Alaska Appears to be Quietly Eliminating Some First Class Upgrades
Alaska Airlines has always been a very customer centric company, with some of the most popular elite benefits for their most frequent fliers. During the pandemic, they’ve been very flexible with changes, credits, cancellations, and the like. One incredibly popular benefit for MVP Gold and MVP Gold 75k members are the Gold Guest Upgrades. On any flight with upgrade space available, you can redeem one of these codes for an instant...
Iberia offering 50% off all Flights during Award Sale
We’ve seen a lot of airlines going to unconventional lengths to get you to fly with them during the Coronavirus pandemic, but Iberia has launched what I believe to be the sweetest promotion yet. For the next week, you can book any flight in the Iberia network for a flat discount of 50% on the Avios (airline miles) needed to book. This means that you can fly to Spain for only 17,000 miles in business class or 8,500 miles in...
Delta Airlines Appears to be Rolling Qualifying Dollars (MQD) into 2021
Delta was the first, if not one of the first airlines, to extend elite medallion benefits to all of their members during the Coronavirus pandemic this year. They realized fairly quickly that their elite travelers would be flying less, and if they wanted to keep their business in 2020 and beyond, they should make sure that hard earned status doesn’t go anywhere for next year. While they mentioned that all MQM (medallion...
This New Debit Card offers up to 15% Cash Back
Earning Cash Back during a pandemic is a heck of a lot better than earning airline miles. Now, you can earn up to 15% back on all your purchases.
Travel to Milan, get a Free Hotel Night
Flying during the Covid-19 pandemic is certainly a lot more difficult than before, but if you’re able to get to Milan and you’re looking to visit the Fashion Capital of the World, there’s at least now a way to make it a little bit cheaper. This promotion can get filed away in your “it’ll happen shortly” list, so make sure to plan ahead. Fly to Milano Promotion The Fly to Milan promo was created by...
Business Class Deal: Boston to Portugal or Azores from $610 Roundtrip
With international travel extremely limited right now, it’s been a while since we’ve seen a great business class fare. Well, if you’ve been missing deals, I have some good news for you. TAP Portugal has some fantastic business class deals out of Boston starting at just over $600. The Deal TAP is currently offering round trip business class fares between Boston and the Azores or Lisbon for just over $600. While this...
Final Day: Get $15 & Free Delivery From DoorDash
Chances are, you’ve been spending the majority of your time at home these days. However, that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on all of life’s little joys. One of our favorite ways to still enjoy life’s comforts without leaving home is getting delivery from local restaurants. While there are countless food delivery options, one of our favorites is DoorDash. Thanks to their “Summer of DashPass”...
Limited Time to score Apple Products at a Discount
Apple threw a huge curveball into the miles and points world yesterday when they announced that they would be creating an all-encompassing Apple gift card that we be good on all apple products, company wide. All previous iTunes gift cards will now go into your “Apple Balance” and could be used on product purchases such as laptops, AirPods, and more. So, why is this such a big deal? Huge Discounts In the past several years,...
I’m Flying For The First Time Since The Pandemic
For the longest time, flying has been a comfort of sorts. The night before, I wouldn’t get much sleep. Not because I was nervous, but because I was excited. For me, the journey was almost as exciting as the destination. If you’re reading this blog, you probably feel a similar way. That all changed with COVID. People like Ben and Jon who flew almost weekly haven’t flown in months. They even resorted to taking a road...
American Airlines’ new partnership with JetBlue
Well, we didn’t see this coming. In a new recent announcement, American Airlines said that their new strategic partner would be JetBlue. The Highlights Just like when Alaska bought Virgin America to create the premier airline in the Northwest USA, American and JetBlue are hoping to create something very similar in the Northeast corridor, while still maintaining their individuality. Partnering together will allow them both...