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To fully explain how this all happened I need to go back to the beginning. Earlier this year my girlfriend and I booked flights to/from Australia for an end of the year vacation. I’ve never been to Australia and I’ve been meaning to go this year. I booked a Qantas First Class flight earlier this…
A few weeks ago I took a trip out to San Francisco with my girlfriend. When we began planning the trip I looked at several flight options, but none seem that appealing. As I reviewed all of my options I realized the only way to get to San Francisco at a reasonable time was to…
The other day I was in London visiting friends and I received a curious email from American Airlines. The email introduced a “new” partnership the airline had with AirPortr, a baggage pick-up service in London. When I received the email I immediately became excited as I’d now have something to write about for the blog.…
My relationship with the American Airlines AAdvantage Aviator Silver card has been a bit tumultuous. To understand how I ended up carrying the card I need to go back to late last year. In late 2017 I decided to open the AAdvantage Aviator Red card for a few simple reasons. Back then I had just…
Yesterday I wrote about an exciting promotion to transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to British Airways for a 40% bonus. In that post, I mentioned that a goal of mine in the coming year is to fly British Airways First Class. Shortly after writing that post I decided to look into the best way…
A few days ago I received an email from American Express highlighting an interesting promotion. The email informed me that from now until mid-November I can transfer American Express Membership Rewards points to British Airways and receive a 40% bonus. Typically I don’t pay much attention to emails like this. In this case though I am…
Over the past few years I find it harder and harder to remain loyal to American Airlines when traveling domestically. I say this because it seems over the past few years American continues to worsen overall customer experience. They’ve done this by removing in-flight entertainment screens, reducing seat pitch, shrinking lavatories, and by offering an…
The other day I wrote about American Airlines Systemwide Upgrades and how to use them. While writing that post I realized that you can actually earn additional Systemwide Upgrades through the Million Miler program. That’s when I realized that I didn’t actually know that much about the Million Miler program and my guess is that many…
One of the things I love most about airline loyalty programs is that they give you flexibility. If you find yourself in a jam and need to get somewhere, but cash prices are too high, you can generally find cheaper options by using miles. Likewise, miles are a great way to speculatively book flights. Whenever…
A few months ago I logged into my Barclays US AAdvantage Aviator Red account and found an exclusive offer. The offer was to upgrade my existing Aviator Red card to the AAdvantage Aviator Silver card. At the time I considered the offer, but ultimately decided to wait. A few weeks later I wrote about why…
