Mileage Runs have defined true frequent flyers for over 20 years. If you have never heard the term, it involves taking a flight or series of flights for the sole purpose of gaining miles in order to get either increased status or a high number of redeemable miles due to some promotion. I still remember…
First of all, credit for this post goes to Ben from One Mile at a Time (post here) for alerting me and others to Alaska Airlines new promotion to match another airline’s status to Alaska’s even up to their highest level – MVP Gold75K. Despite the clunky title, this status is very worthwhile as it almost…
Reader Edward has determined there is no way he is going to use all those hard earned United upgrades that he has earned and would like to generously donate those to a Service Member traveling for the holidays. He is ponying up 2 Regional Premier Upgrades (RPU) and 3 Global Premier Upgrades (GPU). Being pretty…
I don’t usually write about promotions, but this one is very nice and I see no one else writing about it on Boarding Area (maybe they weren’t targeted). Got a nice email a few hours ago from United. They sent a promo to get double your UA miles (up to 50,000) and double your Marriott points…
The wife and I are on our way to the Boarding Area Convention, known as BACON. Been looking forward to this for awhile, especially because this will be the first opportunity to meet my co-blogger, Andy, in person! Yep, a year together and it has all been virtual until now. We’re going BWI-LAX-LAS to add…
Many bloggers and posters of frequent flyer programs love to go “woe is me” and implying that the airlines are screwing everyone by devaluing your hard earned miles. I think that nothing more is happening here than the laws of economics – yes, economics applies even to miles and points! Basic economics dictates that the…
For those of us who travel on Uncle Sam’s dime, we are at the mercy of the GSA’s bidding war for routes between commonly traveled cities. Known as GSA City Pairs, the lowest bidding airline gets all the Government traffic between the two cities. While you don’t have to take the GSA City Pair, you…
In case you were not aware, the TSA fee built into every ticket purchase will go up on 21 Jul 2014 for all tickets bought after that date. The existing fee is $2.50 a segment with a max of $10 for one RT ticket. Now the new plan is for a flat $5.60 each way,…
I have three United GPUs available through a generous donor. They expire on 31 Jan., but that just means you need to apply them by then, not fly. For international travel, you have to be in W class or higher, but they are good for any domestic fare class. Please send me your PNR (record locator) and…
