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Select frequent fliers are receiving an intriguing offer: Double your base miles earned on every flight for a year. The catch? About $60.It’s called AAdvantage Tailwind, and here’s how it works: For a one-time fee of $59.99, members of American Airlines’ loyalty program can subscribe to the program. Then, American will double the redeemable miles on every eligible domestic flight for one year. Members will only earn those double miles on flights that are marketed by American Airlines and operated by American or its codeshare partners. However, you will not earn double miles on flights that are marketed and owned by those same partners, meaning you must book through American, not, for example, British Airways.
Elite bonus miles, award miles, and miles from credit card spend, AAdvantage Shopping, and Simply Miles will not be doubled. Naturally, these bonus miles will not count toward elite-status qualification or AAdvantage Million Miler status. That would just be too easy.
You must subscribe by February 12, and only flights flown after you register are eligible. If you’ve already booked flights for later in the year, they will count for the promotion. Also, this is an exclusive targeted offer, and is non-transferrable; you must receive the offer directly from American Airlines.
This all begs the question: Is it worth $60? The answer, of course, is: It depends. We favor the monthly valuations by The Points Guy, which currently values American miles at 1.4-cents each. So, if the cost of a promotion is more than that, we usually pass. Purchasing mileage boosters, for example, often equates to a cost of 3-cents/mile or more. It will be hard to get value out of those miles, so we pass unless we need just a few to make it to a milestone redemption.
At 1.4-cents/mile, you would need to earn about 4,300 bonus miles to break even. Earning miles at a rate of five miles per dollar spent on base fares, that works out to spending $860 on domestic air fare in the next year. So if you see yourself booking those flights – about four flights with average fares of $215 or more – you will at least break even. If you plan to be in the air more than that: A) we’re a little jealous; and B) you should come out ahead.
For the right fliers, this is a good opportunity to pad your award balance. As always, look before you leap. $60 buys a decent dinner out, so don’t waste it on a promotion that won’t give you at least that much value.
An airplane that's as clean as a hospital?That's the story from United Airlines, now APEX Health & Safety Diamond Certified. They're the only U.S. based airline to be certified as "hospital-grade clean," thanks to their new cleaning routine developed with Clorox and the Cleveland Clinic. But they're not alone. We take a look at airline cleanliness in the age of COVID: travellatte.net/united-airlines-hospital-grade-cleanliness-certification/
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Love this!! We visited Quoddy Head this past fall, and met @vachenzo at Portland Head Light a few days later. Happily, he posted this time-lapse of the First Sunrise of 2021. It's so beautiful we just had to share!Quoddy Head is the easternmost point in the USA. Traditionally, people gather here for sunrise to be the first in the nation to welcome each New Year! (Although, technically, you can see it just a little earlier from the summit of Cadillac Mountain in @acadianps during the winter.)
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📸 @Vachenzo - Be sure to visit his Instagram for more great #lighthouse photos and drone footage.
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