CONTEST CLOSED: Winner TBA
Marshall Jackson on Travel is giving away a $50 dollar American Express gift card to a lucky reader. Registering to win is easy. Simply comment to this post. But there’s a catch. Your comment must include the #1 travel-related topic of interest that you would like to read more about on this blog. You can enter as many times as you want, but each comment must include a different travel-related topic of interest that you would like to read more about. Your entry must include a valid email address so I can contact you if you win.
The contest opens now, and will close on Friday, April 9, 2010, at 12:00 noon eastern time. The winner will be chosen randomly as soon as possible thereafter. Good luck, and I’m looking forward to reading your comments and sharing my thoughts on topics that interest you. And feel free to let your friends know about the contest.
I’d like to see some advice on picking the best hotel chain for different stay patterns. Thanks!
Carry-on is becoming a hazard to airline FA and other employees. Maybe there is a need to limited the size and weight like the luggage when check-in. I do not want more fees, please.
If you know of any mileage-running or mattress-running tricks of the trade, a blog post on those would be great.
Along the same lines about the car rental programs, additional info on airline bonus mile earning opportunities would be great. Even if I don’t normally try to accrue United miles, for example, it would still be good to hear about bonus mile opps between them and a car rental company if for nothing else than addl miles AND extending my expiration date.
More info on car rental programs would be good. I may be wrong, but I don’t think that car rental company loyalty is all that important (it seems pretty easy to get a least some “elite” level with most companies) where the main benefit I can see is being able to go straight to you car and not stand in line.
Additional info on airline alliances and how they can help us use our miles would be great (ie: Alaska/Air France for Delta miles, or AA for BA miles, etc).
More free miles!
I would like to hear ways to use a $50 AMex gift card on a unique travel experience
I’d like to see more tricks of the trade when it comes to maximizing mileage runs.
I would like to hear more about diving in the South Pacific.
I’d like to hear your spin on the Spirt Airline’s move to charge for carry-ons, as to whether any of the legacy carriers will possibly match.
I’d like to hear strategies on using AA miles for Premium Awards [J/F cabins] on QF and CX.
I’d also like to read about the best hotel chains, and where they’re weak and where certain ones are stronger.
I’d like to read on how to find the best airline deals– supposedly they have short little sales at certain points throughout the month/days…
I’m still baffled by all the tips on how to figure out when the best time to buy an airline ticket is. Some say on Tuesdays, some people say a week before you leave, some say 331 days before you leave. Which is true? Which isn’t? Argh!
Would like to read more about credit card sign up bonuses.
Please write about how to book award travel on a partner airline. For example, if I have BA miles and want to book a domestic (US) ticket on say AA, is it possible to do this all online? Thanks in advance!
i would be interested in a comparison of hotel reward programs.
i would like to know how those of us who do not travel for business can earn points/miles/stays faster and how we can make the most when using those points/miles/stays.
I would like postings on when to buy/share miles with airline promotions and when to pass
I would like to hear some more strategies on finding cheap cruises
Also I’d like to read more about Intercontinental/PriorityClub promotions and offers, and fastest way to RA.
i want to know more about how to churn cards better and better for more free miles!
@astroGG…thank you for that info and wifi availability would be great
The number one topic of interest for me is how to get Coach Class tickets for miles on the various airlines. Most of the bloggers always talk about business – first class tickets for miles. Not everyone has that many miles.
@Lisa
Gogoinflight uses many land-based stations along the way you fly, and the plane collects your wifi communications and transmit them with the land-based stations.
Maybe other providers take advantage of the satellite, which is more expensive. But I’m not familiar with them. I only knows Gogoinflight on AA metals.
This reminds me: A summary of wifi availability of all major airlines, and maybe the available routes, will be very useful.
I would like to know how wifi is possible on flights
What are the best partner airlines (based on service and easy award usage) to the main airline companies?
I think it would be nice if you could post a series of blogs about ways to max out use of award points.
I would like to know the best way to use the 100,000 British Airways miles from the credit card promotion.
As a DL Gold Medallion member, I would love to hear about comparisons of elite programs among the different airlines/alliances.
Updates on cool uses of ita and other such “mileage-running” websites.
I would like to hear more creative and/or useful ways to burn my tons of Skymiles.
@MFJLO
“And, could I find someone that would hire me?”
You really remind me of the guy who use his miles/points to keep himself from homeless and travel around job hunting after losing his job.
But yes, we can think of some “unusual” usage of miles/points/etc., such as using AA miles to book vacation/cruise, or using expedia/travelocity/orbitz coupon to book hotel+flight package. Usually these are not good deal, but who knows, maybe some can be quite decent.
If I travel to North Carolina, can you suggest places to say? places to eat? people like Show Tunes to stay with?
I’d like tips on getting a “new” job while using your points and miles.
For example, if I were to travel to College Park, GA could I find a hotel, rental car, mass transit, and/or a cigar bar? And, could I find someone that would hire me?
astroGG
I like both of your ideas…especially the rewards checking account since I also do not have a credit card that provides rewards
@Lisa: I think it’s hard to say which one loyalty program is the best. Maybe we can pick several best loyalty programs from MJ.
Also, I’d like to see more about rewards checking account since my credit history is so short and I failed in applying almost every credit card.
Thanks!
How about putting articles now and then about top 10 (tricks, ways to save, ways to redeem, destination with pics, credit cards, combination of air, hotel and car rental).
Info on the best loyalty program
My husband and I are first time cruisers and will be going on the Liberty of the Seas in December. Do you recommend the drink passes? Should we pay for our excursions before we board?
As I may take Continental as my second choice of flying and I’m a American Plat right now, I’d be very happy to see topics regarding status matching and successful examples here.
Thank you MJ!
Upgrade advice for novices would be wonderful
I would like to hear more about travel in the western US
I would like to know how to best consolidate, or dispose of, the orphan miles/points from various programs.
It would be great to see you explain tips and tricks that educate your readers on how to use miles and points most effectively with step by step instructions and examples.
I’d really like to hear more about good wine places, especially if they involve cigars and pretty waitresses. Oh, and I don’t want to go to OKC.
And also I’d like to hear about the topic about Continental program. Thank you!
I’d like to hear about how to book cheap international tickets (especially from US to China). Thanks!
I would like to hear more on the hotel reward programs. This could include concierge lounge pictures from the hotels in the different programs.
I think it would be fun every once in a while to hear a story about how an average Milejunkie Joe or Josephine used their miles or points for something really amazing and cool.
I would like to read more about effectively managing all of your reward programs and promotions that we sign up for
I would like to hear more about saving on car rentals