March 2009

IN THIS ISSUE: Extreme Business & First Class Fare Anomalies; Business Class for LESS THAN the Price of Coach: Tough Times for Airlines Net Bargain Premium Fares on 20 Carriers; Leisure Travel: Top Ten Premium Fare Deals for Spring Vacation; Domestic Deals: Savings up to 69%—and How Anyone Can Get Them (Plus, Three Ways to Get Instant Elite Status); Upgrade Strategies: Up to 82% Off Business and First Class Travel to Asia and Europe; High & Inside: Lucrative Holes for Premium Travelers in Delta-Northwest Merger (Award Chard Discrepancies Uncovered—Up to 46%); Anomalies and Loopholes: Round-the-World Fares for a Lot Less; Where the (Mileage Award) Seats Are; BIPs to Europe: Most Rewarding Small Business Programs; How to Earn Elite Status After Just Two Flights; Changes to British Airways’ Executive Club, Dramatic; 2-for-1 Deal to India; More Mileage Purchase Deals; and Two New Business Class Seats.

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