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Etihad A380 Route Update: Next Destination Will Be Melbourne, Award Space Wide Open

Etihad A380 Route Update: Next Destination Will Be Melbourne, Award Space Wide Open

The hottest First Class product in the market today is probably the Etihad Apartments, which are currently only available on flights serviced by the Airbus A380. And those routes are limited currently to London and Sydney, with A380 service to New York commencing on November 23rd.The Etihad A380 features 9 First Class Apartments, along with 70 of it’s flat-bed Business Class Studio seats. And the best news? Award space on the A380 is WIDE OPEN!

Introducing A New Blog Series: “What’s The Big Deal?”
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Introducing A New Blog Series: “What’s The Big Deal?”

Like many of you, I spend a ton of time on Flyertalk and these forums contain a wealth of information about everything you could ever want to possibly know about anything travel-related. But with user-generated content comes a fair amount of complaining. It simply comes with the territory. I generally group the complaints and rants that I come across into 3 buckets:

Triple Points With Hilton For The Rest Of 2015

Triple Points With Hilton For The Rest Of 2015

A new promotion from Hilton was just announced this week, which will allow you to earn double points for weekday stays and triple points for weekend stays starting September 1, 2015 and running through December 31, 2015. While many of these promotions are diluted based on specific hotels choosing to opt-out, the great news here is that ALL Hilton-family hotels will be included.

Saying Goodbye To JPMorgan Palladium, Paying To Reserve Seats, Eating Maui And Japan
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Saying Goodbye To JPMorgan Palladium, Paying To Reserve Seats, Eating Maui And Japan

t’s been fun being a featured blogger this week on BoardingArea! To wrap things up, in case you missed it here’s a summary of the top posts from the past week. Just a note that you can still find Hungry for Points on the Prior2Boarding site, and the best way to keep up-to-date on the latest updates by adding me on Twitter or Facebook (or by using the buttons on the right-hand side) and feel free to drop me an email anytime!

Saying Goodbye To The JPMorgan Palladium Card
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Saying Goodbye To The JPMorgan Palladium Card

It’s a process that I go through every year for each of my credit cards – the annual retention call. I throw on my most innocent sounding voice, and call the number on the back of the card. “Hello, I just noticed that the annual fee was billed and I’d like to cancel my credit card.” That sentence usually triggers a “WAIT STOP!” type of response from the customer service representative, and a couple minutes later I’m walking away with some free points or a statement credit.

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants For 2015

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants For 2015

It’s a list that’s as controversial as the rankings of “Best Airlines In the World” and “Best Hotels In The World”, but I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t interested in the newly released 2015 World’s Best Restaurants. This is an annual list produced by Restaurant magazine in the UK with results based on a polling of chefs, restauranteurs, and food critics. In other words, the scores are probably about as subjective as a figure skating competition or college football’s BCS.