Air Jamaica Says “We Do” Tie the knot in one of the Caribbean destinations served by Air Jamaica and you can get a free upgrade to the airline’s new Executive Business Class. To qualify, the bride and groom must book a minimum of 22 seats (including themselves) through Air Jamaica’s group sales office at (800) 523-6805, or groupsales@airjamaica.com. The upgrades are processed once the entire group is ticketed. Air Jamaica provides 300 non-stops weekly, from Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York (JFK), Orlando, and Philadelphia in the United States; Toronto in Canada; and from London in the United Kingdom to Montego Bay and Kingston. The airline also offers daily non-stop service between New York/JFK and Barbados, and direct service between JFK to both St. Lucia and Grenada. It offers intra-regional service with flights between Jamaica and the Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, Cuba, Curaçao, Grand Cayman and St. Lucia.

United Increases Mileage Purchase Limit The limit is now 50,000 miles, up from 40,000. The cost starts at 2.5¢. What does this mean? Anyone can buy into the mileage game overnight to net upgrades that can save thousands of dollars. Domestic upgrades start at 15,000 miles each way; Asia, Europe and South Pacific at 30,000 miles each way. More: www.ualmiles.com/PersonalMiles.jsp.

“Honey, Your Upgrade Just Called” Delta now will contact Medallion members via voice, e-mail, or text message when their elite upgrade clears.

American Airlines’ First Class Loo On March 1 American opened up a new First Class seat to coach passengers: the lavatory. In 2003 the airline restricted its use to First Class passengers—the only airline to have such a rule. My take: This is acceptable if it’s limited to the first few rows of economy. Otherwise, I don’t see the benefit to those in First Class who are paying top dollar. The change applies to domestic flights and to international flights from the US. Under Transportation Security Administration rules, passengers on incoming international flights still most use the lavatories in their cabin.

This Just In… Starwood Hotel’s Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) program has just raised the purchase limit on Starpoints to 100,000 annually. That’s one of the best affinity deals going because Starpoints are transferable to 30 different airlines, and there’s a 25% transfer bonus! That means you can net 125,000 miles annually, bringing the cost-per-mile down to 2.8¢. Available in increments of 500. American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and Diners Club accepted as payment. Details: https://starwood.mpmvp.com/Default.asp.

Next month I will flesh out the fine print, including how to get around the purchase limit and the poor transfer ratios the program offers with United and Continental.