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Dear Cashing In,I no longer have an AAdvantage credit card. How do I keep my American Airlines miles from expiring? -SylviaDear Sylvia,Like United, US Airways and Frontier Airlines, American Airlines' miles expire after 18 months if there's no earning or redeeming activity on the account. Without activity on your AAdvantage credit card, which kept that account active, you have several options for renewing your account without actually flying.Using the AAdvantage dining program is one way. You register up to six credit cards in the program and then pay with one of them when you eat out at one of the thousands of participating restaurants. Points are automatically credited to your account. Shopping online via the AAdvantage shopping portal is another way. Purchasing a $1.29 song in iTunes through the portal is all it takes to renew your miles account for another 18 months.If you book a hotel room from a partner of American Airlines (including any hotel under the Hilton, InterContin...
FBN’s Diane Macedo on Alaska Airlines ’ plans to expand its fleet with an order for 50 Boeing 737s.
Alaska Airlines said Thursday it plans to buy 50 Boeing Co. jets with a combined list price of about $5 billion in its largest order in its history. "This order posi...
An outage that cut phone and data service to Sprint customers in parts of California, Oregon and Washington also grounded some Alaska Airlines passengers on Monday a...
FBN’s Robert Gray on Alaska Airlines resolving its computer connection.
FBN’s Liz MacDonald with news of Chrysler’s latest recalls, and Alaska Airlines ’ flight delays.
FBN's Tracy Byrnes breaks down afternoon market news
A Horizon Air flight attendant was arrested Friday night for stealing a passenger's Apple Inc. iPad. The AP reported that the woman, 43-year-old Wendy Ronelle Dye, t...
I was watching the cable news at the gym, with the volume down, and up flashed a headline about a lack of nut-free flights stranding a 13-year old girl in Honolulu.U...
Dear To Her Credit,My husband has two credit cards, with U.S. Bank and Alaska Airlines. I want him to remove me from those two cards so that I can apply on my own fo...
The Transportation sector (IYT) held steady on a trading day that saw S&P 500 drop 0.1%.Covenant Transportation Group (NASDAQ:CVTI) was a major gainer in the sector,...
Dear Cashing In,When I fly, it's with my two daughters, 6 and 8, and we like to sit together. I can't believe I got hit with a charge on my last flight just because ...
Dear Cashing In,I need a basic primer to understand how different air rewards cards compare to each other. As I understand it, with a general rewards card, I can use...
JetBlue Airways Corp caught the airline industry's attention just over a decade ago with low fares and a customer-centric culture. Now, it is under pressure to show ...
Boyd Group president Michael Boyd on American Airlines and U.S. Airways potentially merging to become the world's largest carrier.
U.S. Congressman Rick Larsen stepped into a busy new role this week. As Ranking Member of the House Aviation Subcommittee, the Washington state lawmaker is the top D...
Wolfe Trahan & Co. Senior Airline Analyst Hunter Keay on the airline stocks to watch in the year ahead.
More than 14,000 flights have been cancelled and many more cancellations are expected to wreak havoc on travel plans as airports slow operations and airlines scrap f...
Alaska Airlines (NYSE:ALK) has agreed to buy 50 jets from Boeing's (NYSE:BA) 737 family in a deal valued at more than $5 billion at current list prices.The transacti...
U.S. carrier Alaska Airlines said on Thursday it will buy 50 737 single-aisle jetliners, worth $5 billion at list prices, from Boeing Co in its largest order yet.The...
