Alaska Airlines and American Airlines Reciprocal Earning Now Live
ICYMI, as of April 1st, Alaska Airlines frequent flyers and American Airlines frequent flyers can now earn redeemable miles in either program when flying.
What You Need to Know About Alaska Airlines / American Airlines...
American Airlines Matches Other US Airline Waiver Policies (Coronavirus / COVID-19 Waiver)
Yesterday, we saw improved waiver policies related to coronavirus from Delta and then from United and Alaska. Alaska's is the only one that specifically allows for a free redeposit of an unflown award. Delta...
If Etihad and AA Breakup…
Is the Etihad and American Airlines Partnership Ending?
Both OMAAT and View from the Wing posted this morning about Etihad having been removed from the AAdvantage Partners page, leading to speculation that the end of...
Business Class: Paris – USA from ~$1,100 Round Trip (oneworld) – Wide Open Summer...
Ready for another screamingly good Business Class deal?
We are seeing oneworld fares ex-Paris for the summer starting at $1,110, round trip.
I was excited for a similar deal not long ago, but in that deal...
Delta and LATAM Announce Award Travel and Elite Benefits for Partnership
With LATAM leaving Oneworld and Delta picking up a 20% stake in LATAM late last year, all that was left was finding out when Delta flyers would start to see the benefits of reciprocal...
Three Ways to Maximize American Airlines AAdvantage® Miles Booking First and Business Class Partner...
Three Ways to Maximize American Airlines AAdvantage® Miles Booking First and Business Class Partner Awards
If you are going to earn American Airlines AAdvantage® miles instead of interest with a Bask Savings Account, it makes...
Alaska Aims to Join oneworld By Mid-2021 Plus Expanded pAArtnership
This is REALLY big news.
Alaska Airlines today announced both a new expanded partnership with American Airlines AND their intent to join the oneworld airline alliance in 2021
First, let's look at the details Alaska announced today...
How Earning Miles Instead of Interest Can Beat Cash “By a Mile”
Last week, I introduced you to Bask Bank, a subsidiary of Texas Capital Bank, N.A. just as BankDirect is. It's a true modern-day version of the original concept, where you earn American Airlines AAdvantage®...
Introducing Bask Bank: Earn Miles With A Savings Account
Note: The bonus offers described below have ended. However, with interest rates more than half as low as when I wrote this article, you probably still come out further ahead with Bask than when...
AA Removes Close-In Award Ticketing Fees
The End of Close-In Award Fees for American Airlines AAdvantage
American Airlines announced today that they would be following Delta and United in doing away with those pesky (and egregious) fees for booking an award...
