Frequent Flyer Program News January 2005.Continental OnePass Through April 30, 2005, Continental OnePass members will earn 7,000 bonus miles for Continental flights between Honolulu and Nagoya, Japan. Promo pro·mo n. pl. pro·mos Informal A promotional presentation, such as a television spot, radio announcement, or personal appearance. code is 56031. Registration is required. Visit http://www.continental.com/onepass/news/default.asp for more information. Jan 10, 2005 Delta SkyMiles Beginning January 1, 2005, Delta has made a number of changes to its elite program, including the following:Increased the number of elite- qualifying miles (EQMs) awarded on deeply discounted economy fares (L, T, U) from 50 percent to 100 percent of actually flown miles. With the change, all eligible discounted coach fares (H, Q, K, S, L, U, T) will earn 100 percent of actual flown miles, or 500 miles, whichever is greater, as both award miles and EQMs. Decreased from 200 percent to 150 percent the percentage of EQMs earned for first/business class. Again, the change does away with the discrepancy DISCREPANCY. A difference between one thing and another, between one writing and another; a variance. (q.v.) 2. Discrepancies are material and immaterial. between EQM EQM External Quality Monitoring (customer evaluation of service received) EQM Environmental Quality Management (Cincinnati, OH) EQM Elite Qualifying Miles (United Airlines Mileage Plus) and award-mile earning rates. Decreased the minimum number of EQMs awarded for short flights from 750 to 500 miles. Other elite changes:The requirement to reach Platinum Medallion status decreased from 100,000 to 75,000 miles. This change was clearly to maintain parity parity or space parity, in physics, quantity that refers to the relationship between an object or process and the image that it can produce in a mirror. with Continental and Northwest, which are co-partners with Delta in the SkyTeam alliance. All elite members can now upgrade at the time of booking when purchasing full-Y fares (Y, B, M). The unlimited complimentary domestic upgrades from discounted coach fares is now confirmable up to five days in advance for Platinum members, three days in advance for Gold members, and one day in advance for Silver members. (Replaces the current multi- tiered, hour-based upgrade schedule.) The changes are detailed at http://delta.com/skymileschanges Jan 10, 2005 Delta SkyMiles Delta SkyMiles members will earn a 20.05 percent bonus for purchases charged to their Amex-issued SkyMiles credit cards throughout the month of January 2005. A maximum of 10,000 bonus miles may be earned with this offer. Registration is required. Link to the offer from Delta's special offer page, at http://delta.com/skymiles/getmiles/limitedtime_offers/index.jsp. Jan 10, 2005 Frontier EarlyReturns Effective December 1 2004, elite members of Frontier's EarlyReturns program began receiving larger elite bonuses. Ascent members now receive a 25-percent 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 bonusiup from 10 percent previouslyion all Frontier and Frontier JetExpress flights; and Summit members will receive a 50- percent mileage bonus, up from 25 percent. (Frontier's Web site has not yet been updated to reflect the change.) For a description of the new bonuses, visit http://frontierairlines.com/travel/ff_tier_levels.asp. Jan 10, 2005 Frontier EarlyReturns Through Points.com, members of Frontier's EarlyReturns program can now exchange their miles for miles and points in other participating programs, or transfer miles from other programs into their EarlyReturns accounts. For details or to make an exchange, see http://points.com. Jan 10, 2005 Hilton HHonors Hilton HHonors[sic] is the loyalty program of the Hilton Hotels Corporation. HHonors benefits at participating Hilton, Conrad, Doubletree, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Grand Vacations Club, Homewood Suites Hilton's three-way earning option, introduced on July 1 2004 as a limited-time promotion scheduled to expire on December 31 2004, has been extended indefinitely in·def·i·nite adj. Not definite, especially: a. Unclear; vague. b. Lacking precise limits: an indefinite leave of absence. c. . Members of the HHonors program may choose from the following: Points and Variable Miles: Earn 10 HHonors Base points plus one airline mile per eligible $1 spent. Points and Fixed Miles: Earn 10 HHonors Base points per eligible $1 spent plus 500 miles per stay (100 miles per stay at Hampton/Scandic hotels). Points and Points: Earn 10 HHonors Base points plus five bonus points per eligible $1 spent.To register their choice, HHonors members should visit http://hiltonhhonors.com/myway and select the preferred option. Preferences may be changed whenever and as many times as the member chooses. Jan 10, 2005 Hyatt Hotels Hyatt Hotels has agreed to buy the 143-hotel AmeriSuites chain from the Blackstone Group Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) is a prominent private equity and investment management firm founded in 1985 by Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman. The company is based in New York City, in River House on Park Avenue at Fifty-first Street, with offices in Atlanta, in a deal reportedly worth $600 million. While there are no specifics yet, Hyatt said it plans to integrate AmeriSuites into its Gold Passport program sometime in 2005. Jan 10, 2005 Northwest WorldPerks Through December 31, 2005, WorldPerks members can earn an extra 1,000 miles per roundtrip round·trip or round-trip also round trip n. A trip from one place to another and back, usually over the same route. flight on Northwest, Northwest Airlink or KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) by paying $20 to "SuperSize supersize or supersized Adjective larger than standard size Verb [-sizes, -sizing, -sized] to increase the size of (something, such as a standard portion of food) " their miles. This amounts to purchasing the miles for $0.02 each. SuperSize purchases must be made prior to the flight, and only one SuperSize bonus may be applied to any single roundtrip. Bonus miles do not count toward elite status. More information and a registration form are at http://www.nwa.com/features/supersize.html. Jan 10, 2005 Northwest WorldPerks Through February 28, 2005, WorldPerks members will earn double miles for two-night stays and triple miles for stays of three or more nights at participating Okura Hotels & Resorts. Also, WorldPerks members who join the Okura Club International will earn 500 miles after the first stay. Details are at http://www.nwa.com/features/okura.html. Jan 10, 2005 Priority Club Through January 31, 2005, points in the programs of Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, Priority Club and Starwood can be converted to 50 percent more miles in British Air's Executive Club program. See http://www.britishairways.com/travel/hotelptm/public/en_us for more, including instructions on converting points from the participating hotel programs. Jan 10, 2005 SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. EuroBonus Beginning February 1, 2005, members of the SAS EuroBonus program will be able to earn and 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. points for stays at Best Western hotels, including approximately 100 properties located within Nordic countries. See the Best Western Web site at http://bestwestern.com for details. Jan 10, 2005 US Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. Dividend Miles Through March 1, 2005, Dividend Miles members will earn 7,500 bonus miles for roundtrip US Airways flights to/from London or Manchester in coach (Y , B, M, H, Q, V, W fare classes) and 15,000 bonus miles in business class. Registration is required. See http://www.usairways.com/dividendmiles/6784.htm for more information and to register. Jan 10, 2005 Copyright (c) 2005 Pyramid pyramid, structure pyramid. The true pyramid exists only in Egypt, though the term has also been applied to similar structures in other countries. Egyptian pyramids are square in plan and their triangular sides, which directly face the points of the Media Group, Inc. / AirguideOnline.com. All rights reserved. |
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