First steps towards rebuilding my point fortune: Bilt and AA
In the post "Plans for rebuilding my point fortune," I wrote about my 5/24 status and my desire to build up points in the following programs: Bilt Rewards, AA, Alaska, and Marriott. In that...
Canceling Business Platinum cards
My wife and I had three American Express Business Platinum cards in which the $695 renewal fees posted in early July. That meant that we had until early August to cancel these cards in...
A $185,000 hotel bill, United making America sloshed again and is Hyatt going to...
A $185,000 hotel bill, American Airlines cracking down on skiplagging, United finally letting folks double fist and...is Hyatt preparing for dynamic pricing? All that and more in this week's Saturday Selection, our weekly round-up...
Points alchemy: Convert Bilt to Hilton almost 1 to 4 ratio
Here's a random thought. You know the latest Bilt Rent Day promo offering up to 150% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic? If you qualify for that 150% bonus, then you could use that promo...
(Update: Now Live) Choice & Radisson loyalty programs being combined on July 25
Update 7/25/23: This is now live, so you can book Radisson properties using Choice Privileges points on the Choice website. We'll have some further analysis soon regarding redemption rates on Radisson properties, but wanted...
Having trouble with an airline website? Try the app.
File this under "general tips and advice", but this came up for me over the weekend and even though I knew of this solution to my problem, it didn't come to mind until a...
Selecting a Vegetarian meal on JAL (and why I won’t next time)
For our Party of 5 trip this past June, our whole team traveled together for 2 weeks, starting with a flight from San Francisco to Tokyo on a Japan Airlines Business Class flight which...
“Easy” business class awards to Asia, United Airlines Expert Mode… (Saturday Selection)
Are you looking for an easy (to find) award ticket to Asia (that is almost impossible to book)? This week we learn how to easily find those business class award space to Asia and...
Now stop over on partner awards with Air France / KLM Flying Blue
Air France / KLM Flying Blue added a free stopover on award tickets late last year, but that was initially limited to being available on Air France or KLM-operated flights. Loyalty Lobby reports that...
Air Canada Aeroplan: Reduce award price by switching from a flexible reward
A few commenters have mentioned this in the past, but I just now had a chance to try this out. With Air Canada Aeroplan award bookings, it's possible to book higher priced flexible awards...
JetBlue’s bad math: awards to Canada are cheaper than they appear
JetBlue began flying to Vancouver, Canada last year. Unless something changed very recently, I'm going to guess that they sell fewer award tickets on their two Vancouver routes (from New York-JFK and Boston's Logan...
MGM to partner with Marriott Bonvoy from October 2023 onward
Marriott International and MGM Resorts International announced today that they have signed a long-term licensing agreement that will see many of MGM's properties integrated into Marriott Bonvoy and members in both programs should be...
55K business class to Vietnam on some dates with Flying Blue (plus ~$400 in...
A reader wrote in on Instagram a couple of weeks ago with a hot tip that I just got a second to explore: Flying Blue has great pricing on select dates between select East...
How to earn 1.3 million miles from one flight, Capital One Shopping clawbacks and...
Earning 1.3 million miles from one paid flight, another round of Capital One Shopping clawbacks, Amex retention calls made easy and the 23,000,000-mile man. All that and more in this week's Saturday Selection, our...
