One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In this post I wanted to take a closer look at American Airlines systemwide upgrades, which AAdvantage elite members can earn. American Airlines systemwide upgrade basics One of the most popular perks of American AAdvantage Executive Platinum and Platinum Pro status is the ability to earn systemwide upgrades.

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Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

With a conservative estimate of 130 passengers per affected flight and a minimum compensation of €250, this translates to airlines owing travelers €2 billion in compensation this summer alone. As a result, passengers must often navigate complex processes on airline websites or turn to claims management companies for assistance.

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Cranky Flier

APRIL 29, 2024

Just over a week ago, American Airlines was on the cusp of rolling out its new “preferred agency” program that would yank mileage-earning capability away from all bookings at travel agencies that hadn’t adopted American’s preferred “modern retailing” strategy for selling tickets. Did you catch all that?

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 2, 2025

While I for the most part value airline elite status less than in the past, there is one program that Im newly excited about. What my 2025 airline travel will look like As we enter 2025, Im expecting that this will be a pretty busy travel year for me, with an increase in the number of miles flown compared to last year.

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Airline Economics

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Elliott Investment Management has now acquired a 10% ownership of Southwest Airlines, it said in a filing late on August 30, 2024. The activist investor now has a large enough stake to call for a special meeting.

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One Mile at a Time

JUNE 7, 2024

Link: Apply now for the Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard® The Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite Mastercard® ( review ) is American Airlines’ most premium credit card. For example, the card earns 4x AAdvantage miles on American Airlines purchases.

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Threshold Airlines Airline 111

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 12, 2024

American Airlines has announced plans to improve its million miler lifetime elite status program, to make it more competitive with other airlines. As of March 1, 2025, there will be new lifetime status thresholds. Its going to be much better, but still not great. Americans million miler program is getting better!

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Threshold Airlines Airline 91

One Mile at a Time

MAY 18, 2024

If you’re into miles & points and/or frequently fly with United Airlines, you’ve probably heard of Tom Stuker. He’s United’s most frequent flyer, and almost certainly the world’s most frequent flyer who doesn’t work for an airline. Back in the day, many US airlines sold lifetime flight passes, including in first class.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Denver-based Frontier Airlines has just revealed some major changes , including plans to introduce a first class cabin, among other things. Frontier promises affordable luxury, unmatched loyalty benefits The airline industry has changed a lot in recent years, and Frontier Airlines is trying to evolve.

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Cranky Flier

AUGUST 19, 2024

But this isn’t to say that the airline didn’t try, try, and try again to make the West Coast work over the years. At this point, all the flights to the West Coast were there to create options for New Yorkers as the airline grew into the slotholdings it had been gifted there. It just had to reach a certain threshold.

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Cranky Flier

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The five largest airlines all took home one new pair of slots each. United Has a Billion Reasons to be Pleased with Q3 Performance United Airlines’s Q3 Earnings Report was quite good… good enough that the airline is implementing a $1.5 airlines have done.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 2, 2024

There are a couple of key things to consider when deciding which card to use for buying airline tickets: Which card offers the best return on spending (either in terms of cash back, or based on your valuation of points ) for airfare purchases? Which card offers the best travel protection for airfare purchases?

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Its normal for airlines to make minor tweaks to their loyalty programs every year. American Airlines has just announced some updates to the AAdvantage program for 2025. As of March 1, 2025, there will be new lifetime status thresholds. Id say the changes are minor but positive. This is a case where a lack of news is good news.

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Aviation Bussiness News

JUNE 14, 2024

Solicitors Sonal Cooke and Adam Hickling are part of Fragomen’s airline group. Reports highlight issues in the airline industry, notably operational disruptions due to crew shortages. Reports highlight issues in the airline industry, notably operational disruptions due to crew shortages. hour week (up from £50,800).

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Vintage Aviation News

JULY 23, 2024

photo by Threshold Images via Yankee Air Museum) The C-47, Hairless Joe , is owned and operated by the Michigan Flight Museum and was one of the most vital pieces of military equipment in winning the war according to General Dwight D. The C-47 Skytrain was developed from the Douglas DC-3 civilian airliner. Eisenhower.

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Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The airport handled its first commercial flight five days later, on March 13, 1974, in the form of a Boeing 747 operated by US airline, Trans World Airways (TWA) from New York-JFK Airport. In 1976, CDG became just one of just two airports worldwide to act as a base for the only supersonic airliner in service, the Anglo-French Concorde.

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One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Among these were plans for it to be possible to redeem systemwide upgrades online, rather than having to call up the airline. Online systemwide upgrade requests now possible American offers systemwide upgrades as part of the Loyalty Point Rewards program , whereby you can select these certificates for passing certain thresholds.

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Threshold Airlines Airline 91

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Among these was plans for it to be possible to redeem systemwide upgrades online, rather than having to call up the airline. The airline doesn’t yet know when this will fully be rolled out to eligible members, though states that it’s “enthusiastic about making this feature available for all eligible members soon.”

