Avios, BMI!
BMI, the one and only UK based Star Alliance member has been acquired by British Airways. BMI has had a tumultuous couple of years. They…
Airline Miles
Expert tip 7: When booking award travel, consider booking one-way trips
Several airlines allow booking one-way award trips. If they do, always search for your award trip as both a round trip or as two one-way…
What you missed while the BoardingArea.com homepage was down
The BoardingArea.com homepage stopped updating for some time over the last couple of days. If you are like me, you probably go to the homepage…
Totally flawed Newsweek article advices avoiding Airline Miles
Getting a 1099 for Airline miles has been beaten to death across all Airline Blogs and forums and several news outlets, earlier this year, including…
My heroes – couple collects 670k points with credit cards!
I just saw this thread on FlyerTalk. The couple in question here started the year with 0 miles/points and has accumulated 670,000 points – without…
Merger update: Significant United changes
United and Continental have finally merged. As I pointed out in an earlier post, united.com and continental.com, the websites also merged over to the new…
Things to do before the United.com – Continental.com change over this weekend
United and Continental are taking the next big step in their merger this weekend – moving to a new common website. From what I have…
Expert Tip #6: Check-in online; check-in early
If you want to get on any sort of waiting list for your flight – whether it is for an upgrade or to get a…
Win prizes with Star Alliance’s ‘Picture your Upgrade’ App
Star Alliance has announced a contest anyone can enter using their new ‘Publish your upgrade’ app. Prizes range from Around the world trip for 2…
Expert Tip #5: Alliances are key to maximizing Miles and Elite Status
The Airline world is made up of three alliances: Star Alliance SkyTeam OneWorld Understanding the alliances and the airlines that make them up, and which…
