out.The focus of the DO is Reselling in the pursuit of Miles and…
The Grand Hyatt Doha is roughly an hour from Doha’s Hamad International Airport. Taxi fare was between 55 and 70 QAR. We selected the hotel primarily because it was a Hyatt, had a cash and points option, and because we hadn’t stayed there yet.Overall, our impressions were that the hotel was beautiful. Its only 5…
With all the discussion involving the US Department of Transportation (DOT) relating to the mistake fares, it is probably no surprise that they are being bandied about in the blogosphere for other ‘consumer protections’. So I ask: Should DOT require the airlines to release saver award space? Jason Steele, writing for the Points Guy does.…
Like any good Irishman (I do have a bit in me, after all), I took St. Patrick’s Day off work. Except I didn’t head down to Murphy’s or O’Toole’s pub, I headed to downtown Washington, D.C., to attend the US Chamber of Commerce’s Aviation Summit 2015. It was well worth a day out of the…
This past weekend, my wife and I embarked on our most ambitious mileage run ever. We flew from Washington-Dulles (IAD) to Doha, Qatar (DOH) to Cairo, Egypt (CAI), and back, with the least amount of time on the ground possible. You can see the play by play via twitter by searching #90minturninCAI By the numbers ~16,415 Butt…
I’m finding myself traveling to the Middle East, or more accurately, through the Middle East a whole lot more than I used to. I’m noticing others flying to or via the Middle East as well. So far as I can tell, here are a few reasons: The three major airlines – Emirates, Etihad Airways, and…
I first saw this shared by @airlineflyer, but didn’t get the chance to share it until half or more of the blogosphere shared it. Usually I’d refrain, but I had to share this for two reasons. I’m a huge Sir Patrick Stewart fan – whether its as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Ebeneezer Scrooge, Professor Xavier, or various Shakespeare…