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Upgraded: Your ability to earn lots of British Airways miles Chase and British Airways have launched a pretty amazing airline mileage-earning credit card offer.50,000 BA miles after one purchase, then 50,000 more after spending $2000 within three months.Gary Leff has thought this through and come up with a scheme for 420,000 miles between two people.Thats a lot of free tickets for a $75 annual fee...
11-06
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Periodically, US Airways runs a sale on buying their frequent flyer miles.Usually, buying miles is no bargain.But when they offer you double the miles for the same price Over at View from the Wing, the bottom line is clear: With this offer you can buy 40,000 miles for $1030, get 80,000 miles in return, and fly business class from the US to Europe. Or if you and a friend each have 40,000 miles, you...
11-06
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Disney Cruise Line is trying to upgrade its windowless interior cabins with a new feature: the virtual porthole. High-definition cameras perched on the exterior of the ship will broadcast real-time video to the circular monitors in the cabins. From a design perspective, its pretty clever, and I could imagine other cruise lines following suit if this is successful.Some airlines already offer a came...
11-04
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Ric Garrido of Loyalty Traveler, the blog devoted to maxing out hotel points and value for the frequent guest, picks up on my post last week on Travelocitys prepaid hotel rate guarantee. Ric argues that hotel companies own best-rate-guarantee programs are superior to the new Travelocity program, for three reasons: 1) Travelocity caps the number of claims to 5 per customer per month.Hotel chains ty...
11-03
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You may remember Dave Carroll from music videos decrying the state of United Airlines customer service.But the airline keeps finding ways to inspire new songs: After famously breaking his guitar, United Airlines has managed to cause further trouble for David Carroll by losing his luggage — just as the Canadian singer-songwriter was en route to deliver a speech about customer service. You cant make...
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