News and notes from around the interweb:
- Airport trading cards (HT: Ramsey Qubein)
- The 1975 LaGuardia Airport bombing remains unsolved
- Suntrust Bank $400 signup bonus for business checking account
- Hertz-owned Dollar Rent a Car is moving to revenue-based points-earning. Instead of earning one credit per rental day with 16 credits worth a free rental day, you’ll earn 1 point per dollar spent with a new weekday, weekend, and weekly free rental award chart. (HT: Scott L.)
- Earn up to triple Etihad Guest miles for Etihad tickets purchased by January 10 and travel through June 30. (Economy earns double miles.) Registration required
- Amtrak is back with a free train roundtrip after three Northeast corridor roundtrips. Registration required. Travel by February 29 to earn free trips July 2 through August 31 (excluding July 4).
- Political donations of airline CEOs
Etihad miles are useless.
I’ve been to many of the airports listed as having the trading cards and I’ve never seen them. I’ll definitely keep my eyes open as this kind of kitschy stuff appeals to me. Anyone actually seen these things? Where are they in the airport (Hudson News or any of the other “News” stores)?