Le Chic Geek

Last year, I was determined to make sure I hit at least 85,000 miles.  The reason for this is because US Airways has a Special Dividends program that gives you different benefits in between status levels.  The 85,000 one includes being able to enter the upgrade queue, even on award …

When you are an Emerald Member with National, it’s really nice–you can just go to the lot and pick your car on a standard rental. But this isn’t true when you rent through a third-party discount site like Hotwire or Priceline.  You can’t just walk out on the lot and get …

Yes, dog poop. A US Airways flight from LA to Philly had to make an emergency landing after a dog pooped in the aisle. Big deal, right? Well, the dog pooped.  Like, really pooped.  All over. So much so, they didn’t even have enough paper towels to scoop it up. …

Over four weeks ago, my husband got his status packet for his Silver Preferred Status.  I eagerly awaited my packet for Chairman’s Preferred, but didn’t get anything for a few days.  When I finally phoned up US Airways, they just confirmed that mine wasn’t lost in the mail. Why would …

If you are having a bad day, I think this bird is having a worst one. From Boston.com: A JetBlue flight leaving Logan International Airport this morning had to make an emergency landing after the plane struck a bird during takeoff, the airline said in a statement. JetBlue flight 111, …

Canada will allow personal electronic devices during both the take-off and landing phases of flights, according to Ghetto IFE. This change would also include laptops, a departure from the US regulations-–so check out his post. Previously, the United States and Europe allowed electronic devices, but Canada and Mexico did not. …

A commercial pilot riding in (what I assume is) the jump seat ran into trouble when one of the bags of cocaine he had ingested burst during landing on a flight from Colombia to Houston. Realizing he was in trouble, he called 911 himself upon landing. Click2Houston has the scoop, …

How to travel around the Las Vegas Tram system The monorail system in Las Vegas is expensive and really inconvenient.  It connects through the back of the hotels on the East side of the strip.  Some of those hotels, like MGM, are huge and you have to walk through the …

The deal to get free credit on Amazon.com by “buying” free apps is still on.  You don’t need to download anything, so take advantage of it before it is gone!  Free fake-amazon.com money!  (It’s worth $10 in Amazon credits). A helpful reader posted in the comments about how to double …

Amazon right now has a bonus for purchases in their Android app store that also applies to some free apps. The best part is you don’t even have to technically download the apps–just “buy” them. Here’s the list of free apps, but not all of them work. You get 200 coins …