Do you like travel? Yearn for more time in an airline seat? Enjoy conversing with semi-bald white haired gentlemen who seems to only wear Nike sneakers? Then have I got a contest for you! Between today, the 1st of October and this coming Sunday, the 7th of October, you’ll have the opportunity to win…
While I am not mileage runner as an airline traveller I probably have what some may consider an unhealthy interest in gaining miles. I have been known to fly from San Francisco to Los Angeles using New York as my connection point, or fly to Hong Kong via Frankfurt to pick up a few thousand…
I have previously written about frequent flyer mileage runs, frequent flyer elite status and other related frequent flyer junkie topics on Flying With Fish … and have more than once found myself explaining the benefits of both frequent flyer elite status and mileage runs in other various mediums. The practice of making mileage runs and…
Are you a mileage runner … or simply interested calculating your frequent flyer mileage accrual for an upcoming trip? Planning for frequent flyer mileage accrual can be straightforward in knowing the mileage of a flight, but quickly calculating in Fare-Class mileage percentages and Status Bonuses can be complicated on the run… …if you’re a mileage…
Summer is in the air, the sun is shining, some airlines are doing well and others are on strike … so I figured this might be a good time to interject some humour into Flying With Fish. To completely rip off a comedy concept by Jeff Foxworthy, this post is all about “You might be…
This week’s reader mail comes from someone just starting to navigate their way through airline frequent flyer programs. Gerry from DFW asks “I have started to travel frequently for work which has lead me to start reading FlyerTalk. I see many references to mileage an segment runs, what is the difference?” Gerry … first off…
Web: www.stevenfrischling.com — E-Mail: fish@flyingwithfish.com 5/11/2009 – iPhone App Of The Week : FlyerStats When traveling it is always handy to know how far you have travelled. For many travellers this is basic curiosity, for other traveller it is the need to know how many frequent flyer miles they are earning. I have used a…
