FREQUENT FLYER PROGRAM NEWS.American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of , Continental, and Northwest will sweeten sweet·en v. sweet·ened, sweet·en·ing, sweet·ens v.tr. 1. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance. 2. To make more pleasant or agreeable. your next Caribbean vacation. Earn up to 11,000 miles when you book a vacation package, or get a discount of 5,000 miles on your next award flight. Up to double miles for Midwest Midwest or Middle West, region of the United States centered on the western Great Lakes and the upper-middle Mississippi valley. It is a somewhat imprecise term that has been applied to the northern section of the land between the Appalachians travel. You can earn up to double frequent flier frequent flier n. One who travels often by air, especially on one airline. fre  quent-fli miles when you travel to or from the Midwest during the
first half of 2004. Five airlines are offering bonus miles, on top of
regular flight miles, so you can add to your mileage MILEAGE. A compensation allowed by law to officers, for their trouble and expenses in travelling on public business.2. The mileage allowed to members of congress, is eight dollars for every twenty miles of estimated distance, by the most usual roads, from his account with a domestic flight or two. These bonus mile offers are arranged by the major origin or destination cities: Chicago Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. , Detroit, Minneapolis and several three Midwest cities Midwest City, city (1990 pop. 52,267), Oklahoma co., central Okla., a residential suburb of Oklahoma City; founded 1942 with the activation of adjoining Tinker Air Force Base, a logistics center. The developer and builder W. P. . AIR CANADA With Air Canada's new YourStyle Rewards, you can pay for your dream getaway with Aeroplan miles. For travelers frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: with their inability to redeem redeem v. to buy back, as when an owner who had mortgaged his/her real property pays off the debt. The term also refers to paying the amount due and all charges after a foreclosure (due to failure to make payments when due) has begun. miles for flights, YourStyle Rewards could be a satisfying alternative. Air Canada Aeroplan members can now go online and redeem miles earned with any Air Canada partners, including airlines, hotels, car rentals, and retail. To redeem miles, visit Aeroplan's website. Members of AirTran's A-Plus Rewards program may now earn credit for Hertz hertz (hûrts) [for Heinrich R. Hertz], abbr. Hz, unit of frequency, equal to 1 cycle per second. The term is combined with metric prefixes to denote multiple units such as the kilohertz (1,000 Hz), megahertz (1,000,000 Hz), and gigahertz rentals. Normal earning rate will be a half credit for qualifying rentals of up to four days, and a full credit for rentals of five or more days. As a launch promotion, members will earn double credits on qualifying Leisure weekend and weekly rentals through Mar. 31, 2004 (two-day minimum for Leisure Weekend Rate rentals, five-day minimum for Leisure Weekly Rate rentals). To earn credits, provide an A-Plus membership number at the time of reservation, rental or return. ALAMO Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. Alamo is currently offering bonus mile deals with America West, American, and Southwest. You can earn up to double miles plus additional perks perk 1 v. perked, perk·ing, perks v.intr. 1. To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk. 2. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner. , such as discounted rates and free ski racks Noun 1. ski rack - a carrier for holding skis on top of a vehicle carrier - a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like , with these special offers. Alamo and National car rental brands owner Vanguard Vanguard Any of three unmanned U.S. experimental satellites. Vanguard I (1958), the second U.S. satellite placed in orbit around Earth (after Explorer 1), was a tiny 3.25-lb (1.47-kg) sphere with two radio transmitters. Car Rental USA has announced that it has enhanced National Car Rental's Emerald Club Program. While maintaining its standard fast rental procedures, the new club will offer renters a paperless transaction that lets them bypass the counter and choose their own car on the lot. Members will also be able to earn free rental days and, for higher-level members, guaranteed car upgrades. A new Web site, www.emeraldclub.com, has been created to help track and redeem rental credits and update member profiles. ALASKA AIRLINES Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. Alaska Airlines is offering award discounts for travel this spring between the Bay Area and select Pacific Northwest cities. You can redeem an award ticket for only 13,000 Mileage Plan miles, a savings of 7,000 miles. Members of Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan can book award travel on any Alaska or Horizon Air flight. Visit Alaska's website to book an award trip. Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan members will earn double miles for flights on Alaska, Horizon Air, American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the and American Eagle between Jan. 3 and Mar. 15, 2004. Registration is required at http://alaskaair.com New Partners for 2004: Cathay Pacific Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (HKSE: 0293 ) is an airline based in Hong Kong, operating scheduled passenger and cargo services to over 104 destinations worldwide. It is the flag carrier of Hong Kong with its main base at the Hong Kong International Airport. [1]. : Mileage Plan members can now redeem Alaska miles for award travel on Cathay Pacific, as well as earn Alaska miles on Cathay Pacific flights. TrueCredit.com: Earn 350 miles when you manage and monitor your credit profile online. AMERICA WEST To promote its aggressively discounted first-class fares, America West is offering FlightFund members silver-elite status after three first- class roundtrips and gold status after six roundtrips. Qualifying tickets must be purchased between March 4 and June 30, and travel must be completed by September 6. Registration is required. For details, see http://americawest.com/flightfund/promotions/form.asp?promocode=FC04. Through May 31 2004, FlightFund members will earn a 50-percent mileage bonus when borrowing from Nationwide Advantage Mortgage Company. That's 500 miles in addition to the standard 1,000 FlightFund miles per $10,000 in principal amount borrowed. Apply at by calling 1-888-906-4537. America West has announced changes to mileage requirements for award tickets, as well as elite bonuses and other perks. While the airline touts its cheap awards, many people will find that award seats just got more expensive. America West FlightFund members can now reserve award tickets online for flights within the continental U.S. Effective January 1, 2004, America West FlightFund elite members will receive fewer elite bonus miles. Under the new scheme, members receive 100% / 50% / 25% mileage bonuses for Platinum/Gold/Silver elites, respectively, versus the previous 125% / 100% / 50% bonus rate. Plus, Platinum Reduced Top Value Award redemptions will be discontinued dis·con·tin·ue v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues v.tr. 1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: . Details are at http://americawest.com/flightfund/aboutprogram/ff_ffelitechanges.htm. New Partners for 2004: Capital One Auto Finance: Earn 5,000 miles when you fund a vehicle loan through Capital One Auto Finance. AMERICAN AIRLINES American is doubling its AAdvantage miles on flights from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Kennedy to San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (IPA: [saŋ hwaŋ]) (from the Spanish San Juan Bautista, "Saint John the Baptist") is the capital and largest municipality on Puerto Rico. . The offer is good for San Juan San Juan, city, Argentina San Juan (săn wän, Span. sän hwän), city (1991 pop. 353,476), capital of San Juan prov., W Argentina. It is a commercial and industrial center in an agricultural region. from now through May 31, and for San Francisco between April 16 and May 31 2004. Travelers must register prior to travel at www.aa.com/offers and enter the promotion code for San Juan or San Francisco, or by calling the AAdvantage dial-in system at 800-882-8880. Between April 4 and June 30 2004, AAdvantage members will earn bonus miles for roundtrip round·trip or round-trip also round trip n. A trip from one place to another and back, usually over the same route. flights on AA's new service between Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and Tokyo. Earn 15,000 bonus miles for first or business class and 7,500 bonus miles for higher-priced economy fares, excluding fares beginning with G, O, Q, L, N, S. Register prior to travel using promotion code LATYO. AAdvantage members will earn as many as 6,000 miles for stays at Starwood hotels (Westin, Sheraton, Four Points, St. Regis, Luxury Collection and W Hotels) in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada through June 30. Only Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. through Thursday arrivals are eligible. Earn 1,000 miles for the first stay, 2,000 miles for the second stay, and 3,000 miles plus two 50 percent-discount leisure stay certificates for the third stay. Registration is required. Visit https://www.lg0.net/starwood/TPM/AA_EM.cfm? Members of the American AAdvantage program can now redeem mileage for award travel worldwide. To book, go to American's website. AAdvantage members who fly 10,000 qualifying miles on American, American Eagle or American Connection between January 1 and March 31 can earn extra miles three ways: * 1) Fly 10,000 qualifying miles between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31 to earn triple bonus miles on future qualifying flights through March 31, 2004. * 2) Fly 10,000 qualifying miles between Jan. 1 and Feb. 29 to earn double bonus miles on future qualifying flights through March 31, 2004. * 3) Fly 10,000 qualifying miles between Jan. 1 and Mar. 31 to earn 5,000 bonus miles. (The 5,000-mile bonus may only be earned once.) Bonus mile offer does not apply to fares beginning with L or N. To register for the bonus miles and get more information, go to http://www.aa.com/expectmore or call 