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-Open a Chase checking with a $100 deposit and get 10,000 Continental OnePass Miles

-Get another 7,500 bonus OnePassmiles and earn 1 mile for every $1 in qualifying purchases with the Chase Continental Airlines Preferred Banking Card for a $65 annual fee per checking account or choose a lower annual fee option and earn 1 mile for every $2 in qualifying purchases with the Chase Continental Airlines Banking Card for a $25 annual fee per checking account.

That’s 17,500 OnePass miles at the bottom of the webpage is this offer for 7,500 OnePass miles
-You can also add up to three additional cards for others on your joint checking account and pay no additional annual fees. Plus each new cardholder will receive 2,500 bonus OnePass miles for an additional 7500 miles

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To make your stay even more rewarding, this distinctive group of deluxe hotels is extending double miles per night to SkyMiles members!

Whether traveling on business or leisure, Swissôtel Hotels and Resorts invites you to experience the renowned Swiss touch with its fresh, modern and contemporary hotel design.

And those double miles add up — that’s up to 5,000 miles!

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“This is how Ben Baldanza CEO of Spirit Air responded to a complaint letter from a first-time customer:

“Please respond, Pasquale, but we owe him nothing as far as I’m concerned. Let him tell the world how bad we are. He’s never flown us before anyway and will be back when we save him a penny.”

Which might have been ok, had the email stayed inter-office, but Baldanza seems to have hit “reply all” and accidentally sent the message back to the original complainant. Oops.
Even if you read the original complaint and agree with Baldanza in principle, that’s a pretty jerkoff way to respond to a customer and if he had any balls, he would apologize and refund the twenty-two cents or whatever the passenger paid to ride on Mr. Baldanza’s discount thrift store flying claptrap..” [Via consumerist.com]

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“CHICAGO, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — United Airlines and Mileage Plus are proving that redeeming frequent flyer miles is short and sweet by offering its members more value for their loyalty. United Airlines is temporarily reducing the amount of Mileage Plus miles needed to redeem award travel on some of its shortest flights.

For a limited time, certain United Economy(R) Saver award travel booked on united.com will be available for 15,000 redeemable miles instead of 25,000 miles *. This award travel is for nonstop, roundtrip flights that are 700 miles or less each way on United, United Express or Ted flights.” [Via money.cnn.com]

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With Southwest Airlines’ Rapid Rewards program, it’s easy to go someplace fun for free! It usually takes only 8 roundtrips (16 credits) for an Award, but since you are a college student between the ages of 18 and 23, we’ve got a special offer for you.

You’ll get 4 bonus credits just for enrolling in Rapid Rewards. Then all you have to do is fly 3 roundtrips purchased at southwest.com (4 credits for each roundtrip) in the next 24 months, and you’ll automatically qualify for 1 free roundtrip Award valid for travel to any of our over 60 destinations.

Do The Math. Take A Break!

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As a College Rapid Rewards Member, you’ll also continue to receive double credit on all flights booked at southwest.com while in the college program. That means you’ll be getting 4 Rapid Rewards credits (vs. the standard 2) for each roundtrip.

