Written by Traveling For Miles @ BoardingArea
I’ve had quite a few questions asking about Chase’s 5/24 credit card policy so it seems appropriate write a brief summary of what 5/24 means, how the policy works, who it affects and what exemptions to the policy there are.
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How To Transfer Citi ThankYou Points To Airline Loyalty Programs
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Like all the major transferable currencies Citi ThankYou points are relatively easy to earn (if you have the right credit cards) and because they can be transferred to an impressive number of airline loyalty programs, they’re a key element to most peop…
TODAY ONLY: Rakuten Presidents Day Sale (10% Back/10x Points)
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Over the weekend, Rakuten has been offering up to 15% cash back (15 Membership Points/dollar) at various retailers but while there were a few good deals available here and there, a lot of major retailers were noticeable by their absence. Today, things …
UK Hotel Quarentine Scheme goes live – How does it affect you?
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The new UK Hotel Quarantine Arrival programme has swung into effect today (04:00GMT – 15th February). How will affect your travels? Welcome to the United Kingdom. Depending on where you’ve come in from, you’ve got new adventures ahead… as well as 10 of…
Airplane Art – Ryanair Boeing 737-800 on approach to Birmingham Airport
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It’s Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art This week, we have a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 as it is on its final descent to Birmingham Airport – taken at Stechford in Birmingham at around 9:31 in the morning. Ryanair operate a fleet o…
Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (14th February)
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It’s Valentines Day and also the end of the week, so here’s some love and Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. I’ve had something that resembles snow in Birmingham. It’s been fun cleaning and warming the car up, then heading out to work. UK Quarantin…
United Airlines Will Add A New Hawaii Service From SoCal
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With Southwest less than a month away from launching new services to Honolulu and Maui out of its base in Long Beach, United Airlines has now announced that it will be upping its game in Southern California by launching its own new route to Honolulu in…
ENDING: Buy Alaska Miles With A 60% Bonus
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Last year we saw Alaska Airlines breaking with past conventions and running a variety of mileage sales that offered better bonuses than we had ever seen before. In the middle of January, and for its first sale of 2021, Alaska Airlines returned with ano…
Virgin Atlantic Now Has One Of the Best Cancellation & Refund Policies
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As global airlines slowly come to terms with the fact that travel will not be getting back to normal any time soon, and that a lot of people are still very leery of booking trips in the future, we’re starting to see flexible booking policies being exte…
The UK Reveals Full Details Of Hotel Quarantine
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On Monday 15 February, the UK government is introducing a 10-day supervised quarantine for travelers arriving into England from countries the government has put on its travel “red list”. Details of the quarantine rules and procedures have been drip-fed…
An Excellent Limited-Time Amex Platinum Benefit That I’d Completely Forgotten About
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Sometimes it can be hard to keep on top of all the various incentives that we’ve been seeing credit card issuers publish, and I’ve just been reminded of a limited-time Amex Platinum benefit that I’d completely forgotten about. It’s a little embarrassin…
Marriott Will Open A New Property On Maui In April (or May)
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Amidst a variety of announcements that we’ve recently see Marriott making, one small bit of news appears to have slipped under the radar. Within the next few months, Marriott Bonvoy members will have a new Hawaiian property at which to burn their hard-…
Virgin Atlantic extends free changes to *30th April 2023*
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It looks like Virgin Atlantic is expecting muted demand for some time to come, with the airline announcing that it will extend free changes to tickets to April 30, 2023. Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000 at London Heathrow – Image, Economy Class and Bey…
Welcoming the Year of the Ox – Kung Hei Fat Choi!
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A new lunar cycle has begun. It is, therefore, time to welcome the Year of the Ox to us. The arch at Wing Yip, Birmingham – shot on New Year’s Eve. The year of the Snake was marred of course by the pandemic, which has seen travel cut massively and peo…
DEALS: Earn Up To 15% Cash Back Or 15 Points/Dollar At Rakuten
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November 2020 was a good month to use the Rakuten shopping portal. We saw the site offer its highest-ever referral bonus, and we saw it offer 15% cash back/15 MR points on no fewer than three occasions and now, in February 2021, a similar deal is back …
Amusing: UK Government Quarantine Portal Went Down In Minutes (And Is Still Down 6+ Hours Later)
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Today is the day that the UK Government was due to release all the remaining details of its mandatory supervised quarantine program, and today was supposed to be the day that travelers would be able to book their quarantine hotel accommodation and the …
UK Mandatory Quarantine site launches, and immediately crashes – hotel prices confirmed and mandatory £210 for non-red list arrival testing
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More details of the final plans for the Quarantine of arrivals in England is published
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Gatwick Airport to start charging for drop-offs outside the North Terminal from 8th March
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If you’re travelling from Gatwick Airport in the near future – and want to be dropped off in front of the North terminal – the proposed charges for doing this are going into effect from the 8th March 2021. The airport announced this was coming in Oct…
Flash Deal: Get A $300 Credit At Select Ritz-Carlton, EDITION & St Regis Properties
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Marriott is running a new “Escape to Luxury” promotion in which it’s offering guests up to $300 in credits on stays of 2-nights or more at some of its more luxurious properties in the Americas and the Caribbean. The one catch is that bookings must be m…
What’s New In The Marriott Bonvoy Mobile App?
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The Marriott Bonvoy app has been refreshed, redesigned, and been given a full makeover and while some of the changes may appear to be cosmetic, others include new booking options, better functionality, improvements to the search facility, and improveme…