10/01/2009
Fly the A380 Business Class for Free on Miles from New York to Paris
Learn how to fly Air France’s new A380 from New York to Paris for free using miles. more >>
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09/29/2009
Choose Your Airfares Wisely with These Money-Saving Tips on Getting the Best Fare Deals
Choose your airfares wisely with these money-savings tips on getting the best airfare deals. more >>
09/26/2009
Escaping the Airlines' Minimum-Stay Requirements
Thankfully, the airlines’ minimum-stay requirement does not apply to all flights and routes so choosing your route and airline wisely can save you money. more >>
09/24/2009
Learn the Secrets of Your Home Airport Terminal
Every airport terminal has faster ways in and out, quiet places to work, free amenities. Here are some tips to discover them. more >>
09/22/2009
Can Bing.com’s Farecast Really Predict Future Airfares?
Farecast, a feature on the Bing.com travel site, says it can tell how fares will change in the future. How valid is their claim? Depends on whose data you use. more >>
09/19/2009
Can You Negotiate Directly With Your Airline?
Do you have to be travel agency or major consolidator to cut your own discount deal with the airlines? Here’s what one expert says. more >>
09/17/2009
Losing Track of Your Miles and Points? Acruw.com May Help
New Web Site Acruw.com offers a centralized location to track, coordinate, and make the best use of miles and points from multiple travel award programs. Reviews are positive. more >>
09/15/2009
Insider Tips to Reach Elite Status Sooner
Practice these Wing Tips exclusive strategies on becoming an elite flyer and see how fast you can get to the front of the plane. more >>
07/14/2009
The Smart Strategy That Avoids Airline Fees
Airline ticket prices are becoming complicated with added fees for almost everything it seems. Are bathroom fees the future? Ryanair thinks so. But, fear not. There is hope for becoming a fee-free flyer. more >>
07/11/2009
Don’t Toss That Boarding Pass
These days, a boarding pass can do more than just get you on the plane. Check out its new multi-faceted (and sometimes electronic) persona. more >>
07/09/2009
Card Issuers Wage a 'WorldPerks War' for Your Business
When Delta acquired Northwest, SkyMiles credit card issuer American Express looked to add millions of former WorldPerks program members. But WorldPerks issuer U.S. Bank had other ideas. Here’s how their battle affects you. more >>
07/07/2009
The Airlines’ Unpublicized “Price Match Guarantee”
If the ticket price drops after you’ve paid, you can get a refund for the difference. Here’s how. more >>
06/05/2009
The A380 Super Jumbo: What It’s Like to Fly
What would it be like if ocean liners could fly? Passengers are finding out aboard Airbus's massive new A380. Here’s a hint of what it's like. more >>
06/04/2009
Tips to Tame Troubles at the Terminal
Air travel today means running an obstacle course before you ever get on the plane. Use these tips to tame those troubles at the terminal. more >>
06/02/2009
Tips to Survive Corporate Travel Cutbacks
Companies are cutting back, but that needn't force you to the back of the plane. Here are some strategies to keep both you and your CFO smiling. more >>
06/01/2009
Corporate Travel Cutbacks: How They Affect You
Faced with recession, corporations are cutting back on travel. Here are the compromises business travelers are being asked to make. more >>
05/29/2009
Four Ways to Win with Customer Service
You can make airline customer service live up to its name, if you know the rules of the game. more >>
05/28/2009
Finally: An End to Tarmac Torture?
With Congressional action pending, some airlines have moved to alleviate the pain of waiting endless hours on the tarmac during flight delays. more >>
05/27/2009
The Delta/Northwest Merger: Marriage Made in Heaven or ...
By merging with Northwest, Delta will become the world’s biggest airline. But the record of airline mergers warns of pitfalls Delta—and you—need to watch out for. more >>
05/26/2009
Upgrade Strategies That DO Work
Just looking good or talking tough won’t get you that coveted lie-flat seat, but here are ideas that might … including some that have worked right at the airport. more >>
05/25/2009
The Free Upgrade: Can You Really Get One?
Are there surefire ways to be upgraded free on your flight? Well, yes and no and maybe. Today, let’s eliminate the no’s. Tomorrow, hope springs eternal. more >>
05/22/2009
Ticket Price Drop? Award Seats Open? Yapta Tells All
There’s a new website in town that tracks airline ticket price drops even after purchase and alerts frequent flyers when award seats open. Yapta.com is its name. more >>
05/21/2009
Fight the Fees: Top Tips
Once “a la carte pricing” applied to restaurants. Now the airlines are using it to set up an endless set of fees, and they’re lunching on your credit card. Here are some tips to forestall their appetite. more >>
05/20/2009
New TSA Program Threatens Your Award Status
Are points or miles missing from your latest statement? Something called Secure Flight may be the reason. more >>
05/19/2009
Airline Alliances Create Mismatches...and Free Upgrades for You
When airlines partner in alliances, their rules often don’t match up. That creates loopholes you can tunnel through right to the front of the plane … if you know how. more >>
05/15/2009
Business Class Seat Upgrade Strategy: Change Your Return Flight and Increase Your Chances
Here’s a Business Class Seat upgrade strategy that works more often than not. If your elite upgrade hasn’t been confirmed in the permitted timeframe, get creative by calling the airline to see if there are flights on your date of departure with Business Class seat upgrades... more >>
04/30/2009
My Favorite Domestic Business Class Upgrade Strategy on American Airlines
It enables you to mysteriously get a free Business Class upgrade airfare on American Airlines’ routes on which the carrier uses Boeing 777s and 767-200s configured with three cabins… more >>
03/30/2009
Pay Through the Nose with Delta/Amex "Pay with Miles" Program
Delta’s literature describes Pay with Miles as “a whole new way to use your miles, touting the benefits of innovative mileage-redemption options, but for consumers there's generally more cloud than silver lining ... more >>
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