1-800-882-8880 and use code FLY04. American has increased the rate at which selected fares will generate points which count toward AAdvantage elite status. Point accrual accrual, n continually recurring short-term liabilities. Examples are accrued wages, taxes, and interest. rates for the highest- and lowest-priced fares remain the same. But those purchasing tickets in the two higher coach tiers earn an extra .5 points per mile. And the bonus for business-class tickets was increased .25 points per mile. Fare Purchased Points Per Mile 2004 2003 First Class 1.50 1.50 Business Class 1.50 1.25 Full-fare Coach (Y, B fares) 1.50 1.00 Discount Coach (H, K, M, Q, except AA transatlantic fares booked in Q, W, V) 1.00 0.50 Deep Discount Coach (G, L, N, S fares) 0.50 0.50 The new rates will apply retroactively ret·ro·ac·tive adj. Influencing or applying to a period prior to enactment: a retroactive pay increase. [French rétroactif, from Latin to 2003 travel for 2004 elite status. See http://www.aa.com/content/urls/elitepoints.jhtml for more. New Partners for 2004: Gift Sense: Earn 10 miles per dollar spent. Be sure to provide code 8933 in order to earn miles. Samsonite: Earn 500 miles when you spend $100 or more on Samsonite and American Tourister Luggage LUGGAGE. Such things as are carried by a traveller, generally for his personal accommodation; baggage. In England this word is generally used in the same sense that baggage is used in the United States. See Baggage. . To receive miles, you must mention promotion code 7239. wine.com: Earn three miles per dollar spent at wine.com. In addition, you'll also earn 500 miles for signing up for a monthly wine club and 1,000 miles for a 12-month club. ATA's Travel Awards ATA's Travel Awards is one of the lesser-known programs in the frequent flier world, but with a new promotion that will let you earn a free ticket to Hawaii after just five round-trips, you might want to start paying attention Noun 1. paying attention - paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" attentiveness, heed, regard . If you prefer to book online and fly often to ATA's destinations in the U.S., Mexico, and the Caribbean, you should consider this frequent flier program as an additional way to earn free travel. ATA's program is based on the number of flights you take, rather than miles flown. Each one-way trip earns 500 points; therefore, a round-trip flight is equivalent to 1,000 points. To earn points, you must register for an ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment Travel Awards account and book your tickets online. This program is not for technophobes, as flights booked through ATA's customer service number or ATA Vacations do not earn you any credit. BUDGET Budget TripRewards. The newest loyalty program on the scene, TripRewards, will allow budget travelers to earn hotel points or airline miles for stays at Cendant-owned hotels. TripRewards has become the world's largest loyalty program based on the large number of participating hotels. You can earn TripRewards points at 6,000 Super 8, Days Inn, Ramada ra·ma·da n. Southwestern U.S. 1. a. An open or semienclosed shelter roofed with brush or branches, designed especially to provide shade. b. An open porch or breezeway. 2. , Travelodge, Howard Johnson, Knights Inn, Villager, Wingate Inn Wingate Inn opened their first hotel in July 1996. Since then, over 100 new Wingate Inns have been opened. Though the chain targets business travelers, leisure travelers have also found the brand name comfortable and accommodating. , and AmeriHost Inn hotels. Although the program features fewer ways to earn miles than hotel points, travelers should pay close attention to mileage-earning options in order to maximize their miles. For more information or to enroll, see http://triprewards.com. CHINA SOUTHERN China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空公司) (SEHK: 1055, NYSE: ZNH) is an airline based in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. has added the new Shangri-La Hotel in Zhongshan to its Sky Pearl Club frequent flyer frequent flyer Hospital practice A popular term for a Pt who is regularly admitted to a particular ER or health care facility, for various reasons program. Sky Pearl Club members earn miles and special room rates throughout China and Asia under the program. This is the second Shangri-La in the Guangdong Province Noun 1. Guangdong province - a province in southern China Guangdong, Kwangtung to join the program. It is the first international deluxe de·luxe also de luxe adj. Particularly elegant and luxurious; sumptuous: deluxe accommodations; a de luxe automobile. adv. hotel in the city, located 15 minutes from the Zhongshan Ferry Port, which provides access to Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . Rack rates start at $118 for a superior room on weekdays and $130 on weekends. CHOICE HOTELS Choice Hotels is the most recent hotel group to offer new bonus mile promotions for hotel stays. Members of eight airline loyalty programs can now earn double miles when they stay at Choice Hotels through April 30 2004. CONTINENTAL OnePass members who buy a full-fare coach ticket on Continental or Continental Micronesia