- American Express Membership Rewards has a 30% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic through the end of May. These are best for:
– Delta One to and from Europe in business
– Necker Island trips
– Air New Zealand business to and from the US
They have decent availability on their own metal for premium cabin space too, but fuel surcharges are high so it’s usually a more useful mental model to think about those as roughly the same price as a coach ticket plus some miles for business class redemptions. - Express (unrelated to the American version; also both a clothing store and a former a medium tier gift card on the resale markets) has filed for bankruptcy. It’s time to think seriously about what to do with inventory you’re holding, and to reinforce that holding inventory carries risk. (Thanks to GCG)
- Virgin Australia flights are now bookable with Qatar Avios at attractive rates, especially for short and medium haul economy.
- Kent Brockman famously said that democracy doesn’t work, and reddit added a datapoint to that debate after I declared that US Bank is the most ghetto bank. According to the popular vote, the most ghetto banks in decreasing order are:
– Citi
– Bank of America
– Barclays
US Bank didn’t even make the top three. Why is Citi less ghetto than US Bank? Because pay by phone friends, pay by phone.
US Bank’s corporate landscaping signage presents additional evidence.