This weekend I have put many hours into travel planning for trips to Norway in September and Greece in October. My situation is I have sufficient miles for a one-way economy class award ticket between Monterey and Europe with American Airlines AAdvantage and United Airlines Mileage Plus. AA takes 20,000 miles and United takes 30,000…
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Airfare sale west coast to Europe Sep 1-Oct 15 for $700 to $750 UA, AA, US
A fare sale is happening across the USA to many destinations in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Austria with several airlines for September 1 to October 15 travel. American Airlines and US Airways have fares from Monterey, California (MRY) and many other airports for economy class travel to Brussels, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Vienna, Zurich, and other…
40,000 AAdvantage miles off-peak award to Europe and TBEX Athens
Boohoo. While you can’t fly business class roundtrip from the USA to Asia for 90,000 miles anymore, there is no reason to cry if you can stomach economy class and want to get to Europe on 20,000 miles before May 15 or after October 15, including award flights to TBEX 2014 Athens, Greece in October…
Earn free miles playing AAdvantage Passport Challenge on Facebook
My American Airlines AAdvantage account earned 685 new miles after about 15 or 20 minutes playing the AAdvantage Passport Challenge game on Facebook. I can probably still pick up a 150 more miles for free. The AAdvantage Passport Challenge game format is answer multiple choice questions correctly about American Airlines and AAdvantage to earn 50…
History of early commercial aviation at Henry Ford Museum–Part 2
One of the aspects I enjoy about hotel loyalty programs is I frequently end up in a location solely due to a hotel award stay or a low hotel rate to fulfill a promotion. This week my use of Marriott Rewards MegaBonus category 1-4 certificates placed me in Dearborn, Michigan at The Henry, a Marriott…
American Airlines 10% off code, valid USA-anywhere on AA
There is a new promotion today between Disney and American Airlines for the new movie Planes. Play a short video game and you can receive a 10% off American Airlines flight for up to two passengers within the USA or from the USA to anywhere American flies on its own metal around the globe. Mommy…
Marriott Rewards quiet points-to-miles devaluation and loud AA partnership
Marriott makes a stealthy splash with the reacquisition of American Airlines as a partner, yet a 12% price increase from 125,000 points to 140,000 points in the Marriott Rewards points to miles exchange rates table in May 2013 affecting all 37 Marriott Rewards airline partners goes unannounced and unnoticed. The June 17, 2013 announcement American…
500 AA miles on Choice Hotel stays April 13-May 25, 2013
Earn 500 American Airlines AAdvantage miles at Choice Hotels (double miles) from April 13-May 25, 2013. This could be a good alternative to collecting 10 points/$1 over the next six weeks on low spend stays. Keep in mind that Choice Privileges offers 8,000 points after 2 stays through May 15, 2013, which is likely a…
Europe in 5 cities for 50,000 AAdvantage miles + $168
Zurich, Berlin, Oslo, Helsinki, London in 12 days out of San Francisco Airport. I was surprised at how much of Europe I could visit on one trip using 50,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles for three one-way economy class award tickets and no other transportation except to and from airports on city trains, trams and busses.…
Zurich is for the birds (in a good sense)
The American Airlines flight 64 JFK-ZRH was lightly loaded. Most rows had only three passengers in economy meaning each passenger had a section of seats to stretch out in the 2-3-2 seat configuration of the 767 plane. I could have grabbed the middle section if I had been thinking quickly. I managed to twist and…