Is AP bashing the 1%-ers of the traveller world?
I am not in the 1% (yet). But due to my diligence with miles and understanding of the upgrade process, I fly in upper class…
Airline Miles
‘Welcome to US Airways – the new American and a proud member of the Star Alliance network’
‘Welcome to US Airways – the new American and a proud member of the Star Alliance network’ We are in ‘limbo-land’. Until March, when US…
Alliance Wars: The post US Airways – American Airlines world – Part II
In Part I of this post I looked at the impact of the two significant event in the OneWorld Alliance, namely: Qatar joining OneWorld US…
IAD-ORD-HKG-CGK-SIN-BKK-MNL-BKK-KUL-BKK-NRT-IAD: 2 Weeks and 25,692 miles later…
No, this was not a crazy mileage-run, nor did I lose a bet. I just did this crazy business trip to South-East Asia, covering 5…
CPUs, RPUs, GPUs: all the United PUs (Premier Upgrades)
One the benefits of being an Elite on an airline is the ability to get upgraded to upper class seats on flights. Anyone can use…
Chossing a Booking Class when buying a ticket
One of my readers Jack asked a question after I posted my post on Earning United Miles on Jet Airways flights. In the article I…
Earning United Miles on Jet Airways Flights
I try to accumulate all my miles on United, my primary airline miles program. So when I learnt that Jet Airways was a United Partner…
Airline Miles and Income Taxes (Repost)
This question comes to me from readers every year. Are Airlines miles taxable (in the US)? Especially if you redeemed them (you claimed their value)….
Transferring American Express Membership Rewards – Good options?
I am canceling my American Express® Premier Rewards Gold Card. The fees is due and $175 seems steep, given the recent changes in my card…
Lifetime Miles
I logged into United.com this morning and saw my lifetimes miles total – 500,024. I am half-way to become a Million Miler! For United MileagePlus,…
