Underutilization of points and miles leading to dissatisfaction and churn. Chase / Amex portals allow customers to book flights using points-to-cents value on a 1:1 to 1:1.5 ratio, whereas the true value of poi
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(This past week also involved flying, but only for fun; Patreon readers got a breakdown of the long miles-and-points game that led up to my bucket-list 747 flight.) 5/13/2025: I Tested Starlink on a United Airlines Flight: It’s Fast and Steady Once You Get Past the Ads, PCMag ...
SkyTeam, and Star Alliance. That can be incredibly helpful when you're searching for international flights but would prefer to fly, for example, a Oneworld carrier that will help you earn status and miles with American or Alaska Airlines: the two big Oneworld U.S. carriers....
Points Path is a free tool to quickly find the best flights available with their miles and know whether they’re getting a good deal when using them. It populates results quickly right inside ofGoogle Flightsresults. The browser extension comes from Julian Kheel, who used to write...
Kayak provides the ability to filter out Basic Economy flights. After searching a route, scroll down and look for Cabin on the left side. Expand and uncheck the “Basic Economy” selection. At this point, I’ve given up on Google Flights and default to using Kayak instead. Sad that Googl...
12. Optimize your miles for specific airlines or alliances This one is for theair mileplayers. If you have an airline you're loyal to or you want to book partner flights within a certain alliance, you can specifically search for that. This is great if you have points/status with a certa...
If you don't have your tickets yet, there's still time to book your flights. With an estimated 2.23 million passengers expected to travel each day of the holiday weekend, you might think that there are no seats left. But, Airlines for America estimates that US-basedairlines will be operat...
From 17:54Z to 19:50Z using Alan’s southern route, the aircraft would have been within range of the Subang Radar site ( 5.887409°N 95.228912°E) with the flights closest proximtity near VAMPI waypoint (142 NM). But Indonesian Radar didn’t observe the aircraft, at least there are no...
I’ve shared that last summer a former boss of mine got scammed by a phone number for Deltaprovided to her by her travel agency. The agents pretending to be Delta charged her $1,000 to move her and her granddaughter to flights the next day when their original itinerary was cancelled. (...