Alaska Award Gut Punch, Setting Up Flying Blue Family Account, and How to Rudely Save Southwest Seats

Alaska Devalues Award Redemptions for Japan Airlines – Miles to Memories

This is a gut punch. Rates were certainly among the best for this product, but no-notice devaluations are not the way to handle things with program members.

SETTING UP MY FLYING BLUE FAMILY ACCOUNT – Miles for Family

This was super helpful. I’ve needed to do this for ages, but couldn’t figure it out from airfrance.com. Looks like you have to do it through flyingblue.us.

Rude: man lays across entire row in bid to save seats on Southwest flight – C Boarding Group

Oh, the pros and cons of Southwest’s boarding process and policies. Last I remember, Southwest’s policy is: there is no policy. It’s the wild, wild west.

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