If you read my website with any regularity, you know I am a fan of Alaska Airlines. Their generous Price Guarantee has saved me some serious cash over the years. Recently I ran into some problems with my Alaska Mileage Plan status change not showing up correctly on reservations I … Read more
2015 Year In Miles Since it is New Years Eve, I thought it would be fun to do a glance at my 2015 Year in Travel. Fun for me, probably boring for you. But I’m still going to post it here for posterity sake. Miles Flown: 93,291 Number of Flights: 47 … Read more
One of my favorite ways to rack up Hyatt stays is through visiting Las Vegas. In order to achieve and maintain Hyatt Gold Passport Diamond status (top level) you must stay at Hyatt properties for 50 nights in a year OR stay 25 times (number of nights per stay doesn’t … Read more
Recently I wrote about my plan to achieve Platinum status with American Airlines through their LinkedIn challenge. Unfortunately for me I ran into problems achieving American Platinum status; some of the problems were caused by me while others were not. The verdict is still out as to whether or not … Read more
This may be common knowledge, but I just learned this today. You are not granted your Alaska elite benefits when crediting miles to another airline. If you are flying Alaska Airlines but crediting miles from a flight to another frequent flyer program (i.e. American Advantage), during that flight you don’t … Read more
For the 2015 holiday promotion, get a bonus of 1500 Alaska miles when you spend $500 through Mileage Plan Shopping. This is on top of the miles you earn normally when shopping through the portal. If you aren’t a big spender, you can still get 250 bonus miles when you … Read more