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One of the things I’ve noticed as I’ve been helping people create credit card signup plans (shameless plug) is that even clients who have signed up for a bunch of cards over the years tend to miss a few that have good bonuses associated with them. I thought I’d call...American’s New Busine...
February 1 was a big day at American. It was the day that the airline went over its (not really) new and improved business plan with employee groups, and that meant detailing the cuts it was going to ask for. As you can imagine, this brought some outrage but also a lot of sadness....New Starwood Benefits i...
Oh sure, you can read about the new Starwood benefits in longform at any blog. But you came to OTR because you wanted to read about those benefits in haiku form. Who has time for more than 17 syllables these days? (And who knew I would spell syllable correctly the first time I typed...News and Deals: Februar...
Canadian Air Travel Regulations Over Gender And Appearance Spark Concern Huffington Post A number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates and media outlets are expressing concern over recent Canadian air travel regulations which they feel exclude transgender...Frontier Charts Its Cou...
It’s been entirely clear for a few months that Republic wants to spin Frontier off into a standalone airline, but the question has been . . . how would they make that work when the airline was losing money? Now it looks like we might know. Frontier is becoming an ultra low cost...Southwest Decides Which...
While I was off, Southwest made a couple of interesting moves worth talking about. By far the most interesting to me was a decision on which AirTran markets stay in the system and which ones disappear. (You can also see full schedule changes for the summer.) Instead of leaking it out in...Topic of the Week: What...
As you know, I’ll be back on Monday with an all new post. There have been a lot of news stories in the airline world over the last two weeks, so I want your help in narrowing down which ones to write about. What story most interested you while I was gone? See the original...Cranky on the Web (Janu...
Flights to Europe Are About to Get More Expensive – Conde Nast Daily Traveler With the European Union’s Emissions Trading System going into effect for air travel, flying might be pricier. This story was followed shortly by Delta announcing it would increase prices . Guest...Only Spend About $2,000...
Gary over at View from the Wing (I have the highest respect for him — he knows more about the travel & credit card world than pretty much anyone) wrote yesterday about credit card strategies for people who don’t spend that much each month. For many-to-most people who...