Last week, United let some unfortunate news out of the bag: Starting in 2014, elite qualification with United will require a minimum dollars on United Airlines tickets to maintain elite status with the airline. The table that United published sums up the changes: United will waive the Premier Qualifying Dollar requirements for anyone who spends…
I’m back! If you’re wondering *why* I took a vacation from blogging last week, here’s the explanation: Last Saturday, I gave a talk entitled “Speaking a New Language: Using Business Strategies to Build a Case for New Music Therapy Programs” at the Missouri Music Therapy Institute. My partner, Kirsten Meyer, and I were a bit behind in…
Just a heads-up: I haven’t forgotten about the blog; I’m just taking a vacation from blogging for about a week. The girlfriend and I are preparing a presentation for a music therapy conference in Missouri and work on that is taking priority this week. Don’t worry, starting next week I’ll be back at it, with…
Just a quick amusement today. The tunnel that connects concourse A with concourses B and C at the Detroit airport is one of the most…interesting airport tunnels I’ve been through. Even if you don’t need to walk through the tunnel to catch a connecting flight, the entertainment value is worth the 5 minute walk through…
Earlier this year, we heard a few rumblings about Southwest joining the TSA PreCheck program. It looks like there has recently been some movement that might indicate Southwest is close to rolling out participation in PreCheck. A poster on FlyerTalk points out that Southwest is adding information to its boarding passes and speculates that this information is…
Southwest Airlines is having a sale, so now might be the time to book your fall travel. Tickets must be purchased before June 13th, 2013, at 11:59 pm for travel August 26th, 2013 through December 18th, 2013. There are some black-out dates and not every route has the sale fares available. This sale is “distance-based”…
Last week, a reader asked me to explain the difference between a layover and a stopover. I don’t think that I did it justice in person, so here’s the full explanation. Layover Simply put, a layover happens any time you switch planes during your journey. Most people use connection and layover interchangeably. Stopover Generally, if…
WMC-TV in Memphis is reporting that Delta Airlines is planning to eliminate its Memphis hub starting in September 3rd: Delta Air Lines is planning to cut the number of daily flights from 96 departures down to 60-64 per day starting September 3. The cuts will affect about 230 jobs. In addition, Memphis International Airport will…
Avis and Flying Blue have teamed up to offer a pretty awesome promotion for anyone planning to rent a car six times before the end of the year. Through the”Avis Accumulator” promotion, you can earn over 50,000 Flying Blue miles after six rentals. Full details are are at the Avis website, but here are the…
It’s Friday, Friday, Gotta get down on Friday! Let’s see what’s up in the frequent flyer blogosphere…. Rapid Travel Chai writes about some expansions to the TSA PreCheck program, including new participation by Virgin America and the Philadelphia airport. Also, it appears that PreCheck is now working on some international itineraries. Cool. Lucky writes about…
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