My AAdvantage love affair continues
More than a year ago I published "Why AAdvantage is my new favorite mileage program." It was not, and is still not, my favorite points program. That honor goes to transferable points programs: Amex...
American Airlines award chart sweet spots you might be ignoring
During our Million Mile Madness challenge, it probably isn't a surprise that Greg, Stephen, and I have all filled in some gaps in our travels by using our miles to buy award tickets. Given...
Is Alaska Mileage Plan blocking close-in partner awards?
Update: Alaska now says that this block on close-in partner awards will be removed within a matter of "days."
Over the last couple of weeks, there have been numerous reports of Alaska Mileage Plan's online booking...
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How to find the best routes with Flight Connections [Video]
There's an awesome tool called "FlightConnections" that can be very useful for flight research. There's a free version that's quite useful, and a paid version that's even more useful.
How to find the best routes...
A simple solution for finding Finnair award availability
Earlier this year, Finnair finalized its loyalty program changeover to Avios. When they first announced that change last year, they also advised that they'd be providing guaranteed award availability on every flight - a...
Some IHG properties let you book any room type for varying number of points
While researching my accommodation options for Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam for our Million Mile Madness challenge, I came across an interesting phenomenon - the ability to book any room type at an...
Current point transfer bonuses for November 2024
The best points rewards programs, in our opinion, are those that allow points to be transferred to many different airline and hotel loyalty programs. In this way, it's often possible to get outsized value...
Advanced Award Booking Techniques | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep279 | 11-1-24 |...
If you learn a few advanced tricks, you can book awards for less miles than you'd think, and for better products or flights than you might think as well.
Watch the full episode below, or...
20% Transfer Bonus from Capital One to British Airways Avios
Bilt isn't the only the only one schlepping Avios today, as Capital One is also offering a 20% bonus when transferring Capital One Miles to British Airways (and thus potentially to Aer Lingus, Iberia,...
Virgin Atlantic dynamic award pricing is live and it’s pretty good….for now
Last month Virgin Atlantic disclosed that on October 30 it'd be moving to a dynamic pricing model for award flights. That day is here and sure enough, award flights are now being charged dynamically.
Right...
Get 40% bonus when transferring Chase Ultimate Rewards to Virgin Atlantic
Although some transferable currencies launch new transfer bonuses on the first of a month, Chase seems to have started launching some on the first of the month and some mid-month.
October is no exception as...
How to book Alaska Mileage Plan stopover awards [Video]
One of the cool things about Alaska miles is that you can add a stopover on a one-way award for free! Nick will show us how to book a stopover with Alaska miles.
How to...
Understanding the Air Canada Aeroplan award chart
Over the weekend, we published a "How to" video explaining how to book a stopover with Air Canada Aeroplan. In comments on the Youtube video and the accompanying post, I came to realize that...
Award alerts really work
The point of this post is all in the title. I love tools that let you set up alerts so that you'll get notified when airline and hotel awards open up. I've recently had...