Continental Micronesia is a wholly owned subsidiary airline of Continental Airlines. It operates daily flights to Honolulu, Hawaii, as well as international services to Asia, Micronesia and Australia from its base of operations at Antonio B. will be compensated with 2,500 bonus miles if they find themselves stuck in a middle seat. Details are at http://continental.com/onepass/news/continental/co_20040312_01.asp. Effective March 1, Continental OnePass members will earn 150 percent of elite-qualifying miles (EQMs) and two elite-qualification points (EQPs) when flying on H-class fares. The change elevates H fares to the same status as Y fares. The new policy is described at http://continental.com/onepass/news/continental/co_20040303_01.asp. Continental has announced new domestic and international routes, and if you're one of the first to fly, you can earn double or up to 4,000 OnePass miles in addition to your flight miles. Just remember to register for each promotion prior to travel to be eligible for flight miles. The new routes are to and from Continental's hubs in Cleveland, Houston, and Newark. Travelers from other cities can still earn bonuses by connecting through a hub, though the double miles will only apply to the leg of the journey encompassing one of the new routes. Members of the Continental OnePass program can now redeem miles earned for award travel, upgrades, and non-travel awards. To redeem miles, go to Continental's website. New Partners for 2004: 1-800-CONTACTS: Earn five miles per dollar spent at 1-800-CONTACTS. AeroMexico: AeroMexico and Continental have signed an alliance agreement for flights between the U.S. and Mexico, to begin in the first quarter of this year. Members of the airlines' frequent flier programs will be able to earn and redeem miles on each other's flights. Azteca: Azteca will end its participation in the OnePass program on March 1. OnePass members can earn miles and request award travel on Azteca through February 29, and all award travel must be completed by February 28, 2005. Copa: Continental and Copa have expanded their alliance by increasing the number of code share flights from 27 to 127 U.S. destinations. Members of the airlines' frequent flier programs can earn and redeem miles on each other's flights. ShopRite: Continental has extended its partnership with ShopRite. You can now earn miles for purchases through July 17 2004. TripRewards: Earn two miles for every dollar spent at any participating AmeriHost Inn, Days Inn, Howard Johnson, Knights Inn, Ramada, Super 8, Travelodge, Villager, or Wingate Inn. DELTA SkyMiles members may now redeem their miles online for subscriptions to selected magazines and newspapers, including Time, The Wall Street Journal, Travel + Leisure, etc. Subscriptions begin at 400 miles and can rise as high as 7,200 miles for the daily Hollywood Reporter. To promote the program, members will receive a one-time bonus of 100 miles for their first subscription order placed on or before June 15. See https://delta.mpmvp.com/magazine/default.asp for more. Delta and Avianca have linked mileage programs, allowing members of SkyMiles to earn and redeem miles for Avianca flights, and Avianca's Privilegios members to do the same on Delta flights. German-based Sixt Rent a Car has entered into a new global partnership with Delta Air Lines that allows members of the SkyMiles program to earn 500 miles for each vehicle rental booked with Sixt. Sixt has locations in 51 countries across the world. There is an introductory promotion that gives SkyMiles members triple miles per rental through May 31 2004. Fly a minimum of 5,000 Medallion Qualification Miles by May 31 2004, and you'll earn up to 10,000 Delta SkyMiles and your choice of extra bonuses. But if you fly on discounted tickets, you may need to fly more miles than you think. Delta SkyMiles members may now reserve award seats online for travel with Delta and all of its airline partners. To book an award ticket, go to Delta's website and click on "Award Ticket." Then enter your SkyMiles number and PIN and click "Go." Beginning January 1, 2004, Delta began offering SkyMiles Medallion members unlimited, complimentary upgrades, subject to availability, when purchasing most published fares on most Delta flights within or between the U.S. (excluding Hawaii) and Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico. Upgrade requests are processed automatically, depending on the member's elite status and the type of fare purchased. Medallion members will also be able to upgrade a travel companion. Also beginning in 2004, the formula used to calculate MQMs (Medallion Qualification Miles) will be based on a 750-mile minimum or actual miles flown, whichever is greater, rather than the previous 500-mile minimum. The changes are itemized at http://www.delta.com/skymiles/about/medallion_updates/index.jsp. Delta has renewed its partnership with Nextel, allowing SkyMiles members to earn 7,000 bonus miles when they subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; Nextel service. To subscribe to Nextel service and begin earning miles, visit http://www.nextel.com/delta7k or call 1-877-607-9002 or visit the closest Nextel retail store. New Partners for 2004: SkyMilesShopping.com: Earn up to 10 miles per dollar spent at over 100 online retailers. You must register prior to shopping. In order to earn miles. Earn up to 10 miles per dollar with online retailers such as Circuit City, Eddie Bauer Eddie Bauer (NASDAQ: EBHI) is a clothing store chain. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, and a subsidiary of Eddie Bauer Holdings (formerly Spiegel, Inc.), the company was founded in Seattle in 1920 as "Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop" by its namesake, Eddie Bauer (1899 – , Gap, L.L. Bean, The Sharper Image, and Target. The average earnings are four miles per dollar. To be eligible to earn miles, you must register your SkyMiles account number at SkyMilesShopping.com before you begin to brows. ECONO LODGE Econo Lodge is an economy motel chain based in the United States. Econo Lodge is the second largest brand in the Choice Hotels system. It is one of the best known names of its category and provides affordable rooms to budget travelers. Whether you're interested in free flights or free nights, you can speed up your quest with stays at the Econo Lodge or Rodeway Inn Rodeway Inn is an upper-priced economy chain of motels in the United States and Canada. Rodeway Inn is a brand of the Choice Hotels group. There are over 150 locations in North America. through the spring. The hotels are offering double miles or double EA$Y CHOICE stamps for stays. You can earn double EA$Y CHOICE stamps, double Southwest credits, or double miles on America West, American, Delta, Northwest, United, and US Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. . You can earn 300 miles per stay (normally 150 miles), one Southwest credit per stay (normally 0.5 credits), or two EA$Y CHOICE stamps per night (normally one stamp; you can earn up to 10 stamps per stay). FRONTIER Frontier is offering a 1,500-mile enrollment bonus for new EarlyReturns members. Sign up at http://frontierairlines.com/myFrontier/ff_registration.asp. Members of Frontier's EarlyReturns program will earn double miles from April 11 through June 30 when flying to/from Los Angeles or Washington, DC. Details are here: http://frontierairlines.com/travel/early_returns.asp. Frontier EarlyReturns members may redeem fewer miles for Frontier award tickets to Mexico through February 2004. During the promotion, restricted Mexico awards are offered for 15,000 miles (vs. 25,000 normally), and unrestricted awards are reduced from 45,000 to 25,000 miles. For details, visit http://www.frontierairlines.com/specials/ff_promotions.asp. Frontier EarlyReturns New Partners for 2004: Dollar: Earn 50 miles per day, when you book directly through Dollar. Check with a car rental agent when making reservations and at pickup Pickup A gain in yield made by selling one bond and buying another. Also referred to as "yield pickup." Notes: When the present yield is relatively low compared to the longer-term yields, pickups will be done by investors trying to increase the yield and duration of their to make sure Frontier will credit your miles. HomeLoanCenter.com: Earn 1,400 miles for every $10,000 borrowed for every purchase or refinance Refinance 1. When a business or person revises their payment schedule for repaying debt. 2. Replacing an older loan with a new loan offering better terms. Notes: When a business refinances they typically extend the maturity date. transaction, or 7,500 miles with a new home equity line of credit. SuperShuttle and ExecuCar: Earn 50 miles per direction when using SuperShuttle "Blue Van" airport transportation. Earn 150 miles per direction when using ExecuCar, SuperShuttle's private sedan Sedan (sədäN`), town (1990 pop. 22,407), Ardennes dept., NE France, on the Meuse River. A noted textile center since the 16th cent., Sedan also has metal and brewing industries. The town became part of French crown lands in 1642. service. You must make reservations online to earn miles. HERTZ Bonus mile offers come and go, but you can always earn miles with Hertz. Currently, you can earn 250 miles, plus get a double upgrade, when you rent a car. Special offers let you earn double or triple miles on your rental as well. HILTON Frequent travelers will be doubly pleased by Hilton's latest promotion. You can earn both double HHonors points and double miles on 11 airlines for stays through March 31 2004, allowing you to earn free flights and nights faster. MIDWEST Midwest Miles members can visit the airline's website to book award trips on Midwest, Skyway sky·way n. 1. A route regularly used by airplanes; an air lane. 2. An elevated highway. Noun 1. skyway - a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another , or partner airline flights to destinations in the continental U.S. To make a reservation, visit Midwest's website. NORTHWEST WorldPerks members will earn triple miles on Northwest's new Denver-Los Angeles nonstop HP's brand name for its fault-tolerant servers, which range in size from four CPUs to 4,000 CPUs. The NonStop line was created by Tandem Computers, which was acquired by Compaq, which later became part of HP. flights between April 4 and June 30. Bonus applies toward elite qualification. Registration is required