“My wife’s grandfather, Sam Valencino, had a wonderful saying that he’d repeat often with a deep Southern drawl and a large scoop of sarcasm: “Everything’s up but wages.”
The thing is this, however: We all know it’s true. When it comes to travel, it seems no fuel surcharge is high enough. No rental-car tax is too high. No hotel “resort fee” will go uncollected. Never mind fares. Now we’re seeing the same upward creep in frequent flyer mileage plans.
So here’s the nagging question: Now that we’ve spent our way to the poorhouse to build up this big bank of miles, why can’t I find “saver tickets” for the family to fly from Anchorage to Miami and back? Huh? Inquiring minds want to know.
Welcome to the hide-and-seek game of frequent-flyer redemption.
I spend most of my time trying to game the system over at Alaska Airlines, since that’s where I have most of my miles. In fact, I just ordered a bunch of magazines with the remainder of my Delta miles, which were set to expire. My choices included Men’s Health, Nursing Week, Teen Cosmo and Spin. Woo-hoo.
In case you didn’t notice, the cost to call in to Alaska Airlines and book a mileage ticket went up by 5,000 miles. If you can massage the Web site, www.alaskaair.com, you still can nab some of those saver awards for 20,000, plus the obligatory taxes. But this is one example where Alaska is able to offset the millions and millions of miles people are earning by charging up their credit cards.
Oh, don’t worry too much, though. Alaska and partner Bank of America actively push the credit-card deals, including having Alaska flight attendants hawk the cards on every flight.
The credit cards, the phone tie-in with GCI, the groceries at Carr’s and the partnership mileage arrangements with other airlines all add up to a mileage-churning machine that adds thousands of people into the qualifying pool of travelers that have 20,000 miles and want a free ticket on Alaska Airlines. There are tie-ins with mortgage companies, wine clubs, florists and most hotels and car rental companies.
In fact, Alaska Airlines is offering 20,000 bonus miles if you sign up for one of its credit cards on their Web site. That’s a free ticket. If you can find one.
Many travelers, myself included, have struggled to find the 20,000-mile tickets during the busy summer travel season. On two occasions this summer, I pulled the trigger and booked first class on Delta, which cost me 45,000 Alaska Airlines miles each.
But as we ease into the fall, more of these seats tend to open up. Just today, I found 20,000-mile tickets in August and September from Anchorage to Orlando and Newark. To Chicago and Boston, the total went to 25,000 miles because at least one segment was on Delta or American, two of Alaska’s partner carriers.
If you’re having trouble finding the right date weeks or months in advance, you might have better luck waiting until the week before you travel. Personally, I hate to play “chicken” with travel reservations. But it’s true that more mileage-redemption inventory appears just a few days before departure. And since there’s no advance purchase requirement on mileage reservations, that’s a real option for flexible travelers.” [Via Anchorage Daily News]

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Correctly answer our weekly on-line LPGA trivia question for a chance for you and 3 friends to watch the year’s best lady golfers compete for the 2007 ADT Title.
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In order to provide you with a more personalized travel experience, we’re inviting you to fill out our Travel Survey. Doing so will help us better understand your travel interests and allow us to serve up deals and promotions that are more customized to your needs. And we’re offering you 250** AAdvantage miles just for completing the survey and opting in to our email! It’s our way of showing how much we appreciate your time.

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“Unless you count the trail mix, you can’t get a free meal on a domestic flight with a major carrier anymore. A bottle of water will cost you, and forget about a movie.

Why the skimpy offerings?

Cost-conscious mainstream airlines are trimming the fat, otherwise known as amenities, to provide the lowest fares possible. But as the flagships slim down, the category of low-cost carriers is rapidly beefing up, giving passengers the option of flying both comfortably and affordably.

Low-cost carriers tend to keep their prices down by flying out of fringe airports, relying on online booking and providing just the necessary level of onboard services. Many stock their fleets with one type of aircraft to minimize the amount of training for crews. As part of the discount category, the airlines also can operate without union agreements and employment contracts that often trouble legacy carriers.

A Growing Category

Starting out in 1971 as a small carrier in Texas with only three jets, Southwest Airlines is credited with giving birth to the low-cost-carrier phenomenon. Its founding mission was to fly passengers to short-haul destinations, on time and for the lowest fare possible. Nearly 36 years later, countless carriers have copied the philosophy.

Global flight information company OAG released a 2006 report identifying 40 low-cost carriers in Europe alone. It also revealed that Ryanair, a low-cost heavyweight based in Ireland, was carrying more passengers per month than British Airways.

And the number of passengers interested in booking with low-cost names is on the rise. The low-cost sector accounted for 16%, or 416,000, of the 2.6 million flights scheduled for July 2007, according to OAG’s Quarterly Airline Traffic Statistics. Last month, 309.7 million seats were offered worldwide, of which 20%, or 61.9 million, were on low-cost carriers. In July 2006, low-cost seats made up only 16% of the 289.8 million airline seats on offer.

“There seem to be new low-cost [carriers] appearing every week,” says Edward Plaisted, CEO of Skytrax, a London-based air transport research company. Simply being low-cost doesn’t guarantee success, however. “Each year that goes by you see anywhere from four to eight new low-costs that can’t keep the business model running and disappear after 12 months.”

The Best of the Best

For its annual survey of the best low-cost airlines in the world, Skytrax examined commercial and front-line factors, surveying the accessibility and quality of Web sites–crucial for carriers that rely on online booking–and, perhaps most important, the clarity of prices and fares.

Because standards vary around the world and there are so many low-cost carriers, Skytrax named a global top three– Jetstar Airways, Air Berlin and easyJet–and broke down the remaining results by region. Southwest Airlines, the carrier that started it all, ranked second in North America, falling behind JetBlue.

