Priority Club has a pretty cool custom tailored promotion right now, entitled “ Crack the Case .” Basically, you have to complete certain “challenges” to get a nice points bonus. Some people got insanely generous offers, while others not so much. I’m somewhere in the middle, but sure as heck am not complaining. My “challenge” is as follows: Take a survey Stay 18 room …  Read More →

Through the end of the year, Sun Trust is offering 25,000 SkyMiles for a business debit card and 15,000 miles for a personal debit card. Each comes with a $55 annual fee. As far as I can tell, this deal is even easier than the one with Chase, as only a single qualifying purchase is required, and you just need to keep your card open until the bonus posts. Fortunately I have a Sun Trust branch about three feet from my house, so I’ll be heading... 

A sneaky FlyerTalker in this thread seems to have found the link to the new Hyatt Visa credit card from Chase , which comes with a $75 annual fee. They’re offering two free nights at any Hyatt hotel as a sign up bonus. That’s not bad at all, it can be worth up to 44,000 points, but at the same time it’s not all that exciting. The nights have to be used within a year, and there don’t seem to be any free nights upon renewal... 

Between September 1 and November 15, American is offering 3,000 bonus miles after three hotel stays, and an additional 1,000 bonus miles for seven subsequent stays. Registration using code MULT0 . Essentially, if you make ten stays, that means you’re earning 1,000 bonus miles per stay. This actually makes Hyatt stays quite lucrative between now and October when you combine it with their 3,000 mile per stay promotion , along with their “Great... 

Today only, SkyMall is offering 25,000 Delta SkyMiles for making a purchase of $500 or more on select products (excluding tax and delivery). While most of the stuff in there is crap, maybe there’s something that can be resold for $350+, which would probably make this worthwhile?  Read More →

It’s time for a reader photo. Thanks to Shari for sending in this one. Correct Answer: Winner: If you’d like your photo featured, please email it to me at onemileatatime@hotmail.com , along with the correct answer.  Read More →

Check out this CNN article : (CNN) — Nine passengers aboard a plane at Dulles International Airport were removed before takeoff due to a comment made to a crew member Sunday night, a United Airlines spokeswoman said. Megan McCarthy told CNN she had no information early Monday morning about the nature of the comment. She said United employees came to the gate, spoke with the crew and then spoke with the passengers taken …  Read More →

As I blogged about last weeks, reading the Facebook walls of airlines can be quite entertaining. Today’s laugh comes at Facebooker Kaira’s expense: Hey United. I REALLY have a hard time believe that EVERY First Class Seat of my flight mid-Nov is taken when I booked my miles travel nearly ONE YEAR in advance! In fact, I so strongly doubt it that I’m going to ask all the First Class passengers when they booked their seat if I am... 

While Hyatt’s “Great 10K” fall promotion is a bit of a disappointment, Priority Club’s fall promotion is quite lucrative. Between September 20 and December 31, they’re offering either double points or free nights. For the duration of the promotion period you can earn either double base points after your first stay, or one free night for every two stays outside of Asia Pacific. You can earn a maximum of five free nights,... 

A couple of weeks ago I flew from Chicago to Anchorage to San Francisco, and had a downright awful crew. I won’t get into the details of that here, other than to say that it made me realize how good service usually is. Of the 150+ segments I’ve taken this year on United, this was the first time I remember having bad service. I’ve had indifferent service and I’ve sure had excellent service , but nothing memorably bad. Yesterday,... 

As many United frequent flyers probably know by now, there has been a recent change in the landing preparation procedure. The AFA outlines this change as follows : Flight Attendant OSAP reports have led to changes in procedures for landing, with the intention of getting Flight Attendants into our jumpseats sooner. United has changed procedures for both pilots and Flight Attendants to support this effort…  Read More →

Per this 1,500+ post double elite qualifying miles speculation thread on FlyerTalk, http://www.united.com/doubleeqms changed from a non-existent page to…. well, a basically blank page. Someone in United’s IT department has a cruel, cruel sense of humor. I’ve said it since the beginning of the year and I’ll say it again. I’m feeling a fourth quarter double EQM promotion. Though frankly at this point I don’t... 

According to this FlyerTalk thread , Delta has been testing a program at JFK for their Diamond Medallion members (those that earn 125,000+ elite qualifying miles/year) for a while now. Basically, they’re offering a “meet and greet” service for Diamonds upon arrival from international destinations. They “fast track” you through immigration and then all the way to your connecting flight. Apparently they’ve been... 

It’s time for a reader photo. Thanks to Nathaniel for sending in this one. Correct Answer: Winner: If you’d like your photo featured, please email it to me at onemileatatime@hotmail.com , along with the correct answer.  Read More →

For a long time, the Starwood American Express credit card has offered a referral bonus for existing cardholders that refer new people to the card. The referrer earns 5,000 points if the application is approved. Unfortunately it was always the “watered down” version of the sign-up offer that the person referred was offered, for 10,000 points after the first purchase. The normal offer was for 10,000 points after the first purchase...