prior to travel, and by May 31 2004. Northwest's latest promotion, you'll earn 10,000 WorldPerks miles, in addition to flight miles, for flights between the U.S. or Canada and Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, or Asia. You must travel by April 15 2004. If you want to go to Hawaii, but you're short on cash or short on miles, Northwest's latest offer could let you vacation in a tropical paradise this spring. All you need is 20,000 or 35,000 WorldPerks miles and between $260 and $980. Northwest WorldPerks members can now visit the Northwest website to book their award trips on Northwest, Northwest Airlink, KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) , Continental, and Alaska Airlines flights worldwide. Go to Northwest's website to request award travel. Northwest's latest cash-and-miles offer lets you save money and miles on your next flight within the continental U.S. or between the U.S. and Canada or Europe. If you have 5,000, 10,000, or 20,000 miles in your account and up to $350, you can go anywhere Northwest flies. But be sure to shop around because cash-and-miles offers are rarely the best deals around. Book all tickets by February 14 2004, for travel through March 4 for U.S. and Canada trips and departures through February 27 for Europe trips. You must purchase tickets at least 14 days in advance, and stay over a Saturday night. The maximum stay is 30 days. Blackout A complete loss of power. See brownout. dates for North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. travel include all Sundays and February 12 through 17 2004. Up to triple Northwest miles on hotel stays You can earn miles while you sleep with Northwest's latest "Mileage Maximizer" promotion. Just stay two or more times at any of Northwest's hotel partners, and you can earn up to triple miles. The following chart shows how many bonus miles you'll earn after each stay, including the miles you normally earn through hotel partners. Stays at any of Northwest's hotel partners are eligible for this promotion, as long as you list Northwest as your mileage-earning airline partner with hotel programs that require membership to earn miles. If you choose to earn base miles with another airline, you cannot earn Northwest's bonus. You can earn bonus miles for multiple stays at the same hotel, or for stays at different hotel partners. First hotel stay 0 miles Second hotel stay 1 1/2 times normal miles Third hotel stay Double miles Fourth hotel stay and beyond Triple miles To take advantage of this offer, just register prior to your first stay, and use promotion code 8483. Only stays between February 15 and May 15 2004 will earn bonus miles. For a complete list of hotel partners, go to the hotel partners page on Northwest's website. Different hotels offer different base miles, so be sure to compare mileage offers before you book if you want to maximize your earnings with this promotion. You are also eligible to earn bonus miles offered by the hotels themselves; look for recent bonuses here. PRIORITY CLUB Priority Club Rewards members will earn 3,000 bonus points for every 3rd night at InterContinental in·ter·con·ti·nen·tal adj. 1. Extending or taking place between or among continents: intercontinental exploration; intercontinental cooperation. 2. , Crowne Plaza This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Staybridge Suites Staybridge Suites is a brand name applied to hotels within the InterContinental Hotels Group. Staybridge Suites Staybridge Suites® is an innovative all-suite hotel brand designed to meet the needs of extended-stay guests. hotels between January 19 and April 30, 2004. There's a maximum of 30,000 bonus points for the promotion. Registration is required. To register or for more info, see http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/pc/1/en/home. Beginning March 29 2004, Priority Club Rewards members will earn points or miles at more than 100 Candlewood Suites Candlewood Suites is a brand name applied to hotels within the InterContinental Hotels Group. History The Candlewood Suites chain was started in 1995 by Jack Deboer, founder of the Residence Inn and co-founder of the Summerfield Suites chain. hotels in the United States. Earning bonus miles for Priority Club family hotel stays. Members of nine frequent flier programs can earn 500 miles for every third stay, or if you'd rather save up for free hotel stays, you can earn 3,000 Priority Club Rewards points instead. Just stay three nights at any InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, or Staybridge Suites hotel worldwide, between January 19 and April 30 2004, and you can earn 3,000 Priority Club Rewards points or 500 Air Canada, Alaska, America West, American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United, or US Airways miles. To be eligible, you need to be a Priority Club Rewards member and choose a preferred airline for earning miles. In addition, you must register for this promotion prior to your first stay. SOUTHWEST Southwest Rapid Rewards members can now book award travel online, but they must request an e-ticket. Go to Southwest's website and enter your cities and dates; you will need to provide your Rapid Rewards