To assess what people are getting for their money, Skytrax also took into account consumer surveys. While some low-cost carriers offer complimentary entertainment like satellite television and snacks, as on Austrian-based NIKI, many grant passengers only a seat, a reading light and a smile.

The low-cost category remains the most competitive in Europe but is growing fastest in Asia, if for no other reason than that it has the biggest market. At the other end of the spectrum, South America and the Middle East emerged with only two top carriers each in the rankings, rather than three. Both regions have several other carriers, but they were deemed too small for inclusion.

New Options

As the low-cost sector continues to heat up, so do the options in terms of seating and routes. While many traditional carriers offer one class, Jetstar offers a StarClass premium cabin, while Oasis Hong Kong gives passengers a choice between Business and Economy.

The introduction of classes in low-cost travel is the result of carriers taking on longer-haul flights. While flights under two hours are most profitable, as more travelers look to fly farther afield, these airlines want a piece of the action. Oasis Hong Kong already flies from Hong Kong to London and may offer flights to the U.S. shortly.

So if you can travel substantial distances for paltry prices aboard a low-cost carrier, why opt for a big name airline?

“[People] might choose them because of the miles or because the major carrier can come pretty close to matching the low-cost carrier in price,” says Tom Michelson, vice president of operations for Airtreks, a team of travel consultants and experts that provide multistop international air travel service and technology. “Given the choice between the two, the traveler might want to go with the known entity.”

But with low-cost carriers such as JetBlue providing complimentary, 24-channel, live satellite TV on every seat back, the unknown is looking better every day.” [Via finance.yahoo.com ]

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“Holders of the most exclusive American Express cards get a new perk starting today – free access to American Airlines Inc.’s airport clubs worldwide.

American Express Co. and American will announce today that Platinum and Centurion cardholders can get into American’s Admirals Clubs on days that they travel on American.

Holders of those American Express cards already get access to a number of other airlines’ airport clubs, but until now, about the only way they could get into an Admirals Club was to buy their way in.

Simon Kahn, vice president of Platinum and Centurion marketing for American Express, said its cardholders let American Express know what they wanted.

“We talk to our card members all the time,” he said. “One of the things we hear from them is that they want access to American Airlines lounges. In research study after research study, American Airlines has come out as one of the most popular carriers for our base. We just think this is a terrific additional benefit for those cardholders.”

The Platinum and Centurion cardholders – whether consumer, business or corporate members – tend to spend a lot of money. American Airlines spokesman Charley Wilson said the relationship will work to American’s benefit as well.

“It provides American Express’ Platinum and Centurion cardholders access to our clubs, and it also provides American Airlines an opportunity to talk to them and expose our products and services to them,” he said.

To gain access to an Admirals Club, a traveler must show an American Express Platinum or Centurion card and an itinerary showing that he is flying on American that day. The cardholder can bring two guests.

Normally, American charges $50 for a one-day pass or $300 to $450 to join for one year, depending on frequent-flier status, with renewal costs of $250 to $400 a year. Its AAdvantage frequent-flier club members can also trade in miles for Admirals Club memberships.

Of course, getting in through an American Express card won’t be free, either. Holders of the Platinum card pay a $450 annual fee, and the more exclusive Centurion card reportedly costs $2,500 a year.

The free access applies only to the cards issued directly by American Express, not to cards issued by bank partners such as Citibank.” [Via Dallas News.com]

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TD AMERITRADE has teamed up with United to bring you a special offer. Open and fund a TD AMERITRADE account by September 30, 2007, and earn up to 25,000 United Mileage Plus bonus miles. The more you deposit, the more miles you earn.

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Save 10,000 miles on awards to Mexico

Mexico Award SaleSave 10,000 miles off the regular 30,000-mile Mileage Plan Coach Saver award when you fly on Alaska Airlines from the Continental U.S. and Canada to Mexico.

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Save up to $35 & Earn up to 1,000 Miles.

Plus, earn an additional 500 miles* on any rentals booked here!

Now through December 31, 2007, enjoy the savings below and earn double miles on weekend rentals of two or more days or weekly rentals at a participating airport or off airport location in the U.S., Puerto Rico or Canada. That’s 100 Mileage Plus miles per day on weekend rentals or 1,000 Mileage Plus miles on weekly rentals.

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