6 Ways to Avoid Baggage Fees on Airlines

Baggage fees on airlines aren’t impossible to get around. If you fly the right airline, use the right credit card, or get creative with your booking you have a decent shot at avoiding many baggage fees. 1. Get the right credit card — and get free bags If your travel includes Delta or Continental Airlines,... -->Read the full article

Sale: 25,000 mile awards to Europe, 50,000 business class in 2012 (select cities)

American Express Membership Rewards account holders (those of you with the Green, Gold, and Platinum credit cards)…here’s a great way to use your points for travel next year as noted by The Points Guy blog… Air France / KLM, whose frequent flyer program is ‘Flying Blue’ offers 50% discounts on select mileage tickets every two... -->Read the full article

American Express offering Continental / United lounge access to some Platinum Card holders…

American Express Platinum Card holders were disappointed to see they lost access to Continental Airlines Presidents Clubs (now United Clubs) at the end of September, as the new United / Continental decided to go with Chase for all credit card based lounge access. Well, on FlyerTalk.com users are reporting American Express is buying full lounge memberships... -->Read the full article

Shh…68,000 miles for business class to Europe on United, US Airways, more…

Want to know one of the best pro tips in miles today? It costs only 68,000 miles to fly business class from the East Coast to Europe on United, Continental, Lufthansa, US Airways, Virgin Atlantic, and more using ANA miles, a Japanese airline’s mileage program. This typically costs 90-100,000 miles in other programs. So how can... -->Read the full article

Hot – 25,000 Delta miles for $500 in Sky Mall purchases by Sunday 9/18

Ever flipped through the SkyMall catalog on a flight? Wondered who actually buys from it? Well it might be you if you’re in the market for Delta SkyMiles. Our friends at FlyerTalk flagged that they are offering 25,000 miles when you make $500 in purchases (doesn’t include tax or shipping) by 11:59pm on Sunday, September... -->Read the full article

Cancel your Delta SkyMiles award ticket before departure, or lose it all

Delta announced last week on FlyerTalk that it is implementing a new SkyMiles award ticket policy. If you don’t cancel your award ticket before the departure of the first flight, you will forfeit the miles altogether. That’s similar to the rule for non-refundable paid tickets — if you don’t cancel those before the departure time,... -->Read the full article

The secret to better US Airways Dividend Miles availability

We get a lot of complaints about the US Airways Dividend Miles program, and the difficulty in redeeming miles at the ‘low’ advertised levels (i.e. 25,000 miles for a roundtrip U.S. coach ticket). A recent study proved how difficult it is to book a reward with US Airways. Part of the problem is US Airways’ three... -->Read the full article

Flight trouble? Tweet for priority help from airlines — Delta most proactive

The next time you run into trouble with your flight, consider using Twitter as one of your avenues for help. All the major airlines have some presence on Twitter, with some more active than others. Only Delta staffs its 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with real reservations agents who have the ability... -->Read the full article

Free Hilton Gold status through August 2011 with any Visa Signature

If you’re staying at a Hilton this summer…get on this great offer now. Hilton will upgrade you to Gold status in its HHonors program if you hold any Visa Signature card — it doesn’t have to be a Hilton branded card. There is no purchase requirement, and the status upgrade is instant. Just follow this... -->Read the full article

Boeing Dreamliner configurations…a big squeeze?

With Boeing’s new Dreamliner finally getting to the point where it might enter commercial service, two airlines — ANA and LOT Polish airlines unveiled their configurations for the plane at the Paris Air Show this week. LOT’s CEO says “The name of that plane was not taken out of nowhere – the flight on board of... -->Read the full article