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It is time for another contest and as the king of freebees or as I call #DoubleWideDelights I was among the first to sign up! Although I have never won a grand prize, I’m hoping one day all these contests will pay off! Anyway, enough about me always losing, onto the contest!
This time, American Air is the Official airline of South x SouthWest, or SXSW , and the #NewAmerican Claims that they are all about keeping us connected while cruising the clouds at 30,000 feet. ...
The battle for the Los Angeles market is heating up and Delta is rolling up their sleeves and are bringing everything to the table to up their market share in LA. Today, Delta reminded travelers they are committed to the LAX market, by announcing a number of new flights from LAX this summer that include new routes, increase frequencies, and larger planes! In fact, some of the new routes step on their partner Alaska Airline toes and tells me that Delta and Alaska are no longer as comfortable ...
As the king of free or discounted items, the frugal traveler and point collector in me is constantly searching for #DoubleWideDelights, and this week I found another one! This time it comes from a credit card that I already have in my wallet, which is quickly becoming one of my favorites. The Virgin America (VX) Barclay Card! Not only does this card come with a ton of benefits and freebees as described in my previous blog post, but also the card comes with targeted promotions for additional ...
Singapore Airline and Virgin America teamed up and as of March 1, 2013 allow travelers to now earn and burn points/miles on ALL flights! To celebrate the new partnership, this month Virgin America is giving away 500 FREE elevate points (A #DoubleWideDelight) and is sending one lucky person and their plus one to either Soul, Hong Kong or Tokyo! Just sign up before March 31 for your change to win!
Earning and Burning Structure
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Today when working out at the gym, I spotted this commercial on a big screen TV overhead out of the corner of my eye. Not being able to hear it, the first thing I did when I returned home was search for the advertisement that I saw. In the end, it ended up being a commercial highlighting the newly announced American Air/US Merger. Take a look at it and let me know what you think:
My first thoughts: Interesting. Not because the commercial shed any actual light on the merger, ...
Last year I was fortunate enough to receive an Elite Status Match from American Airlines where AA matched my status from Delta and then American attempted to woo me and win my business travel. Although I enjoyed flying American, I had a hard time moving my travel completely to them because they require elites (other than Executive Platinum—their top tier elites) to use 500 mile upgrade certificates for domestic upgrades. Delta, on the other hand, provides free upgrades to all elites ...
