Delta Status Match Expanded, Full Details
May12

Delta Status Match Expanded, Full Details

A lot of airlines offer a status match or even challenges to earn top tier elite membership in their program, so you don’t have to start from zero and work your way up. It’s a smart way for airlines to try and grab loyalty from other airlines and get some of that money over to them. A lot of airlines are restricting them now to once-in-a-lifetime so you can’t just keep churning out status year over year. Alaska...

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Alaska Airlines Status Match Through the End of the Year
Mar26

Alaska Airlines Status Match Through the End of the Year

When you’re flying, having Elite Status is the way to do it. The Alaska Airlines status match program is incredibly generous, and very easy to obtain. Choosing one airline for your loyalty is the way to go, as becoming an elite member does take usually at least 25,000 miles of flying but now, if you match your status on Alaska, it’ll be good until the end of 2017. We first posted about this back in October of...

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Elite Status Match on Alaska Airlines until December 2017!
Oct12

Elite Status Match on Alaska Airlines until December 2017!

Elite status is the name of the game in the airline world today. We wrote a post about this a while back, but just a reminder, elite status is the way to first class upgrades, fee waivers, priority boarding, checked bag waivers, and much more. Since we’re not wealthy by any means, having elite status is the only way that we can sit up front as much as we do when we fly domestically. One of the questions that comes up all the...

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We’re already Platinum with Marriott and SPG. Now what?!
Sep28

We’re already Platinum with Marriott and SPG. Now what?!

There’s been a lot of talk lately about the Marriott and SPG mergers, so I don’t think we need a full rehash of what’s been going on, but instead I’ll recap briefly. Back in April the shareholders of the two companies approved the merger and the questions started flowing in. What would happen to my points? Would hotel brands be cancelled? Would I lose my status? What about free breakfast? Hey, us Platinum members have our priorities...

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