A couple of people have recently posted on this old post about TSA Pre-Check reporting a failure to get through Pre-Check with their CAC Card. I went to the TSA website to see if their was anything new on locations for Pre-Check and how the military works within that system. Sure enough, the information is…
Yesterday I wrote about a great new app for finding lounges at the airport including the USO. If you missed it read it here. The guys from LoungeBuddy are generously giving the first 100 of my readers (so in other words all of you) a free download of their iPhone app (Android coming later). Here is…
I was recently invited to beta test a new app called Loungebuddy which, as you may guess, is used for finding airport lounges. Most of you may be saying “I don’t belong to a club/ lounge and I don’t plan on paying for one”. Well, you will still find this app very useful as they…
With the Asiana crash at SFO, I thought that it might be timely to share some of my training in aircraft survival. When I lived in Alaska, it was a requirement for me to go through wilderness and aircraft survival due to the nature of my work taking me all over the state. The average time…
It’s that time of year to check your miles and see if you are on track to make your desired status goal. Every January I make what I call a “Flight Plan” to figure out about where I should end up by the end of the year. I put down all of the trips I…
So the buzz all last week was about United following Delta’s lead in requiring a minimum amount of spending commensurate with the status level you want to achieve. For both airlines, you must spend an average of 10 cents-per-mile(CPM). Readers of this and other blogs know that a good fare for mileage runs is 4…
I know every other blogger is writing about United’s announcement, but I noticed some good news today in the fact that Alaska Airlines has added another EQM-earning partner, Aeromexico, to its list of AA, DL, and EK. I know writing about Alaska’s FF program is a little outside my normal subjects, but I am a…
For the last two weeks, I have been one of the featured bloggers on Boarding Area. My readership went up dramatically with this greater visibility and my writing new posts almost every day. That is not easy for me and my schedule of 70-80 hours a week of work. During the two weeks, I had…
Airline: Alaska www.alaskaair.com FF Program: MileagePlan Flights: A bunch to 96 airports Aircraft: 245 Alliance: None, but mini-network with AA, DL, EK which count EQM. Club: Boardroom (Cost=$295-400/ year depending upon Mileage Plan status) Why fly Alaska?: The major airline flying out of ANC, SEA, and PDX. HAs special deals for Alaska residents if you are fortunate enough to live there. Has…
Just like that milk in your fridge, miles will last a while, but not forever. Until the late ’90s, miles did not expire, but they kept building up faster than they were redeemed and this presented a problem for the airlines. You see, in accounting rules, each mile represented a potential expenditure the airline would…