number and password. Southwest has extended the end date of its online booking bonus from June 30 until December 31, 2004. The promo pro·mo n. pl. pro·mos Informal A promotional presentation, such as a television spot, radio announcement, or personal appearance. offers Rapid Rewards members one bonus credit for each roundtrip, or a half-credit bonus for one-way trips, booked on southwest.com and flown by December 31. Details are at http://southwest.com/rapid_rewards/rr_whats_new.html#bonus. Members of Southwest's Rapid Rewards program now have two new credit- card options, the Rapid Rewards Visa Signature card and the Rapid Rewards Visa Business card, both issued by First USA. Both offer two Reward Dollars for every $1 in Southwest Airlines This article is about the American airline. For the former Japanese airline, see Japan Transocean Air. For the British airline, see Air Southwest. Southwest Airlines Co. purchases, excluding Southwest Airlines Vacations purchases, and one Reward Dollar for every $1 in everyday purchases. (1,200 Reward Dollars = one Rapid Rewards Credit.) Annual percentage rate for both cards is 12.65%, variable, and the annual fee is $59. For further information, see http://www.Southwest.com/visa or call 800-SWA-VISA. UNITED Join the TedClub and fly Ted twice by June 13 2004 to earn a free roundtrip companion ticket valid for travel on Ted in the contiguous Adjacent or touching. Contrast with fragmentation. See contiguous file. 48 United States between September 10 and December 15. Qualifying tickets must be booked online at flyted.com. The TedClub is an offshoot of Mileage Plus which includes a number of special offers for customers of United's newly launched low-fare subsidiary, Ted. There's no charge to join. See http://www.flyted.com/tedclub/offerTC_freeCompanion.htm for more. United has extended its promotion, now you can transfer miles to another account through March 31 2004. But given the cost of the transaction, you might want to think twice before taking advantage of this promotion. Frequent diners Diners can mean:
Members of the United Mileage Plus program can now book award travel online to destinations within the U.S. or Canada. To make a reservation, visit United's website and enter your Mileage Plus number and password. Then click "Login Signing in and gaining access to a network server, Web server or other computer system. The process (the noun) is a "login" or "logon," while the act of doing it (the verb) is to "log in" or to "log on. ." United has matched American's first-quarter bonus promotion (see above), offering triple, double or 5,000 bonus miles for Mileage Plus members who fly 10,000 qualifying miles on United, United Express or Ted between January 1 and March 31, 2004, as follows: * 1) Fly 10,000 qualifying miles between January 1 and January 31 to earn triple bonus miles on future qualifying flights through March 31, 2004. * 2) Fly 10,000 qualifying miles between January 1 and February 29 to earn double bonus miles on future qualifying flights through March 31, 2004. * 3) Fly 10,000 qualifying miles between January 1 and March 31 to earn 5,000 bonus miles. The 10,000 mile hurdle HURDLE, Eng. law. A species of sledge, used to draw traitors to execution. may be flown in W, S and T booking classes, but the triple/double miles will not be awarded on W, S and T booking classes. Registration is required. For details and to register, visit http://united.com/page/article/0,1360,50661,00.html. United has released an extensive package of changes to the elite tiers of Mileage Plus. Beginning January 1, 2004, Mileage Plus members' United class-of-service bonus miles and segments will count toward earning elite status. (Members earn a 50% mileage or segment bonus for first class, and a 25% bonus for business class.) Members will also earn two systemwide upgrades upon reaching 125,000 flight miles or 125 flight segments; and two more at 150,000 flight miles or 150 flight segments. In 2004, elites will receive the following, based on their flying in 2003: * 2,500 miles (redeemable Redeemable Eligible for redemption under the terms of an indenture. only) awarded to Premier members with 25,000 flight miles or 30 flight segments. * 10,000 miles (redeemable only) awarded to Premier Executive members with 50,000 flight miles or 60 flight segments. * Six electronic systemwide upgrades with limited restrictions for Premier Executive 1Ks with 100,000 Elite Qualifying Miles or 100 Elite Qualifying Segments. * Two more systemwide upgrades for 1Ks with 100,000 flight miles or 100 flight segments. * Plus, Million Milers will receive two Confirmed Regional Upgrades on United or United Express. New Partners for 2004: E*TRADE: United and E*TRADE have ended their partnership, as of December 31, 2003. Sony: United and Sony have announced a new program, in which Mileage Plus members can earn and redeem United miles for downloading downloading - download music through Sony's new Connect (TM) music service. The product is expected to launch in spring 2004, and the Mileage Plus music site will also launch at that time. US AIRWAYS US Airways Dividend Miles US Airways Vacations is offering 17 percent commission to agents who book