For the international leg of the first part of our trip from JFK – SFO – HKG, I used US Airways miles to book business class (known as BusinessFirst) on United 747 flight # 869, which leaves at 1:25pm and arrives in HKG at 6:40pm, a 12 hour flight. There was a tight connection, even…
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…
The wife and I took the long Columbus Day weekend to do a mileage run on Alaska Airlines, but with some quick stops along the way. We were taking advantage of some great fares on AS due to their starting service from BWI on 2 Sep. We flew BWI-SEA-ANC (36 hr. break) -SEA-LAS (24 hr….
This flight was the first part of our epic US Airway’s award redemption, 180k for two people roundtrip to SE Asia (well, North Asia according to the US Airways phone agent). Again, we flew JFK – SFO – HKG (destination) – SIN (stopover) – TPE – JFK, all in business class for 90k US Air…
-The Bluesmart carry-on luggage is now taking preorders on Indiegogo. It is a carryon bag that is reimaging the traditional bag, where you can lock and unlock it with your phone, weigh it digitally using it’s own wheels, recharge devices with a built-in charger, provide tracking with a built-in GPS, and other cool stuff. …
I received two pretty exciting emails from Uber this evening. First, UberX is arriving to Philadelphia this weekend, and you can get 3 free rides (up to $20 each) on UberX starting now through Sunday! Also, Uber is launching in Nevada, in both Las Vegas and Reno! We have family in Vegas, so giving the…
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…
My wife and I just got back from an amazing trip to Hong Kong, Phuket, and Singapore, and I’m going to review it. Ok ok, my title is somewhat in jest, because I’m not going to review the WHOLE trip, but I flew some amazing airline products and stayed in some awesome hotels, so I…
