Some Interesting Thoughts On The Shrinking and Expanding of Flight Times
Scott McCartney’s weekly piece in the Thursday Wall Street Journal is one I look forward to reading each week. With few exceptions I enjoy what he writes. Sometimes it’s high-level, sometimes entry...
View ArticleEarn 1,000 Rapid Reward Points While Filing Your Taxes For Free
It’s entirely possible there’s an offer out there somewhere else, but this is the first I’m seeing it. Southwest is offering 1,000 Rapid Rewards Points for filing your taxes with TurboTax. As you can...
View ArticleAre You Earning 5 Points Per Dollar For Your Southwest Flights?
Don’t forget to enter my giveaways for a Bubble Bum and 5,000 Ultimate Rewards points. I spend a good deal of time trying to help people I know earn more points on their everyday purchases. Maximizing...
View ArticleNews And Notes For Saturday, May 4th 2013
It didn’t take long, but now all the major US carriers have raised the change fee for non-refundable domestic tickets from $150 to $200. United started things off, and Delta, US Airways and American...
View ArticleSouthwest Extends Promo For Double Points, Including Tier Qualifying Points
Don’t forget to enter my giveaway for a free Briggs & Riley TORQ suitcase! Southwest started a promo back in February that award double points AND double tier qualifying points through May 15th....
View ArticleOffice Depot’s New Gift Card Lineup Makes It A Bit Easier To Earn 5 Points...
The game of collecting miles and points has, like most things in life, easy parts and hard parts. For people just getting started, I like to advise them to focus on the low hanging fruit. For me,...
View ArticleIt’s A Great Time To Apply For Some Of My Favorite Credit Cards: Ink Bold &...
Credit cards (and the accompanying sign-up bonuses) have become a big part of most effective strategies for earning points and miles. Just a few days ago I was discussing a great way to pick the low...
View ArticleDoes Southwest Airlines’ Live TV Offering Give Them An Edge With Domestic...
Southwest announced yesterday that it will begin offering live television free on flights (sponsored by Dish). At first, I thought it was a ho-hum kind of announcement. But, I think there’s a bit...
View ArticleFree $25 In Southwest Cash If You Have A Four Points By Sheraton Stay
I stumbled on this one a bit late. Especially since I had a Four Points stay a couple weeks ago and didn’t score the $25 myself. This runs through the end of July, and essentially gives you a $25...
View ArticleBonus Points From Southwest For Purchasing Marriott Gift Cards
Southwest Rapid Rewards and Marriott are teaming up this month to offer bonus points on gift card purchases. Purchase link here. Buying gift cards at a discount (or earning bonus points) is a solid...
View ArticleUnited Kinda Matches Southwest’s Double Points Offer And Why It Might Be...
This news has been out a day or so now, so you might have already heard that United is matching Southwest’s offer of double points, though with some caveats. This is for new tickets purchased for...
View ArticleSouthwest Airlines Decides To Offer TSA PreCheck
At least a bit to my surprise, Southwest Airlines has decided to offer TSA PreCheck access to it’s customers. This shouldn’t really be a big announcement since so many other airlines have been offering...
View ArticleSouthwest Is The First Domestic Airline To Enable Wifi For Entire Flights
From Southwest’s website: It doesn’t take long to get up to 10,000 feet, so it’s not like Southwest is millions of miles ahead of Gogo. But, since they have ubiquitous satellite Wifi on planes (unlike...
View ArticleAsk The Head Of Hyatt Gold Passport A Question, Southwest Expanding, Give...
What if you could meet the head of a major hotel chain’s loyalty program for drinks and ask them anything you wanted? What if they were the one buying you drinks? That’s exactly what Jeff Zidell,...
View ArticleSouthwest Unveils Its Post Wright Amendment Service Out Of Dallas. HINT: It’s...
Southwest Airlines has been waiting years for the Wright Amendment to go away. If you’re not familiar, you can read the full version of the Wright Amendment here. If you don’t want to read the full...
View ArticleThe Best And Worst Frequent Flier Programs
Thanks to Neil M. for sending along this article from Bankrate.com (pretty sure my father tried to send it to me as well, but the link didn’t come through). I usually get a good chuckle out of broad...
View ArticleSouthwest Expanding At Washington Reagan Airport As A Result Of The American...
From the Nuts For Southwest blog, Southwest has announced the destinations it intends to serve this year from Washington Reagan using the slots acquired as part of the American Airlines/US Airways...
View ArticleCheck Your E-mail. Free Southwest Rapid Rewards Points If You’re An Airtran...
I received an e-mail from Airtran informing me of the upcoming end of the AirTran A+ Rewards program as it gets folded into Southwest Rapid Rewards in November. As part of the integration, they’re...
View ArticleSouthwest and American Airlines Union Issues, Another Fight With Orbitz and...
Apologies for the lack of content over the past few days. This whole one-handed typing thing is slowing me down more than I expected and a lot more than I want. Here are some things I’ve been reading...
View ArticleSouthwest’s New DO? Airport 3-Letter Codes, and Finding Rooms At Park Hyatt...
Southwest Airline’s new paint colors? Weigh in on whether you like it. HT: Wandering Aramean on Milepoint. Don’t forget your two free daily entries into the SPG Tap Into Luxury promo until the end...
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