Upto 75% bonus on hotel point to US Airways Dividend Miles transfer
US Airways has brought back the promo this year. You can get up to 75% bonus on hotel points to Dividend miles (DM) transfer. Everybody…
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Is Skyteam Courting Jet Airways?
Jet Airways is one of the largest airlines in India with hubs at Mumbai (BOM), Delhi (DEL), Chennai (MAA) and Brussels (BRU) airports. Jet Airways…
Fuel Prices, Ticket Prices and Airline Profits
Fuel Prices have spiked like crazy over the last few weeks. There have been numerous articles in the news about the impact of these prices…
My Top 11 Articles of 2010
It seems to be something everyone does, so why not me. But just to be different and in honor of 2001, I am listing my…
The depreciation of Airline Miles
The Economics of Airline Miles – Part 6 Continuing in my series on the Economics of Airline Miles, I bring to you an article on…
Regional Jets – a Chiropractor’s dream
During a series of trips I made up and down the west coast over the last two weeks, I ended up mostly in small, I mean very small Regional Jets. … For an airline, especially a regional airline like Mesa flying short thin routes (as opposed to long, thin routes), regional jets are an appropriate vehicle.
Million Miles redux
So, whether I am looking for cheap flights to Alicante (ALC) for an exotic vacation to Spain or to Charlotte, NC (CLT) for a day trip for work, my first preference is to fly on United and if they do not fly there (like to Alicante), pick another Star Alliance carrier (Spanair flies to ALC) or if no Star Alliance carrier goes there, pick another United partner. … Have one Primary airline, which is a part of a Global Airline If I had to pay a nominal fee or tax to consolidate accounts, I would do it (or pray for a merger.
Hubs, Spokes and Focus cities
Most airline use a Hub and Spoke model for their routes. What that means is that airlines have certain cities that are their hubs or…
Look Ma, I have a Million Miles
As I was updating the spreadsheet I use to track my miles over the weekend, I happened to glance down at the bottom row, where…
So, who gets the ‘Ugly Girl’?
The CEO of Continental called US Airways an Ugly Girl! As he was describing why his company jumped up to negotiate a merger with United…
