A friend of mine MilesWhip pointed out to me a rather significant development with the Chase Sapphire Reserve. He pointed out that Southwest Points are no longer valuable if you have a Chase Sapphire Reserve. While I don’t fly Southwest often, I do fly Southwest a few times a year.Why do I say this? Because, if you…
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Last week, I asserted that British Airways taking award the 4,500 Avios point award in North America was not the end of the world.I may have been shortsighted. For my personal travel patterns, this change sucks, but it isn’t the end of the world for me. But, my travel patterns aren’t yours.Reader Jessica rightly stated that…
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:Southwest introduces “dynamic pricing” beginning 17 April Kenny over at Miles4More wrote up a good post about the murkyness that was Southwest’s announcement. I…
Historically, Southwest has had more simple frequent flyer programs. Back under Rapid Rewards 1.0 they kept it so simple you only needed credits, which had no linkage to fare prices, segments, or distance flown. Rapid Rewards 2.0 and 2.1 still stuck with a simple approach of fixed earning values and fixed redemptions-just with 3 tiers/levels.…
It’s a well known fact that #Avgeeks can develop rather…strange collections over time. Some collect models of the airplanes they live on. Others like to collect relics from past flights. But how about capturing a piece of an airline seat? No, I’m not talking about buying airline seats (as if you would really want to…
Airtran’s reward program A+ sent out a note updating members on the integration of Airtran and Southwest.As you probably know already, Airtran will cease to exist by the end of the year. Ok, down to brass tacks – Here’s what to expect straight from Airtran/Southwest: Between now and November 1, 2014… October 14 will be the…
I’ve seen a few twitter conversations this week about pure Manufactured Spending (MS) vs. Reselling and MS in general, as far as time/value of MS. One was with @Milesabound who’s argument was that reselling just doesn’t compete with MS, unless reselling on a significant scale. My argument was that in some cases, it can make sense.In…
A few weeks, I wrote that I was pursuing the Southwest Companion Pass. I’ve been remiss in providing an update, partially because I was waiting with baited breath for points to post.I’m pleased to say that I’m 95% of the way there. This of course pales in comparison to BigHabitat who has gotten not 1,…