Comments on: Free FlexPerks & Uber, Can Airlines Make Money?

By: BC

BC — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 22:51:47 +0000

I believe Warren Buffet said that airlines have never made any money. Looking at your analysis… I think you’re right.

The fastest way to become a millionaire? Wake up as a billionaire and start an airline.

By: TravelBloggerBuzz

TravelBloggerBuzz — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 04:00:29 +0000

Look into that Prestige “year” a little more, it is not calendar year…I think it is “December to December” statement, meaning you should get it now to hit the December statement and then you have many months to do the second $250 in 2016. Or I got it completely wrong.

Everyday card coming for 25k MR points…to preserve them points 😉

By: Too Nashty

Too Nashty — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 02:50:40 +0000

I’m waiting until early December to get 3 years travel credits out of it, along with a few Ameraprise Plats.

By: TravelBloggerBuzz

TravelBloggerBuzz — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 22:28:53 +0000

In reply to Mike. Citi Prestige is for 50k ThankYou points. Having this card, it allows you to use the the ThankYou Network search engine and redeem your ThankYou points for 1.6 cents per point on AA flights. Which is a pretty good redemption IF you can get the search engine to work properly because it SUCKS as harvson3 indicated above. The airline article: Yeah, it was awesome, thank you :-) Showed the history of the economics in this industry. I think the profits are here to stay and outlooks is cloudy to gloomy for The Hobby. But then again, shit happens you know. Unforeseen events like 911 (knock on wood!) or, at some point, a real recession will hit and then we 'll see if these airlines go back to their old ways. I think they mostly won't #sosad

By: TravelBloggerBuzz

TravelBloggerBuzz — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 22:25:01 +0000

In reply to harvson3. See message above. Decided to stay in the sidelines and to wait for a higher bonus. I think I am all set for them airline credits for a while anyway. Wondering if they use the same engine Delta used to (and mostly still do)? Lol

By: TravelBloggerBuzz

TravelBloggerBuzz — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 22:23:47 +0000

In reply to Nick @ Personal Finance Digest.

Been going in my mind back and forth on this the whole weekend. I am now veering towards waiting. Reason is I have some Centurion lounge visits in the next month and a stay in a SPG property in February where they always take care of me as a lowly Gold. So….looks like I am taking a chance and banking (pun intended) on a higher bonus. A $450 fee with a lowly 50k signing bonus seems so wrong. Then again, Amex has had an official 40k bonus for so long…

I love how Citi has become so much more competitive lately!

By: TravelBloggerBuzz

TravelBloggerBuzz — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 22:21:00 +0000

In reply to Sam. I am always first at my local Panera each morning, first coffee does indeed smell great!

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 22:19:22 +0000

The Citi Prestige card, that is for AA miles isn’t it ?

Buzz, that was a great post on the airlines ! Thanks for that.

Keep up the good work, we appreciate it.

By: harvson3

harvson3 — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 13:03:44 +0000

Warning about the prestige card: their search engine for flights is terrible. Really terrible. It may be hard to get 1.6 cents value out of each point.

By: Nick @ Personal Finance Digest

Nick @ Personal Finance Digest — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 12:51:40 +0000

El Segundo, CA.

If Citi ever does go to 75/100K on those cards, it would probably be in the next month or two. They always seem to do an increased bonus at the end of the year on at least one of their cards to goose their year-end numbers a bit. Of course, they’ve had a pretty good year, so they may not need to this time.