2015 has brought new and exciting changes to the way your redeem your Delta SkyMiles including a new five-tiered award chart and one-way awards at half the price of a round-trip tickets. Read on for more about these changes and details on how to maximize your Delta miles: Straightforward One-Way Award Redemptions Delta has joined […]
Mileage Earning Debit Cards Revisited
If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. After lots and lots of emails and comments from a post written over 10 months ago, it seems like it is time for an update. But before we get […]
Exclusive: SPG Opens An Opulent New Milanese Property
I had a chance to tour the brand new Excelsior Gallia Hotel in Milan, Italy before it opened and it is stunning! Check it out. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. Recipe For an Amazing Property Here […]
FTU Dallas Tickets Now on Sale
Tickets to FTU and FTU Advanced in Dallas, from 17-19 April 2015, are now on sale at FTUniversity.com. I will be doing my usual talks on United Airlines, but will also be talking miles and exotic travel at this event. Sessions at FTU include: Gary Leff – View from the WingWhere We’ve Been and Where We’re […]
US Airways 7-Day Upgrade Window – What’s The Point?
If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. Do These Upgrades Ever Work? As a recent US Airways Chairman, I am adjusting to their system. My general rule of thumb is that I add my frequent flyer account […]
U.S. House Shamefully Passes Transparent Airfares Act of 2014
In a bipartisan vote yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Transparent Airfares Act of 2014 which would roll back 2012 legislation requiring that the full fare be displayed at all steps of the airline ticket booking processing. We’ve had this discussion before, so there is no need for me to go too much into […]
RDMs Will Be Revenue-Based Starting March 01, 2015 on United Airlines
When Delta Air Lines announced a revenue-based earnings chart for 2015, I predicted that it would only be a matter of time before United Airlines would match, though I did not expect it to happen so soon. Copying Delta almost exactly, United has announced revenue-based earnings will replace distance-based earnings starting on 01 March 2015 […]
Scandanavian Airlines SAS Introduces New Business Class
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has trailed the competition for years in terms of longhaul business class product. I reviewed business class from Copenhagen to Washington Dulles in 2010 and four years later the seats still have not changed–SAS still does not offer lie-flat or even 180º “angled lie-flat” seats on its longhaul routes. With a refurbishment […]
FAQs About Waitlisting a Singapore Airlines Award
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer is now a Chase Ultimate Rewards transfer partner and with that comes the possibility of reasonably priced awards in premium cabins on SQ flights. Singapore has three award pricing tiers on their own metal and often your desired flight will not be available at the saver level. With SQ’s waitlisting feature, you […]
Business Incentive Program – American Airlines Business Extra
If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. American Airlines offers an incentive for business customers called American Business Extra. In case you missed my post from yesterday detailing business incentive programs and their benefit using the Skybonus […]
Free Double-Dipping: Introduction To Business Incentive Programs
If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. Rocky had a great post about the bonuses currently offered by business incentive programs from Delta (Skybonus) and American (Business Extra). I have been a member of these programs for […]
United’s Strict New Carry-On Policy or Business as Usual?
Word leaked last month that United Airlines would begin to strictly enforce its carry-on policy on March 1, 2014 and new carry-on sizers began popping up around the gate areas of many United stations. MileagePlus members received e-mails outlining the new baggage policy this week and an internal memo was sent out instructing airport staff […]
Are You Earning Miles On Absolutely Every Transaction?
If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. The following post is available for archival purposes only. There is an updated debit card post that will show you the current options. Please read there and continue to earn miles for […]
Simplicity: The Key to a Smooth US Airways Award Booking
US Airways mileage awards are perhaps the most enigmatic because there is seemingly no rhyme or reason to what is permitted and what is not. I laid out some general guidelines about booking US Airways awards, but six phone calls will result in six different interpretations of the rules. Still, I have found one method […]
Why the US Airways Dividend Miles MasterCard is Still Worthwhile
I remain deeply unsatisfied with the indifference US Airways has shown to booking Lufthansa award space I wrote about last week, but US Airways miles remain highly valuable, particularly when compared to partner Star Alliance carriers. For that reason, I still recommend picking up the US Airways Dividend Miles MasterCard before the current 40K offer is pulled–those […]
New York to Tokyo – A Great Menu
If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. Heading to Bali When we booked our trip to Bali using 49,500 American Airlines Aadvantage miles in business class (55,000 – 10% rebate due to our Citi card), we wanted […]
50,000 Point Sign Up Offer for American Express Business Gold Rewards Card
UPDATE: Offer has expired. The American Express 50,000 point sign-up bonus with no annual fee during the first year has returned from hiatus. Earn three points per dollar on airfare and double points on gas purchases (in the USA). The bonus points will post after $5,000 in minimum spending within three months. There is no […]
Flying Blue Makes Africa Redemptions Easier?
Flying Blue, the loyalty program of Air France, KLM, and Kenya Airways, is an oft-overlooked American Express transfer partner, but one that I have been particularly critical of on this blog. Customer service is poor and booking awards can turn into an agonizing nightmare. Well, someone at Flying Blue may have been paying attention because […]
Sherpa Has 24 hrs in NYC
If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. New York City Awaits As part of this amazing itinerary I had a chance to visit NYC for the first time (outside of an airport) and it was an excellent […]
Why I Left TopCashBack for Smaller Rebates
If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com. If you haven’t followed us on Facebook or Instagram, add us today. Who would ever leave more savings for less? I would, and you should too, but for good reason. Shopping Portals First, for those who are unfamiliar, a rebate website is […]
