Find out what the latest Southwest devaluation means for your points.
Federal Air Marshal With Ties to the Corleone Family Leaves Loaded Gun in Airport Bathroom
Apr
18
2015
An air marshal left a loaded gun in a Newark airport bathroom. We already know that air marshalls schedule their work assignments to facilitate vacations and sexual trysts, and are insufficiently trained to do much even if something did happen on their watch. But this isn’t good. A federal air marshal left his loaded gun in a bathroom stall at Newark Liberty International Airport, then boarded a flight he was assigned to protect without it, NJ Advance Media has learned. The incident occurred late last month, when the marshal left the handgun on top of a toilet paper dispenser in the public men’s room near Checkpoint 2 in Terminal C (HT: Brian Sumer)
Here’s How the New IHG Share Promo Will Work
Apr
18
2015
IHG Rewards Club is about to launch their next promotion and it’s more lucrative than things first appeared. It sounded complicated with earning and gifting but truth is you can gift to yourself and double your earnings. This is how it will work.
How Much Citibank and Visa Actually Overpaid to Win the Costco Business Away from Amex
Apr
18
2015
Citibank and Visa have stolen the Costco relationship away American Express, which has been the exclusive card product at the wholesaler’s stores in the US for 16 years. Details of the deal have finally come out, and we can see just how badly Citi let itself get creamed to do so.
Just to Show You How Complicated the World Is, British Airways and Iberia Pull Out of European Airline Lobbying Group
Apr
17
2015
British Airways and Iberia disagree with the rest of the airlines of Europe over complaints about the 3 big Gulf carriers (their parent company is ~ 10% owned by Qatar, and prior to that BA sponsored Qatar into oneworld).
Of course BA and Iberia are joint business venture partners with American who is a prime driver of complaints.
Etihad has big ownership stakes in several European carriers, and Emirates is a huge Airbus operator which just signed a nearly $10 billion deal for new European engines. Things get even more complicated still..
Paris Business Class Deal is Back!! $1167 Roundtrip from New York
American, British Airways, and BA’s ‘OpenSkies’ are matching cheap business class prices to Paris. The fares are hundreds of dollars cheaper than La Compagnie when stacking discounts. And you earn miles and status.
At under $1200 it’s one of the best non-mistake business class deals to Europe we’ve seen, available all summer and into early fall.
American AAdvantage Posting 10% Award Redemption Rebates Split Between Citbank and Barclaycard
Apr
17
2015
American has credit cards now issued by both Citibank and Barclays, and both come with 10% rebates on award redemptions. What happens when you redeem an award — and you have both cards? Here’s what happened to me yesterday.
Hillary Clinton’s United Flight in Economy Plus Alcohol and Throwaway Ticketing
Apr
17
2015
Hillary Clinton flies United coach… but gets special ground service. Free miles for signing up for a frequent flyer program. How to spot a terrorist through their ticketing strategies. And more…
Delta Wants to Make Lowering Airfares Illegal. No, Really.
Apr
17
2015
The end game in the US airlines’ war on the Gulf carriers is revealed — Delta’s CEO says that US government should step in to limit their ability to reduce prices. It’s all about limiting choice and raising airfares. Now who still stands behind the US airline position?
The Airline Industry’s Lobbyist Says Mileage Programs Should Be Able to Change Their Terms on a Whim. He’s Wrong.
Apr
17
2015
The airline industry’s lawyers and lobbyists continue to push the envelope for rights to utterly disregard their members. Some programs are worse than others in terms of their actual behavior, but here the industry as a whole contends there are no restraints at all on changes to mileage programs that might occur — no need for advance notice to members at all.
That is an untenable position, and it needs to be shouted from the rooftops.
