Introduction Middle Age Miles’ great friend Jason Voorhies 13 (JV13) is gearing up in the points-and-miles world. He has read up on our “How to Get Started” articles, including What Card Should I Get First? A Getting-Started Points-and-Miles Strategy with…
The saga of Middle Age Miles’ love-hate relationship with American Airlines continues, and today’s news definitely falls on the side of “hate.” This morning, we received two emails from American, each of which makes Executive Platinum status harder to obtain:…
Several of the major airline shopping portals are running bonus promotions for your early holiday shopping. We’re seeing bonus offers from Alaska, American, Southwest and United (but not Delta; not sure why). Each bonus offer period runs from now through…
Hyatt is back with a good new promotion that lets you earn 1,000 American AAdvantage miles on stays at Hyatt Place or Hyatt House, through January 31, 2019. You must register before your stay, and the registration deadline is November…
Introduction Recently, American Airlines introduced a new feature to AA.com, allowing us to search and view mileage redemptions on its partner Fiji Airways. Even before this, it was possible to use AAdvantage miles to book flights on Fiji Air; however,…
As part of Middle Age Miles’ series of introductory posts, we look back in time to 2017 for what I hope is a very fun article about my one-day mileage run from Seattle to JFK and back, as part of…
As part of Middle Age Miles’ series of introductory posts, we look back in time to 2017 to review my strategies and thought processes as I achieved Executive Platinum elite status on American Airlines for the first time in my…
Executive Summary American has a new promotion where you can earn a tiered bonus of 50 to 5,000 bonus AAdvantage miles by completing from one to five activities from now through September 30. Registration is required. Details This morning I…
Executive Summary I made two retention calls to Barclays on my AA Aviator Silver MasterCard. I did not receive a retention offer on either call. Nonetheless, I decided to keep the card and pay the $195 annual fee in order…