Posted on May 31, 2008 by elliot
You spent 10’s of thousands of $$’s on Expedia and got Elite Status. Got Platinum Status on Continental. Whats it worth – Bupkis. Diddly sqat. Or less.
For example – upgrades to business class coming from Israel. A friend of mine (unnamed, but you will see him suffering in economy tonight all the way to the [...]
Filed under: Flights, Frequent Flyer Miles, Great Deals, Perks and Tips | Tagged: Supershuttle, airfare bargains, aadvantage, longest flight, non-stop flights, luggage charge, AA Airlines, LY, Airline Corporate, TAP Portugal, airline lounge, budget car, webflyer, best flyers, oneworld alliance, Sky team | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 29, 2008 by elliot
It turns out my readers like the free stuff – so here is our best one yet:
Your kid turns 18 and he or she is headed to the army or whatever. Time for a free trip. Step by step process would make Abbie Hoffman proud.
Step 1: Sign up for American Airlines (should have done that [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2008 by elliot
In the interest of fairness and zionism – I decided to write a post about what is good about accruing miles on ElAl. This is not to be confused with actually flying ElAl. I love flying ElAl.
But, you can fly ElAl and get much more valuable miles on other airlines. So, today I decided [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2008 by elliot
With the rising cost of airfare – there is only one real solution to vacation travel to the US – use free tickets. Since I know many readers of this blog have 100,000’s of miles sitting in their accounts, I decided to summarize the options available for using them for trips to the States [...]
Filed under: ElAl, Flights, Frequent Flyer Miles, Great Deals, Perks and Tips | Tagged: avis, Price Drop, Flight Schedules, free tickets, aadvantage, in-flight, AA Airlines, vacation plans, Car Hire Usa, Research Diary, Hawaii Travel, i-remember, Life Flow, Extraodinary People | 9 Comments »
Posted on May 26, 2008 by thebear
Probably most TLV2JFK readers live a double life – besides taking the kids to school in Ranana – offices in the city, house in Teaneck, family in Queens and of course, a US Cellphone. I don’t – my office, house, family and bank account are all in Ranana. But I needed a phone for a [...]
Filed under: Great Deals, Perks and Tips, shopping list | Tagged: drop-off, airline seat, Best Seats, Israeli food, airfare bargains, airport lounge, non-stop flights, luggage fee, AA Airlines, LY, Scandinavian Airlines, airline lounge, avis car rental, budget car, best flyers, Mileage Plus, Sky team | 6 Comments »
Posted on May 26, 2008 by elliot
American Airlines is now charging $15 for the FIRST BAG checked. Multiply by their 0.75% lost bag rate and you get that American Airlines will lose you bag for only 10 cents. Seriously, this will NOT apply to international flights and to elite status members. You get to lose your bags for free.
Peder Zane [...]
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Posted on May 19, 2008 by strazmaster
I am not a blogger. People actually PAY ME to write. But since I really love this blog – I decided to contibute. For free. Not even for a corned beef on rye! And I decided to write about two things I really like – a nice kosher meal and Los Angeles. Here goes [...]
Filed under: Kosher Restaurants, Perks and Tips | Tagged: drop-off, airline seat, Best Seats, Israeli food, lost bags, airfare bargains, airport lounge, non-stop flights, luggage fee, AA Airlines, LY, Scandinavian Airlines, airline lounge, avis car rental, budget car, best flyers, Mileage Plus, Sky team | 6 Comments »
Posted on May 18, 2008 by elliot
I hate to have to bash ElAl every day – especially in the spirit of the 60th year Independence Celebrations, but this takes the industry Hutzpah award.
ElAl flyers received a nice email with this ad:
Wow, we all said – little old Israel makes it to the world frequent flyer stage. Well, not quite. Kind of [...]
Filed under: ElAl, Flights, Frequent Flyer Miles, Perks and Tips | Tagged: drop-off, airline seat, Best Seats, Israeli food, lost bags, airfare bargains, airport lounge, non-stop flights, luggage fee, AA Airlines, LY, airline lounge, avis car rental, budget car, best flyers, Mileage Plus | 3 Comments »
