We’ve got just a few articles for you this Saturday – a post with Delta’s hidden award chart, a possible trick to reveal better availability when searching for awards on United, and the most haunted places to stay in the world, according to Atlas Obscura.
Delta infamously abandoned their award charts years ago in favor of dynamic pricing. But on most routes flown by partner airlines which don’t touch the United States, Delta has secretly maintained fixed award pricing. Now, the folks at Worldly Express have put together a post which unveils these previously secret charts. Because things work a little differently with flights in the Americas (with each partner having their own award chart), the post starts with non-US/Canada flights, then shows award charts for the specific partners for flights within the Americas. The post also includes definitions about how regions are assessed, exceptions, and more.
United’s MileagePlus Program Showing More Awards if You Change This 1 Setting
People have been noticing that you may get different results in terms of availability depending on which country you have selected at the top of your United account. This post shares examples where switching the country selection (at the top of your screen next to your profile photo) from United States to Canada produced slightly more award availability, or award availability where there didn’t used to be any, even with Singapore Airlines. (But as you may have heard in our Frequent Miler on the Air episode yesterday, there may also be occasions where a United States selection shows more availability than a Canada selection.) The takeaway here is that it may not hurt to toggle that country selection around and see what happens, (though it may not be magic either.)
Dear Atlas: Can You Recommend Haunted Accommodations for Paranormal Enthusiasts?
My twin sister and I have literally had this same question in mind as we approach our 40th birthday. My twin is obsessed with the idea of ghosts and has always loved haunted themes and we thought this might make a fun theme for a 40th birthday trip. Atlas Obscura treated this question very seriously, researching hotels which not only have haunted claims, but historically credible back stories. I don’t know whether to be impressed or horrified that they came up with roughly 17 such hotels all across the world. For example, the Lumley Castle where a woman was thrown down a well in the 1300’s by monks who then lied to her husband upon his return, saying she’d converted to Catholicism on her deathbed. I think this sounds like a fascinating daytime visit, personally.
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