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Ranking the 19 amenity kits I’ve reviewed to date

I started my Amenity Kit Review series shortly after I launched the blog back in 2010 and have reviewed a total of 19 kits so far. Fellow blogger AAdvantage Geek asked me not so long ago if one of the kits I reviewed scored at the top and to be honest, I wasn’t exactly sure.…

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American offering fast track to Executive Platinum renewal (targeted)

Oh, American Airlines. Why must you continue to offer promotions that make switching from United almost effortless? I received the following email today from AAdvantage providing the opportunity to extend my matched United 1K- to-Executive Platinum status through February 28, 2014: It is targeted and explicitly states it’s for members who receive the email directly,…

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Some airlines understand the power of social media, some don’t

I just spent the past 45 minutes catching up on tweets and “chatted†with fellow BoardingArea blogger AAdvantage Geek back-n-forth a couple of times (as well as VeryGoodPoints… hi Stacey!). Anyway, AAdvantage Geek congratulated me on my Executive Platinum status and hoped to see me soon in flight when lo and behold: Now this wouldn’t…

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Vintage Airline Seat Map: American Airlines DC-10 (Hawaii) from 1987

Let’s kick off the Memorial Day weekend with another Vintage Airline Seat Map, shall we? I previously posted two other versions of American Airlines’ DC-10s from the past (here and here), and the one appearing below was seen flying the skies in 1987. Seating a total of 313 passengers in a high-density “Hawaii†configuration, there…

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American Airlines bonus mile offer for Qantas flights to Australia

As I’m sure many of you did, I received an email from American today offering up to 20,000 bonus AAdvantage miles for flying Qantas-operated flights to Australia. Flights booked as American Airlines codeshares apply. Registration is required using offer code QF20K at this link and the travel period is from April 19 through June 30,…

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American and United bonus mile offers

Both American and United came out with new bonus mile offers today. Well… the United one wasn’t officially announced, but the registration page is up. More on that in a moment. American Airlines is offering double AAdvantage miles (redeemable, not elite) on a batch of select Alaska Airlines flights. Registration is required and the travel…

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British Airways Chase Visa Signature credit card returns

[Updated 7/17/12: This offer is no longer available and I’ve removed the links. For archive purposes, I’m leaving the rest of the post untouched.] The 100,000 Avios offer is back for the British Airways Visa Signature credit card from Chase. This iteration of the offer requires a bit more spend on the card to get…

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New American and United bonus mile opportunities

There have been quite a few new bonus mile opportunities released by both American and United that I’m just now catching up on. Here’s a summary of some of them: American Airlines BOS-NRT: In celebration of the new nonstop service on Japan Airlines between Boston and Tokyo Narita, earn double redeemable miles every time you…

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New American Airlines Citi Platinum Select AAdvantage Visa Signature card

[Updated: This offer had expired.] In case you haven’t already read about the new Citi Platinum Select / AAdvantage Visa Signature card from other bloggers, here’s the scoop. This card has now become more competitive in terms of ancillary benefits compared to previous iterations and those cards of competing airlines, such as the Chase United…

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