A Point Me to the Plane reader signed up for the World of Hyatt card last year to score 2 free night certificates. His wife and daughter signed up for the same, accumulating 6 free nights in total. All of the free nights expire in just over a month on 9/20/18. The reader and his…
Wow, there are several pretty incredible sign-up offers right now as banks aggressively compete for their piece of the points/miles segment. Many of these are higher than the normal offers for the specific card type, so these are definitely worth taking a look at this weekend! Up to 175K SPG Points American Express announced some…
oneworld revealed its newest program, oneworld connect, at the 2018 IATA Summit in Sydney. Fiji Airways is set to become the first member of the new ‘membership lite’ alliance agreement. Designed to be less complicated than the full membership process, each oneworld connect partner will need just three sponsoring members in the 13-airline alliance. Fiji Airways is…
We are down to the final hours to collect an easy 400 American AAdvantage miles for spending $200 or more at any of the 900+ American Airlines eShopping partners. You can earn an additional 100 bonus miles with Pier 1 and Kohls. Full details here.
Ahh a throwback promo to the days of collecting miles off of supermarket items! Community Coffee Company and Southwest Airlines have teamed up for this summer promo where customers can earn 150, 200 or 500 Southwest Rapid Rewards bonus points with the purchase of specially-marked packages of Community Signature Blend Dark Roast and Breakfast Blend…
Air New Zealand is trying real hard to keep the lid on a covert operation to update their long-haul business class Business Premier product. According to the NZ Herald, the airline has literally rented space in a building near its downtown Auckland headquarters to develop new business seats in time for the delivery of its…
TMZ is reporting that Kokito, the French bulldog who was placed in a United overhead bin last March, officially died of suffocation. According to results of Kokito’s necropsy, conducted at Cornell University, the 9-month-old puppy was the victim of the decreased oxygen levels in the overhead compartment. Stress combined with the animal’s narrow airway —…
According to the FAA and reported by WABC, a window that cracked mid-flight caused Southwest 957 from Chicago Midway (MDW) to divert to Cleveland this morning. There was no depressurization and oxygen masks were not deployed. An emergency was not reported, though the pilot did request a diversion to the nearest airport. Southwest issued the…
Beginning July 22nd, Citi is adding additional benefits to the Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® World Elite™ MasterCard®. The new editions include 2x points per $1 spent at restaurants and gas stations as well as a $100 American Airlines flight discount after spending $20K or more during your cardmembership year and renewing the card (purchases…
A pilot for a major airline captured video of his Lyft driver dropping him in a random parking lot after realizing that he would only make $6 on the trip. The pilot recorded the exchange with the driver on his iPhone. “I’ve done nothing wrong and you are kicking me out of the car?” “I…
