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Virgin Atlantic substantially increases fees on award tickets

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Late last week, Thrifty Traveler reported that Virgin Atlantic substantially increased surcharges on their own flights, hiking the charge displayed as "taxes & fees"...
Hilton for Business promo 2,000 bonus points

Hilton for Business promo: Earn 2k bonus points for each employee you add (limit...

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Update 6/30/25: This promotion was originally scheduled to end on June 28th but has been extended to now end August 1, 2025. Hilton for Business...

(Last day) Amex to Hawaiian transfers no longer available on 6/30/25

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Update 6/29/25: Today is likely the final day to transfer from Amex Membership Rewards to HawaiianMiles. The exact wording appearing on the Amex site...

Turkish Airlines launching its own 1,000,000-mile contest…is it a delight?

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What hath SAS wrought? Last year, the Scandinavian airline made worldwide news (and a Frequent Miler Challenge) with its gamified contest, which allowed participants to...
a group of seats in a plane

Avianca LifeMiles on sale with a 160% Bonus (1.27 cents each)

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Avianca has another bonus available on LifeMiles purchases, this time it's up to a maximum of 160%. That brings the cost per mile down...

Points Path: An easy “set and forget” award search tool (now works with Safari)

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Points Path is a browser plug-in that automatically integrates with Google Flights. When you run a Google Flights search, Points Path automatically inserts point...

1.4 million+ JetBlue points for 582K Membership Rewards points (How to rock JetBlue 25...

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I'm probably not going to go after JetBlue's incredible 25 for 25 promotion. But as someone on the East Coast with the ability to travel as...
The Great Room at Jim Corbett Marriott Resort & Spa in India (image courtesy of Marriott)

Marriott Bonvoy Chase Offer: Get 10% back on up to $800 in spend

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There's a new, targeted Chase Offer available that gives 10% back as a statement credit at any Marriott Bonvoy property. The one that I...

Intrigued by JetBlue’s epic mileage run opportunity

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I didn't see this coming! JetBlue is offering 350,000 points plus 25 years of status to anyone who flies JetBlue to 25 destinations by...
The Moon Mansion in China, a Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) property (image courtesy of Hilton)

21 more SLH properties are now bookable via Hilton Honors, with 4 properties removed

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Back in March, I shared about some more Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) properties that Hilton had made bookable through its loyalty...
JetBlue Mosaic status Europe promotion

(EXPIRED) Mosaic promo from JetBlue Vacations gives status you might’ve earned anyway

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JetBlue Vacations launched a new promotion yesterday which is awarding Mosaic 1 status for anyone booking a $4,500+ vacation package to Europe for travel...

(EXPIRED) Alaska Airlines award sale: Contiguous one ways from 4k miles, Hawaii one ways...

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Alaska Airlines is once again running an award sale that has some routes in the contiguous US going for 4,000 miles one way, while...
JetBlue 25 for 25 promo

Awesome JetBlue promo: Earn up to 350K points + 25 years of TrueBlue status

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SAS EuroBonus rocked our worlds last year with a promotion awarding 1 million miles to everyone who flew 15 different SkyTeam airlines by the...
Nick 100K Vacay 1

An Avios solution to Nick’s 100K Vacay plans

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Our 100K Vacay team challenge is coming this fall. I previously noted that I would love to solve the challenge by using options available...

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