Found a website to search budget airline fare
It includes lots of budget airlines. good option for a short haul flight
I found changedetection to replace Changealarm
Changealarm is no longer working, I found a replacement.
Delta Partner Activities Bonus Promotion Updates
Delta has canceled the promotion on Nov 21st, but according to this internal memo,
“Customer who enrolled prior to cancellation may still earn bonus as noted”
So if you registered before Nov 21st, you should be able to get bonus as long as you complete activities by Dec 31st. bonus will be awarded 8-10 weeks after Dec 31st.
There is no way to confirm with Delta whether u have registered or not, if you did, u should get those bonus.
I am going to re initiate my SPG and Marriott transfers this weekend.
Just did some award redemptions today
I redeemed 60K miles for my mom and grandma in Business from PEK to DPS(Bali) next months, total taxes are $145 per person including $25 partner fees and $20 ticketing fees. Not too bad for a C-class award. Also redeemed 28K Hyatt points for 4 nights at Hyatt Regency Bali Club room.
did a last minutes first class redemption for my wife travel this weekend to Ontario,CA. Outbound on US airways and return on United. Total cost 45K UA miles + $10 taxes
Delta has changed all rental car promotions
Since I was not in States during past few months, I have not aware the changes. Today when I tried to book a rental car for my wife, I noticed all deals are dead! It’s time to credit those miles back to VS
United Airline is no longer my first choice for travel and award accumulation
UA mileage program has always been my first choices since I played miles game 3 years ago because its low amount for premium cabin redemption to lots of places around the world with great *A network.
With changes on award redemption effective Jan 1st,2009, UA will be no longer my first choice for travel and award accumulation.
1 Award level jumps to high, by way too high. from 90K business to Asia to 125K, from 110K business to OZ and NZ to 135K, from 75K business Asia to Oceania and OZ to 100K, many intra zone business changes from 30K to 50K and many more.
2 United *A award doesn’t allow any changes once trip begin, you either use it or lost it. Since my time has become very flexible with lots of last min changes, it’s very hard for me to come up with a fixed return date.
Now which airline become my top choice?
AA, DL and BMI
It’s hard to believe DL is on my list, right?
All three airlines programs have two same advantages, flexibility and lower rate.
AA only needs 110K in business to most Asia, even cheaper to Japan and Korea, and AA offers unbelievable cheap premium cabin travel from Most Asia to South Pacific and Middle east, 70K/90K, 60K/80K. no fee to change on award any time as long routing and carrier remind same.
DL needs 120K in business to Asia and 30K in business for intra-Asia and you can change any time you want with a fee of $100, waived for Platinum member. Yes, many people complaint about availability on Delta and its partners in Premium cabin, but did you try to look up Korean Air? It’s easy to find Business award seats on Korean air.
BD will make up other regions with its C+P award and one way redemption. I know BD has been taken over by LH, but until LH releases BD program ending, I will still accumulate miles on it.
Someone asked me How did I get those marriott points even when I hate them so much
I am not big fan of Marriott, that’s right,235K are all I have. I got most of those points(130K) in 11 months when I was working full time with a company 2 years ago, rest of them from online shopping, occasional stay with various bonus offers.
How to get Marriott points faster? bonus promotion is a key and also online shopping if you have large purchase. Before Marriott change its redemption policy on Jan 15th 2009, Travel package award will get points to miles on 1:1 ratio, which means online shopping bonus reward will be higher than most airlines.
Wait on Delta Promotion!
Delta has pulled the promotion page, so there maybe some changes to T &C, don’t transfer anything until the promotion link back up again.
I canceled my SPG points transfer because I don’t have time to fight for my bonus.
Shame on Delta.
US airways will give Elite Bonus and min 500 mils retroactively
Finally, people at Save DividendMiles made victory, US airway is bringing back Preferred bonus miles and 500 mile segment minimums for Preferred members.
I can’t believe how US airways management can approve drop Elite bonus at first place, they are really “creative”, first Major carrier charges almost everything, first carrier drops 500 segment bonus and first carrier drops Elite bonus. Yes, they were FIRST MAJOR CARRIER DROPPED ELITE BONUS ON EARTH and hope other carriers would follow.
They finally realized they are stupid.
One week only, British Airways Half Off Redemption.
Gary posted this deal on his blog, offer valid until Nov 28th GMT, here is highlight of T&C
-Reductions on redemption fares across all cabins
-Available on BA Miles only (not Part Cash Part Miles or Miles for Upgrade)
-Book between 21-28th November 2008
-No travel period restrictions
-Pre-registration not required
-Offer on all routes on BA mainline scheduled services with a BA prefix, but not on services operated wholly or partly by BA’s franchisees, codeshare partners or oneworld™ alliance members.
right now it’s a great time to travel overseas
With current Financial Crisis, many countries currency drop significantly.
South Korea dropped from 1USD:900 Korean Won 3 years ago to 1:1450
Indonesia: dropped from 1:8000 to 1:12000
South Africa: dropped from 1: 6 to 1:10
and many more such as NZ, Iceland, it’s time to go somewhere.
