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As I’ve said a million times, my favorite benefit of elite status is lounge access. I love that because I maintain American Airlines Executive Platinum elite status I can access OneWorld international First Class lounges for free. The best part is that I can access these lounges regardless of the class of service I am…
It’s hard believe January is well more than halfway over. I’ve been off to a slow start with blogging due to several significant life adjustments, but I hope to carve out time to write again in the near future. However, in the meantime I thought I should introduce my Cathay Pacific Premium Economy Mileage Run.…
Well, it’s a new year and already I have about 5 flights under my belt. Of those four flights three have been with American and two of those have been in first class. Otherwise, I’ve taken one flight with United and another with Delta as I’ve started moving away from extreme loyalty to American. However,…
I begin each year with a fairly straightforward goal. Every year my goal is to earn AAdvantage Executive Platinum Elite Status from American Airlines. The goal sounds simple enough, but it’s a bit harder than it sounds. Additionally, American recently made it a bit harder by increasing the Elite Qualifying Dollar requirement. So, to complete…
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…
