American Airlines Flagship First vs Flagship Business
I recently had the chance to fly American Airlines both to and from Europe. My flight to Europe was in American's Flagship First Class on the New York (JFK) to London (LHR) route. On...
Best uses for Marriott free night certificates
Marriott has a huge number of hotels worldwide. For this post, I've collected suggestions for the best hotels that are bookable with Marriott free night certificates. Marriott offers annual 35K and 50K free night...
St. Pancras Renaissance London Grand Staircase Suite (awesome Suite Night Award upgrade!)
On my recent trip to Europe, we spent one night in London at Greg's beloved St. Pancras Renaissance. At the time I booked, the price of a standard room was 548 pounds per night...
Please tell us how to find business class awards
Greg recently had great success booking his ANA round the world award. In response, a reader made a request that we get quite frequently -- "PLEASE tell us how to find business class awards!"....
Aeroplan: Nick’s ace in the hole for #3Cards3Continents
When I selected an Amex Platinum card in the #3Cards3Continents challenge, I knew what I didn't want to do with the points. Greg had already announced his intention to book an ANA Round the World...
Miles & points questions answered, comments shared.
Once I had booked most of my flights for the 3 Cards, 3 Continents Challenge, it was time for me to start weeding through the vast piles of reader comments and emails that I had...
Amazon Prime Day Deals 2022
Amazon Prime Day here (July 12-13 this year). This post includes links to a number of popular deals and we will be sure to update it over the next couple of days as we...
Amazing: Grand Hotel Victoria Concept & Spa on Lake Como
Dear Hawaii: Our love affair has been passionate and heartfelt for many years and no matter what I will always love you, but I owe you an apology. It's not you, it's me. You...
Round the World Award Booked! Lessons learned.
Yesterday I booked an around the world business class award for two! It wasn't easy, but it's done! But... I made a few mistakes along the way. In this post I'll offer up some...
How to book round the world awards
Want to travel all around the world in business class? We've talked about the ANA Round the World chart before, but this week on Frequent Miler on the Air, Greg explains some of his...
Tips for booking ANA’s Round the World award (Updated)
For the 3 Cards, 3 Continents Challenge, I've been busy finding and pricing various ANA Round the World awards. As a result, I've learned some new things since originally publishing this post. The post...
Westin Dragonara Resort Malta: Bottom Line Review
The Westin Dragonara Resort & Spa is on the island nation of Malta (which is located just south of Sicily, Italy). I just spent six nights there and walked away satisfied with the resort...
Fixing Flying Blue’s forever hourglass
Air France-KLM Flying Blue miles are easy to get (transfer from nearly any transferrable points program) and they often offer very good value for both economy and business class awards. One huge frustration, though,...
Virgin Atlantic opens award space gates [when booked directly with Virgin points]
Virgin Atlantic recently vowed to make at least 12 award seats available on every flight: 8 economy seats, 2 premium economy seats, and 2 business class seats (they call these Upper Class seats). In...
