Blog Profile / One Mile at a Time
| URL : | http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Travel / Air Travel | |
| Posts on Regator: | 3396 | |
| Posts / Week: | 18.5 | |
| Archived Since: | November 17, 2009 | |
Blog Post Archive
A Royal (dis)HHonor: Cathay Pacific First Class Hong Kong to San Francisco
Introduction Aloft San Francisco Airport Cathay Pacific Lounge San Francisco Cathay Pacific First Class San Francisco to Hong Kong Cathay Pacific First Class Hong Kong to Singapore St. Regis Singapore Singapore Airlines Silver Kris Lounge Singapore SilkAir Business Class Singapore to Koh Samui Conrad Koh Samui Bangkok Airways Economy Class Koh Samui to Bangkok Le [...]Show More Summary
$35 Uber credit for new members
I have an embarrassing confession to make. I actually just signed up for Uber for the first time. I’ve used Uber several times with friends, though for whatever reason I can’t quite figure out, I’ve never actually signed up. For those of you not familiar with it, Uber is basically the future of car services. [...]Show More Summary
Where am I?
Can anyone guess where I am for the weekend? Flew in yesterday…
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Lifemiles social media disaster in the making…
Nothing’s better than a good old fashion social media disaster. While this perhaps isn’t as epic as Amy’s Baking Company (if you don’t know what that is, google it!), it’s getting pretty darn good. Earlier I wrote about changes that Lifemiles made to their award program. This is the second change they’ve made in two [...]Show More Summary
My first stay as a Hilton Diamond member is…
Over the weekend I wrote a post asking how you Hilton Diamond members approach suite upgrades. I’m a new Hilton Diamond member thanks to credit card spend on the Citi® Hilton HHonors™ Reserve Card (affiliate link), and while the rules on suite upgrades are clearly published with Hyatt and Starwood (the two chains I’m primarily [...]Show More Summary
One day only: Hilton offering 2,500 HHonors bonus points for stay by September 30
Hilton is offering 2,500 bonus HHonors points to members that register and make a reservation for a stay between now and September 30, 2013 by 10:59AM EST tomorrow, Friday, May 24. To be eligible you first have to “Like” the Hilton page on Facebook and go through this link. You can earn the bonus points [...]Show More Summary
AviancaTaca devalues their Lifemiles program for the second time in a week…. with no advance notice!
It’s rare that I get really, truly f&^@$% angry at a loyalty program. Hilton had a more or less unprecedented devaluation of their HHonors program earlier in the year, though I still couldn’t really be mad at them. They made an extreme business decision, but at least they provided a bit of advance notice, and [...]Show More Summary
Marriott improves elite breakfast offerings… and is still not as good as the competition
Marriott Rewards has always been a program that puzzles me. Not the program itself, but rather that they seem to have a really loyal following, despite the fact that they have the highest elite qualification tiers with the fewest published benefits. I don’t know, maybe they just do a good job of managing expectations. After [...]Show More Summary
Photo #483
It’s time for a reader photo. Thanks to Kenny 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.
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Chase eliminates foreign transaction fees on MileagePlus Explorer Card as of June 1, 2013
Chase announced today that starting June 1, 2013, the MileagePlus Explorer Card will no longer have a 3% foreign transaction fee. Chase is very much an industry leader when it comes to foreign transaction fees, far ahead of American Express, Barclaycard, and Citi, all of which don’t waive foreign transaction fees on a majority of [...]Show More Summary
There’s no better way to cross the Atlantic…
I recently wrote a post asking whether you guys think I hype Lufthansa first class too much, given how much I love them. I’m doing my best to put down my pom poms and #TeamLufthansa shirt, but just had another spectacular flight in Lufthansa first class between Vancouver and Munich, a route they’ve been serving [...]Show More Summary
American ending “soft landings” for elite status as of next year
For a long time American has had a generous unpublished policy whereby you get a “soft landing” of elite status if you don’t requalify for status. Through these soft landings you could never drop more than one elite tier per year. In other words, if you’re Executive Platinum and don’t do any flying, you’d still [...]Show More Summary
Thunderstorms ahead, is it time to divert?
I’m heading to Europe tonight for a trip not motivated by miles and points (who knew those existed?). I’m visiting a friend in… well, I won’t tell you guys just yet, but I’ll let you guess when I post some pictures from the destination. It’s place where I’m told siestas are holier than the church. [...]Show More Summary
Burj Al Arab to offer all guests 24-carat iPads
Via the Huffington Post: The Burj Al Arab, the “world’s only 7-Star hotel” is redefining the boundaries of the absurdly luxurious by issuing every guest their own 24-carat gold iPad. In fairness, the hotel really didn’t have enough gold...Show More Summary
Hyatt House introducing “Very Important Resident” recognition
While hotel chains have loyalty programs to take care of guests that are loyal to the brand as a whole, it’s not unusual for individual hotels to go out of their way to take care of frequent guests. For example, if you frequent a particular property they may upgrade you to a suite ahead of [...]Show More Summary
How much do you value an empty first class cabin?
Once you’ve flown just about every first class product, you’re probably looking for a new “high.” One such “high” which I’ve experienced a few times in my life is having a first class cabin all to myself. I had it three flights in a row, actually — first between Chicago and Zurich, then between London [...]Show More Summary
How to search Etihad award space
A reader emailed me to ask if I could write a tutorial on searching Etihad award space. I wrote a tutorial back in October of 2011 when Etihad’s partnership with American began, though Etihad has redesigned their website since then, so I realize perhaps it’s not self explanatory anymore. As a refresher, you can most [...]Show More Summary
Emirates first class award space has sharply decreased
In theory the past year or so has been exciting on the Emirates first class award redemption front. Back in October 2012, Japan Airlines actually improved their partner award chart to the point that award redemptions on Emirates became more lucrative. Then earlier this year Alaska Airlines published their award chart for travel on Emirates. [...]Show More Summary
Registration opens today for Star Mega Do 5
The Star Mega Dos and One World Mega Dos, whereby frequent flyer nerds charter planes and attend all kinds of industry events, are among the coolest frequent flyer events out there. This year marks the fifth Star Mega Do, and tickets for this year’s event go on sale at noon central time today, Monday, May [...]Show More Summary
British Airways offering bonus when you purchase Avios through June 13, 2013
Through June 13, 2013, British Airways is offering tiered bonuses on the purchase of Avios, up to the maximum of 24,000 Avios per account per calendar year. The bonus tiers are as follows: So basically if you max out this promotion you get 31,000 Avios for $685, making them ~2.2 cents per Avios. Is that [...]Show More Summary