Is Air Travel the Ultimate Environmental Sin?
A very interesting article in this Sunday’s New York Times. It states that air travel is the highest carbon emission activity a human being can…
Booking Flights with American Express Membership Rewards
American Express Rewards is one of the best reward programs out there. The flexibility and variety of rewards available is out of this world. I…
Big Birds – Wide Body Aircraft!
I love taking pictures of and flying in wide body aircraft. Sure beats an ERJ anyday! From a travel perspective, it’s all about comfort. The…
Last minute Elite qualification with United Choices from Chase
Chase Card holders with most United Credit Cards need not lose hope. If you are within 5,000 PQM (Elite miles) of reaching your Elite miles…
TopGuest check-ins: 3,550 points and counting…
TopGuest is a very unique program. I have blogged about it before.(Please read carefully my second post explaining how not to misuse TopGuest). For those…
Merger blues? US Airways Credit Card offer nor for upto 40,000 miles
*** OFFER IS NOW UPTO 40,000 MILES. WAS ORIGINALLY 50,000 *** Every time there is a merger between airlines, I have personally leveraged the opportunity…
The case for in-aircraft cell phone use
There is absolutely no technical reason for aircraft to not allow cell phone use in-flight. The only issue today is the lack of cell service…
It is Back! The 50,000 Avios British Airways card is here yet again!!
** OFFER GONE ** When it comes to Credit Cards going wild, nothing beats a card that gives a 100,000 miles! Last year both…
Up front and close up with the Lufthansa 747-8i
Editor’s note – I wrote these posts when I flew to India a few weeks ago. Forgot all about posting them during my trip. Here…
Holiday season gifts for travelers
Holiday Season is here (already!?) It’s time again to start hunting for gifts for loved ones. I love shopping for travelers (the road warriors and…
