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![American has extremely generous routing rules… as long as you don’t want to use them to your advantage](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 17, 2013
- Ben Schlappig
![JetBlue modifies change fees… in a logical way](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 17, 2013
- Ben Schlappig
![AviancaTaca Lifemiles devalues their award chart with no advance notice](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 15, 2013
- Ben Schlappig
![American flight diverted cause lady won’t stop singing Whitney Houston](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 11, 2013
- Ben Schlappig
![Air India pilots take a nap in business class and leave flight attendants at the controls](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 8, 2013
- Ben Schlappig
![Alaska raises their Air France award redemption rates starting June 11, 2013, and no one should care](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 7, 2013
- Ben Schlappig
![Four new French Hyatt properties now bookable with points](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- May 1, 2013
- Ben Schlappig
![CNN piece on becoming a “Singapore Girl”](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- April 30, 2013
- Ben Schlappig
![Regulation changes will once again allow household incomes to be used on credit card applications](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- April 30, 2013
- Ben Schlappig
![SriLankan gives Aerolineas Argentinas Club Condor Class a run for their money](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/themes/omaat/src/images/CardArt-Generic.png)
- April 29, 2013
- Ben Schlappig
COVID-19 Travel News
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- May 1, 2023
- Ben Schlappig
TRAVEL REVIEW
Review: United Polaris Business Class Boeing 777 (NRT-SFO)![Review: United Polaris Business Class Boeing 777 (NRT-SFO)](https://cdn.onemileatatime.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/United-Polaris-Business-Class-777-5.jpeg?width=1200&auto_optimize=low&quality=75&height=900&aspect_ratio=4%3A3)
For the final segment ofmy Allegris round the world journey, I flew United Airlines’ Boeing 777-300ER Polaris business class on the 8hr15min overnight flight from Tokyo (NRT) to San Francisco (SFO). While people love to poke fun at US airlines,…
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