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Monthly Archives for May 2013.

Vintage Airline Seat Map: United Airlines Boeing 747 Royal Pacific Service

United purchased Pan Am’s Pacific Division in 1985 and along with it came a fleet of 11 Boeing 747 aircraft (among others). I previously posted United’s Royal Pacific 747 seat map with a higher concentration of premium seats, and here now is the standard Royal Pacific configuration for this installment of Vintage Airline Seat Maps.…

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My Top 3 Travel Credit Cards for Airline and Hotel Redemptions

When I first started applying for travel-related credit cards, I focused exclusively on airline-branded cards. That was years ago and as a newbie at the time, I missed out on the more lucrative mileage and point-earning capabilities for everyday purchases that more traditional cards offered. Fast forward several years and I woke up to the…

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Hotel Review: Hilton Tokyo Narita Airport, Deluxe Plus Queen Room

This past January I took a mileage run on United to Tokyo and stayed at the Hilton Tokyo Narita Airport for one night. The online rate I booked was shockingly low at only 8,000 yen (about $85) for a fully cancelable standard Hilton Queen room. The non-refundable advance purchase rate was only 1,000 yen less,…

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Frontier Airlines: If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them

As many of you know, I typically focus on legacy airlines when reporting on news, but something shocked me earlier today by Frontier Airlines that warrants a post and apology for a tweet I sent out: My initial reaction was shock because I still hold Frontier in a class above Spirit and Allegiant, who basically…

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May Day Giveaway: Five United Airlines Beverage Vouchers

I can’t believe it’s already May and I just realized that I have another batch of United drink vouchers from my 2013 Premier 1K kit just lying around gathering dust. Why not kick off the month with a giveaway?! [Edited May 4 at 12:00pm PT] Thanks to everyone who entered! There were 137 entries at…

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