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…
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Introduction to Flying the Cycle A tale of Many Lounges 1 Euro-Business and 1 Economy Flight 3 business class flights 3 first class flights 3 hotel stays (1 SPG in Milan, Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro, Hyatt Regency DFW International Airport) — Which included varying arrival experiences I just got back from a spending my Memorial Day Weekend…
I’m currently on a crazy trip, that spans 3 continents, 6 long haul flights, 2 shorthaul flights, and is my second attempt to fly the “Cycle” (which is baseball terminology). This trip talks about two different experiences with respect to recognition of hotel status.In the course of the trip, we’re spending 4 nights on planes,…
The first set of tickets for ResellingDO 3 went on sale on Saturday and sold out in under 2 hours. The second set on Sunday, sold regularly, however there are still a few left. If you have been thinking about attending, you still have a chance to get your ticket!As I think I have mentioned…
The roundup is short this week due to travel, hope everyone has a safe and happy Memorial Day! 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…