Earlier today, I quickly posted the news that United Airlines will introduce a new Premier Qualifying Dollar (PQD) revenue requirement in 2014 to maintain or achieve elite status, in addition to the normal mileage requisites. It didn’t come as a shock to me and I promised to share more of my thoughts about the change.…
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United Airlines Adds Spend Requirement for Elite Status Beginning in 2014
Hot off the Flyertalk and Milepoint boards is the announcement that beginning next year, United will follow Delta’s lead by adding an annual spend requirement for elite qualification. Here is UA Insider’s post from this morning: Today we’re announcing some upcoming changes to our Premier qualification requirements for 2014. We’ve posted complete details and a…
United Nears 100% Lie-Flat, American Launches Dublin Route With Bonus Offer
Here are a couple of quick airline updates from press releases issued by American and United today. United Offers Flat-Bed Seats on “All†Long-Haul International Flights United Airlines now features 180-degree flat-bed seats and personal on-demand entertainment in the premium cabins on all scheduled, long-haul international flights from the airline’s eight North American hubs and…
The Evolution of Airline Logos and Branding
Here’s an interesting look at the evolution of various airline logos, some going as far back nearly 90 years. My favorites are Air France (1970-2004), American Airlines (1960-2013), Monarch (2002-2009), Qantas (1984-2007), Swissair (1981-2002), and the Saul Bass United Airlines design (1974-1993). Which are your favorites? Thanks to @AirlineSector for tweeting this out yesterday, as…
Blog Giveaway: Two United Club One-Time Passes
Blogger buddy Bruce over at NonRevAdventure.com is generously giving away two United Airlines one-time passes to the United Club. All you have to do is leave a comment on his blog with your biggest travel mishap, mistake, error, failure, etc. Click here to enter. He will pick one the winner at random this Wednesday, June…
Is It Really That Hard to Redeem Frequent Flier Miles?
A couple of articles caught my attention this week about the difficulty some travelers have redeeming frequent flier miles. The first is from the Daily Mail, and setting my opinion of the publication itself aside, I read through the article. About 1,000 British fliers were surveyed and asked about their participation in an airline’s frequent…
List and Description of All United Airlines Fare Classes
One of the most popular posts here on Frequently Flying is my Airfare Pricing Buckets & Airline Fare Basis Codes Revealed! entry from a couple of years ago. It’s still very much valid in decoding domestic United Airlines fare basis codes, as revenue management post-merger with Continental kept the same logic. What has changed –…
A Pre-Merger United Airlines Red Carpet Can Be Yours, But It’ll Cost You
It’s been a while since I’ve visited United’s MileagePlus auction website, but yesterday I went there for research on an article I’m writing. And to my amazement, one of the auction items is for a pre-merger United red carpet. I love airline collectibles and memorabilia, but when I saw that people have actually bid 20,000…
United’s 787 Dreamliners Are ‘Tarmac Sculptures’ No More
Unlike my first-hand experience on United’s inaugural of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner this past November, I’ve been following the action of its re-debut today on Twitter. United Airlines Flight#1 departed the gate in Houston this morning on-time at 11:00 a.m. and was airborne 13 minutes later. Prior to departure from gate E7, a ceremony of…
Why Hoarding Loyalty Points Is Sometimes Worth It
Conventional wisdom in the miles and points arena is that you generally shouldn’t hang onto a huge loyalty program balance. “Earn and burn” is the more popular motto these days as redemption rates rise quickly and programs evolve to make using your hard-earned points more difficult. But let me tell you… am I ever grateful…