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Our frequent flyers review our airline predictions from last year and prognosticate on upcoming airline and hotel promotions and changes in 2012. Although our crystal balls were somewhat clouded in 2011 a little bit of glass cleaner helped clarify everything for this year. ;)

 

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Join our frequent flyers as we discuss the closure of SpanAir, the bankruptcy proceedings of American Airlines, and recent hotel and airline promotions including:

Delta may make run at US Airways US Airways evaluates merger with AA The end of SpanAir American Airlines restores free wine and beer in international economy New Hilton Benefits  New Hyatt Promo Earn up to 44,000 points (enough for two free nights) Starwood Platinum Benefit Changes ...

In this week's frequent flyer travel podcast we discuss the recent airline news and changes many airline mileage programs including:

US Airways 100% mile bonus is back United and Continental get single operating certicate Delta selling MQM British Airways miles devaluation More fuel surcharges for Aeroplan
US Airways raises price on purchased miles again Ben summarized the devaluation of American Express rewards points As an alternative mileage card the Ink Bold with ...
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In this frequent flyer podcast we discuss Matthew's secret connecting city, some special offers, and then answer listeners questions. Topics include:

  • Sale on Delta Club Passes and United Club Passes
  • Hilton's reward booking "problem"
  • Damian's upcoming business class mileage run
  • Listener questions on mileage running, segment qualification and more

In this week's frequent flyer podcast, we are joined by Nicholas Kralev to discuss his new book Decoding Air Travel. We discuss how you can construct your own airfare by looking at the airline tariffs and inventory buckets and why you should be loyal to one airline alliance to maximize your benefits. In addition we cover some current promotions:

40% discount on Lufthansa business class upgrades US Airways 100% bonus on purchased miles is back

Do you have any tips for finding the ...

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In this week's frequent flyer podcast we are joined by Rick, frugal travel guy, to discuss churning credit cards for the most frequent flyer and hotel points. Listen as we discuss:

How you can apply for up multiple credit cards at once and apply again several times per year to get the most miles. Why you should check your credit score against multiple agencies Learning which credit agencies pull your score through other sites like creditboards.com (see their credit pulls database ...