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Weekly Review: March 26, 2016

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This has been quite a week on the travel front, between the horrible tragedies in Brussels, the aftermath of the FlyDubai crash in Russia, the highs and lows of the Starwood/Marriott merger, and the American devaluation. I spent the first part of my week redeeming as many American miles as possible, while I spent the…

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(@Mike S)
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Hey Ben,

Bought a return ticket ORD-PEK for $472. Do you think the mileage upgrade is worth at 25K miles and a $350 copay to business class? Thanks.


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(@Mike S)
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Whoops, should have said this was on American.


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(@Sophie)
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Hi Ben, a few weeks back you mentioned you'd be writing the trip report for your visit here to NZ/Australia. Are you still planning on covering this trip? I hope so as I'm looking forward to reading all about it!


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Ben,

Make sure you have one of the front facing window seats (more room)


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(@Ellen)
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Hey Ben,

Do we know when AA moves to the new scheme, whereby miles are awarded according to spend? The last I knew, AA was saying that this would be coming later in 2016. Do we have a date?

Thanks!


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Has the transition date from mileage based earnings versus revenue based earnings been announced or quietly announced?


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(@carl1)
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Ben, I fly to PEK on 4/1 and return 4/4, did you say you will be there? I just spend 40 butt-in-seat hour out of 48 hours AUS-DFW-HKG-KUL-and back


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