a Distinctive Vacation now through March 10 2004 using the VAX (Virtual Address eXtension) A venerable family of 32-bit computers from HP (via Digital and Compaq) introduced in 1977 with the VAX-11/780. VAX models ranged from desktop units to mainframes all running the same VMS operating system, and VAXes could emulate PDP models VacationAcess tool, found at www.vaxvacationaccess.com. Clients will earn 10,000 bonus Dividend Miles for Distinctive Vacation packages when booking now through March 31, for travel through Dec. 31. Distinctive Caribbean Vacations include roundtrip in First Class air on US Airways, superior hotels, transfers, hotel taxes and service charges. Distinctive European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. Vacations include roundtrip Envoy envoy: see diplomatic service. Envoy - Motorola's integrated personal wireless communicator. Envoy is a personal digital assistant which incorporates two-way wireless and wireline communication. Class air travel on US Airways (First Class on domestic flight segments), superior hotels, hotel taxes, service charges and daily breakfast. The bonus Dividend Miles offer is valid on Distinctive air/hotel vacation packages only from US Airways Vacations. The traveler must be an existing Dividend Miles Member to receive the 10,000 bonus miles. Preferred members may request unlimited free upgrades to first class when flying US Airways in the U.S., Canada, Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and the Caribbean beginning March 1 2004. Preferred members ticketed on full coach fares (Y, B, U) may reserve upgrades subject to availability any time before departure. Members traveling on qualifying discount fares may request upgrades according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their Preferred level. Chairman's Preferred members may request upgrades discounted fares at least seven days before departure. Gold Preferred members may request upgrades three days before departure, and Silver Preferred members may request one day prior to departure. Effective December 16, 2003, Dividend Miles members may earn mileage credit for Spanair flights. Coach fares earn actual flown miles, and there's a 50% bonus for business class. Spanair miles count toward Preferred status, and Spanair flights earn Preferred bonus miles. There's been no start date announced for award travel on Spanair. If the award destination is serviced by US Airways, and not only by a partner airline, Dividend Miles members can redeem their miles for award tickets online at US Airways' website. Enter your Dividend Miles number and PIN, then click "access account" to make reservations up to six hours prior to departure. New Partners for 2004: Lufthansa: As of October 26, 2003, Dividend Miles members can earn actual miles flown on paid economy class flights booked through Lufthansa. Earn 50 percent more miles when you fly in business or first class. If you are a Silver Preferred member, you will receive a 50 percent bonus when flying Lufthansa. If you are a Gold or Chairman's Preferred member, you will earn a 100 percent bonus. Qualifying miles count toward elite status. Spanair: Earn actual miles flown or a minimum of 500 miles on paid economy class flights booked through Spanair. Earn 50 percent more miles when you fly in business class. Quadruple quad·ru·ple adj. 1. Consisting of four parts or members. 2. Four times as much in size, strength, number, or amount. 3. Music Having four beats to the measure. n. miles with 11 airlines. Members of Hyatt Gold Passport passport Document issued by a national government identifying a traveler as a citizen with a right to protection while abroad and a right to return to the country of citizenship. It is normally a small booklet containing a description and photograph of the bearer. can take advantage of special offers to earn double, triple, or quadruple miles at select hotels in the coming months. If you belong to Priority Club Rewards instead, you can still earn miles. The hotel group is offering 500 miles for every third stay. Hyatt Gold Passport. You can always find specials for individual properties offering bonuses for stays on Hyatt's website. If you're a member of Air Canada Aeroplan, Alaska Mileage Plan, America West FlightFund, American AAdvantage, Continental OnePass, Delta SkyMiles, Midwest Miles, Northwest Worldperks, Southwest Rapid Rewards, United Mileage Plus, or US Airways Dividend Miles, you should keep tabs on tab 1 n. 1. A projection, flap, or short strip attached to an object to facilitate opening, handling, or identification. 2. A small, usually decorative flap or tongue on a garment. 3. these special offers in order to earn double, triple, or even quadruple airline miles for your hotel stay. If you prefer to earn hotel points, the majority of offers on Hyatt's site are for bonus points (though we're not listing them here), so you're a winner either way. All airlines, except Southwest, normally earn 500 miles per stay, while Southwest frequent fliers normally earn half a credit per stay. Take advantage of these promotions and you can earn up to 2,000 miles or two credits per stay. |
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