Today I saw that American Airlines is offering double miles (redeemable, not elite miles) on certain Alaska Airlines flights.  I am loving all of these AA double miles promos that have been coming out recently.  Here are the details on this one: Participating Airlines: Alaska Airlines: includes travel on American Airlines codeshare flights operated by Alaska Airlines (booked under the AA flight number). Award: Double Miles Offer: Earn double AAdvantage®… Read the Rest.

If you are not yet a British Airways Avios expert, now is a great time to learn a vast amount about this program.  Prompted in part by the 50,000 – 100,000 Avios points British Airways Chase sign-up offer (depending on how much spending you can put on the card in the first year), and the American Express 50% transfer bonus to Avios that runs through May 31st, lots of my… Read the Rest.

Update – didn’t take long and the fares went back up.  Congrats on anyone who got in! I recently wrote about the sort-of mileage run that I did from Houston to San Francisco.  I loved my one night in San Francisco and wished I had more time there, but the reality that mileage running is not really ideal for families was emphasized when the severe weather at DFW could have… Read the Rest.

Are the “Airline Gods” trying to tell me something?  My AA mileage run has turned into a direct flight home on United…..my hometown airline.  I think it might be a sign.  Due to the tornadoes and storms in DFW last night, all Hell has broken loose on the AA network, especially with flights going through Dallas.  I was not surprised in the least when I was automatically re-booked on an… Read the Rest.

Today I took my first quasi-mileage run to San Francisco on American Airlines.  This was prompted by many converging factors, including double elite qualifying miles and double redeemable miles on the DFW – SFO portion, as well as a post-Mega Do bonus that will award 3x miles for OneWorld MegaDO participants.  I have also never been to San Fransisco, so was all for seeing the city, if only for an… Read the Rest.

The Chase Sapphire bonus going down isn’t the only news in the credit card miles and points world today.  There are a few more pieces of info that I want to make sure and share…..all of which are good news! There is once again a 30,000 point sign-up offer for the Chase Freedom card!  This bonus seems to fluctuate between 20,000, 25,000 and 30,000 points, but I am happy to… Read the Rest.

Wanted to give a brief reminder that tomorrow morning (April 3rd) I have to remove my links for the Chase Sapphire Preferred 50,000 Ultimate Reward Points credit card application.  This is my favorite personal (as opposed to business) rewards credit card on the market, and it gets just about daily use in my household.  It is widely speculated that the highest publicly available bonus after tomorrow will be 40,000 points… Read the Rest.

I posted earlier today that I literally did a happy dance when I saw that a 50% transfer bonus had been launched from American Express Membership Rewards to British Airways, and I really did.  In my office….by myself.  There have been lots of posts today in the miles and points blogosphere about the transfer bonus and how to maximize some of the best uses for Avios points, so I will… Read the Rest.

I’m certain it is in writing somewhere that I will not do a mileage run (but please – don’t feel obligated to find that and re-post it for me!).    I am sure that was 100% true at the time it was written, but life keeps on moving and changing, and now this quasi-mileage run is sounding more and more logical for me.  I can’t tell if I truly have… Read the Rest.

Am I seeing things?  I was working on a post about taking advantage of the American Airlines Double Elite Qualifying miles offer for AAdvantage members with an address on file in California, Illinois or Texas, that was supposed to end on 3/31/12, but now when I go to that page, it appears that the offer has been extended through 6/30/2012! I am so excited to see the offer extended –… Read the Rest.