airline shopping portals

Earn 8,000 bonus miles from Airline Shopping Portals!

It is back to school season, and so it is yet another opportunity to earn extra miles through airline shopping portals! I’ve written a bunch about the power of shopping portals, and how you can increase your miles and points balances through shopping portals. This is a great opportunity to do just that, thanks to American Airlines,…

Buy Alaska Miles

Buy Alaska Miles at 2 cents per point!

I am not often an advocate of buying miles, but there are times when it makes sense to buy miles. This promotion may be a good time to at least consider whether its a good time to buy miles.  Buy Alaska Miles at 2 cents per pointRight now Magazines.com is running a promotion where you…

#BumpGate, @FakeUnitedJeff United MileagePlus X App

Is @FakeUnitedJeff banned forever?

I think we’ve all enjoyed the purely parody account of @FakeUnitedJeff … Yes, he’s the parody of the “has been” United CEO, who was unceremoniously outed after a rather awkward outing of the Chairman of the Port Authority of NY-NJ’s flight to Columbia, South Carolina. It was an unfortunate event for Jeff Smisek, but 20 April…

The Secret to United’s New Award Search Tool

If you’ve attempted to work with United’s New Award Search Tool, you know how much of a pain it is.Perhaps the most prevalent screen is this:Now, some in the software industry would call this a feature. I would call this one of my most vexing customer experiences. What causes the issue with United’s New Award Search Tool?The…