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I’ve had a troubled relationship with the Barclays AAdvantage Aviator lineup of credit cards. My relationship with the Barclays Aviator card began in late 2017 when I opened the Aviator Red card. At the time the card was offering 60,000 AAdvantage miles after making a single purchase. Thanks to the increased sign-up offer from Barclays…
For the past five years or so I’ve been very interested in the world of points and miles. It all started in July of 2014 when I switched jobs to a position with extensive travel. I remember thinking to myself, if I’m going to be on the road often, I might as well get something…
As I wrap up another incredible year of flying I always enjoy looking back at where I’ve been in the past 12 months. Thankfully, American Airlines makes looking back easy by sending customers a year-end email. For the past two years American Airlines has sent AAdvantage members a Year In Review email which summarizes their…
Earlier this year I finally had the chance to fly in Economy Class on American’s 787-8 from London back to Chicago. This flight was special to me for two very important reasons. First, it would be the first time I’ve ever flown long-haul in economy on American’s 787. Perviously I’ve always flown British Airways back…
Over the past few years I’ve started to notice just how much waste is created from each flight. With that in mind I’ve stated to make a conscious effort to recycle amenity kits. I don’t mean that I put them in my nearest recycle bin, but rather I try to repurpose them. The process begins…
To get back home from a recent trip to London I decided to book an extremely inexpensive economy class fare from London to Chicago on American Airlines. The flight I booked was on American’s 787 in economy class. Believe or not until then I had never flown a long-haul flight on the Dreamliner in economy…
Well, once again I’ve done it. For the second year in a row I’ve officially qualified for American Airlines AAdvantage Executive Platinum elite status. Although the qualifications this year were the same as last year I must say that this year was much more difficult. Last year I had the luxury of flying 60,000 miles…
All in all I’d consider myself fairly lucky. Over the past four years I’ve averaged about 50-60 flights annually. That means I’ve taken at least 200 flights over the past few years. Believe it or not in all of that time I’ve never experienced a cancellation that left me stranded. That’s not to say that…
Earlier this year British Airways announced that the airline would be flying the massive Airbus A380 between Chicago and London. This aircraft shift is part of a summer seasonal service which has since ended. Thankfully, the A380 service is expected to return in April 2019. While British Airways was flying the A380 to Chicago I…
For those of you who have read the blog before you may already know that I have a troubled relationship with the AAdvantage Aviator lineup of credit cards from Barclays US. Late last year I decided to open the AAdvantage Aviator Red card in order to earn $3,000 EQD this year through credit card spend.…
