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American Airlines’ 787-900 is unveiled and routes announced
Via aa.com, the new American Airlines’ 787-900 will start servicing Dallas ( DFW ) routes to Madrid ( MAD ) and Sao Paolo ( GRU ) on November 4th of this year. The aircraft will be a new 3 cabin plane featuring economy, premium economy and business class. This will be the first plane in American’s fleet that will feature a true premium economy product. While the new product looks quite nice it bring into question whether or not upgrades from economy to business will still be allowed as this product is introduced in other aircraft.
The 787-900 is available for booking July 10th for travel commencing November 4th
- Business suites that LIE FLAT!!!!!! sorry Miles got excited
- Aisle access
- International Wifi
- New Walk up bar unique to this aircraft
- 16in screens with Live TV
- Full details here
- Premium Economy introduced
- International Wifi
- Live TV
We loooooooved the Etihad 787
The 787-9 is a longer cabin than that of the 787-8 and therefore can hold more passengers.
The 787 reduces jetlag by pressurizing the cabin to below 6000 ft. Jetlag usually starts to affect people around 6500ft and the typical cabin is pressurized at 8000 feet. The aim of planes like this is to help people reduce the effects of jetlag by giving passengers more oxygen, and therefore helping with jetlag.
The other features of the 787 that you will notice if you’ve never flown one is the elimination of window shades. Personally, I can’t sleep without complete darkness, but the thought process behind this is that it helps with natural sleep rhythms. Cabins are also lit with LED lights which allow the cabin to be more naturally.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
60k Points after $4k spend in 3 months
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 60k points after $4k spend in 3 months
- Worth $750 in Chase Travel℠ and way more if you maximize transfer partners
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2024
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex℠and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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