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One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Both American AAdvantage and World of Hyatt have systems whereby you can select from your choice of perks when passing various thresholds, even beyond the traditional elite tiers. As of 2025, members of both programs will be able to select some perks with the other program when passing certain thresholds.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 17, 2025

Many airline and hotel frequent flyer programs offer lifetime status, whereby you can earn status for a lifetime (whether thats your lifetime or the lifetime of the program is a different question). It obviously requires a significant amount of loyalty and a huge investment, but theres so much risk.

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Cranky Flier

JUNE 4, 2024

Since NDC content comes via a pipe directly from the airline, it can provide customized bundles, special offers that are personalized, and more. Ticket changes are always accurate — when they work — and there are no hated debit memos from the airline for travel agents if something gets messed up. What is good about NDC?

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 2, 2025

Ive written about how Alaska Mileage Plan awards elite qualifying miles for award flights , including for travel on all partner airlines. What many people dont realize is that Delta SkyMiles also awards MQDs for virtually all SkyMiles award tickets, including for travel on partner airlines.

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Threshold Airlines Airline 91

One Mile at a Time

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

We’re increasingly seeing non-US airlines launch credit cards in the United States, and that’s pretty cool. Is this the most amazing airline credit card ever? The Air France-KLM World Elite Mastercard has been in the US market for several years now, and is issued by Bank of America.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 7, 2025

While Alaska Airlines isnt one of the big three US airlines, the Seattle-based carrier has quite a robust frequent flyer program, which many people are loyal to. Status isnt based on how many segments you fly, and theres no requirement for any amount of flying to be on Alaska (rather than partner airlines).

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One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 21, 2024

JetBlue is a pleasant airline to fly with, and is known for its free Wi-Fi, seat back televisions, and extensive snacks. Those with elite status on other eligible US airlines are able to receive Mosaic status for a period of 90 days. In this post I wanted to take a closer look at how JetBlue Mosaic elite status works for 2024.

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Threshold Airlines Airline 110

One Mile at a Time

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

While most airline and hotel loyalty programs reward individuals, there are also some incentive programs designed for businesses (like the American Airlines Business program ). In this post I wanted to take a look at Hyatt Leverage, which is a program by Hyatt for small businesses.

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Threshold Airlines Airline 89

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Alaska Airlines is making major changes to its Mileage Plan program as of 2025, and I’d say the changes are positive, on balance. Then in a separate post, I’ll cover how Mileage Plan is introducing new milestone perks , whereby members will be rewarded for passing certain thresholds. Anyway, let’s go over the details.

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One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 6, 2024

The concept of airlines and hotels teaming up makes sense, since those who fly a lot are also likely to stay at hotels a lot, and vice versa. How the American & Hyatt partnership works In 2019 American AAdvantage and World of Hyatt launched a partnership , offering reciprocal benefits for members of both loyalty programs.

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Flyertalk

JANUARY 1, 2025

With the coming of the new year, the airline announced a complete rebrand of their frequent flyer program, simplifying it to The British Airways Club with new ways to earn Tier Points. While the actual milestones are yet to be announced, flyers will be gifted between 2,500 and 5,000 bonus Avios when they reach those thresholds.

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One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 16, 2024

Earning elite nights through spending can be worth it whether you’re just trying to earn Globalist status , or want to get to the next Milestone Rewards threshold. If you have the Hyatt Business Card, you don’t need to meet that threshold.

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One Mile at a Time

JUNE 27, 2024

Etihad Guest Core Benefits by elite tier Below are the new Etihad Guest Custom Benefits, whereby you can select a certain number of perks when passing certain elite thresholds. On top of that, Etihad’s hub at Abu Dhabi Airport is a game changer for the airline.

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Threshold Airlines Airline 111

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Nowadays I dont seek out airline elite status as I used to in the past. You can earn XPs for travel on Air France and partner airlines, and the earnings structure is actually pretty straightforward. But how do you actually earn XPs in the program? Lets go over the incremental perks offered at each tier.

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Flyertalk

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The carrier announced another round of new benefits for their loyal travelers in the next year, including locked thresholds of status tiers for the 2025 earning season. Leadership for the airline says they will continue to upgrade and innovate for the program, building off these latest changes.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 27, 2024

Back in the early days of jet airliners, pilots long experienced in more forgiving two- and four-engine, piston-powered prop planes found themselves running out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas on the final approach to landing. Several of these unstabilized approaches resulted in major aircraft damage or worse. So, what happened?

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One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 19, 2024

Being able to earn elite nights through credit card spending can be valuable, whether you’re going for World of Hyatt Globalist status , or are looking to reach the next Milestone Rewards threshold , to earn suite upgrade awards , club access awards , Guest of Honor awards , etc.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

My ride: SX-NEC in the airline's new livery Introduction Flying with Aegean Airlines has been in my mind for a while and when the chance presented itself, I decided to go for it. However I would be flying Economy Class so will I be impressed with the airline? Welcome to my 2024 New Year trip report! Read on to find out.

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All Plane

APRIL 8, 2024

Air Asia used to have also a long-haul, low-cost arm, but this has now merged with the rest of the airlines of the group, which operate through business units based in several countries across Asia. Also, carry-on bags are limited to 7kg, which is a threshold that is quite easy to get over. plus plenty of add-on ancillaries.

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