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Two days, two news releases. United MileagePlus is the worst frequent flyer program, United MileagePlus is the best frequent flyer program. Why do we even read anymore. We learned Tuesday that about half of frequent flyers surveyed by J.D. Power and Associates don’t know how to redeem rewards for free flights. The most difficult and…
I came late in life to my Luv affair with Southwest Airlines. I always knew the airline had a cult following and assumed that most people knew everything there was to know about Southwest. I now fly Southwest just about as often as any other domestic carrier, though. Being in San Diego, most of our…
Southwest Airlines has long been among the most generous regarding animals on airplanes — emotional support, service animals or otherwise. I’ll never forget the flight I took many years ago, from Portland International (PDX) to Palm Springs (PSP). The entire time, I could have sworn I heard a strange squeaking noise coming from right behind…
Southwest Airlines is unlike any other. The original discount carrier with a cult following has different rules, a different fare structure and different perks than just about any other airline in the world. One of the most fun things about Southwest is all the bizarre quirks and benefits that, if in the know, can do…
Many consider Southwest Airlines’ Companion Pass the ultimate elite flyer benefit. When used to its limit, the benefit can be worth many thousands of dollars over the course of a year. The Companion Pass enables frequent flyers to add another traveler to any and all Southwest itineraries for just fees and taxes. Like other frequent…
Southwest Airlines introduced a card this past month that includes something we haven’t seen in a card before: complimentary seat upgrades. The Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority Credit Card joined the Rapid Rewards Plus and Rapid Reward Premier cards this past month. For four round-trips a year, those holding this card can board ahead of elite…
Taking advantage of credit card opportunities for valuable points can be very rewarding in travel terms. Collecting 100,000 or 200,000 points through programs like American Express Membership Rewards or Chase Ultimate Rewards can supply fuel for extravagant business class and hotel suite journeys. The points rewards game can be complicated and tiresome, though, particularly as…
Last year, clogged airplane toilets strangely became a figment of popular news feeds. This year, pervy men wanking in economy class seem to be vying for the spot atop air travel nuisances. The epidemic’s latest victim, 26-year-old United passenger Genevieve Pascolla, has taken the airline’s flight attendants to task for, as she claims, joking and turning…
Peanuts and Southwest Airlines have been a synonymous cliché since the airline was founded in 1967. Watch a catering truck pull up to a Southwest plane and…wait for it…someone says “there’s the peanut truck”. But, like Toys-R-Us and plastic straws, SWA peanuts join a slew of 20th century cultural icons on their way out this…
Airlines are increasingly charging frequent flyers to redeem earned miles for flights. The additional charges go by many names, including fuel surcharges, but under many measures they appear to function just like cash fares. In ancient times, airlines gave their frequent flyers completely free tickets. For every certain number of miles flown, travelers got a…
