Save 25% on select partner economy class flights with Emirates Skywards
Emirates Skywards is offering an award ticket sale for economy class flights on select partner airlines, including domestic economy class awards on United Airlines. Emirates isn't often your best option for booking its partners, but...
Air France / KLM saver availability from the US stinks (except for New Year)
Right after the ball dropped on 2024, Air France / KLM Flying Blue decided to ring in the New Year by raising its award prices. Economy, premium economy and business class redemptions all went...
Best ways to get to cities in the US and Canada using miles (2025)
If you want to travel within the US and Canada using airline miles, your first impulse might be to use miles from one of the major North American airlines like American, Delta or United....
Searching for sweetness with SAS EuroBonus: Round 1
About a week ago, I became a Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) EuroBonus Millionaire. Now that I finally have one million SAS miles, I'm starting to dig in to the program with excitement. Form being a...
New Marriott in Jim Corbett National Park, India bookable from 24k points per night...
There's a new Ritz-Carlton property opening up in the Masai Mara, but if you'd like a different type of safari experience - and one that costs far fewer points - there's a new Marriott...
Excellent Virgin Atlantic business class availability as low as 29K points + $254
While exploring Seats.Aero the other day, Greg noticed that there is quite a bit of really well-priced business class award space on Virgin Atlantic to Europe, particularly for those looking to travel in early...
Reader tip: Programs to watch at schedule open for 4+ business class seats
The difficulty of award travel increases with the number of travelers in your party, particularly if you'd like to travel in premium cabins. Conventional wisdom in award travel circles is that booking as soon...
Best Hyatt Category 4 Hotels & Resorts (Book before March 25)
In this post you'll find a list of recommended hotels for using your Hyatt category 1-4 certificates. Most of these recommendations come directly from readers. Thank you, everyone who has contributed! And, please comment...
Falling in love with Alaska miles all over again
As someone based on the east cost of the US, more than 3 hours by car from the closest airport served by Alaska Airlines, it might be tempting to think that the airline's loyalty...
Maximizing (and understanding) United Excursionist Perks
United has a cool feature, called an Excursionist Perk, where you can get a free middle flight when booking an international multi-city trip with miles. For example, suppose you're planning a trip to Africa...
How to book Vacasa Vacation Rentals with Wyndham points
Booking Vacasa Vacation Rentals can be an excellent use for Wyndham points. For those interested in booking vacation rentals, this post has everything you need to know
Last year, Vacasa announced plans to merge with...
Hilton Honors Complete Guide (2025)
Hilton Honors is the loyalty program for Hilton hotels & resorts and their many brands worldwide. While Hilton has gotten a bit of a bad rap in the frequent traveler community for not having...
Current point transfer bonuses for March 2025
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...
Alaska Mileage Plan selling mixed-partner award flights (new pricing info)
Update 2/27/25: We've heard back from Alaska regarding the pricing for mixed partner awards and learned that their intention is for those awards to closely track the current cumulative distance, single partner prices:
The pricing logic...
