Posts Tagged Under: travel

Looking beyond the value of points

2/14/2011

Right now I’m in the air, about 8 hours into my 10 hour flight to London Heathrow.  Flying Virgin Atlantic Premium Economy (courtesy of my full-time employer).  Just a couple of days ago I returned home from Aruba (personal trip!) on United and was upgraded for a 4-hour leg of

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Delta Skymiles Program Review

Last Reviewed: 7/15/2011

Like many loyalty programs (especially airline programs), you need to channel your inner Isaac Newton to understand and master all of the angles and rules of the program. The Delta Skymiles program is no exception.

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Rules of the sky

Since GetDebit is endeavoring to determine the value of the numerous airline frequent flyer programs in existence, it’s critical that we establish standards to enable a fair, apples-to-apples comparison amongst the various programs. For example, is 1 mile on an airline that only flies to London worth the same

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