Using Turkish miles to book United is now easier via phone (hopefully easier online...
I had a funny feeling when I woke up yesterday morning: ever since I noticed the slight update that Turkish made to their website recently, I had a sneaking suspicion that they intended to...
JetBlue’s “free” cancellations are less free on international awards
During the pandemic times, JetBlue joined the other major US airlines in offering free cancellation and redeposit of award tickets. While that is certainly convenient, over the weekend I was reminded of the most...
Aeroplan Award Sale: Up to 25% Off Air Canada Flights
Aeroplan has announced an award sale that offers up to 25% off the points price of all Air Canada flights within Canada or between Canada and the US, Mexico, Central America or the Caribbean....
Turkish Star Alliance awards online once again! Book United to Hawaii for 7500 miles...
In 2019, we broke the news on the Turkish Miles & Smiles sweet spot for domestic Star Alliance flights with the revelation that it was possible to book domestic flights on United, including to...
Finally, a Hyatt Award Availability Calendar: A look at Rooms.aero, Seats.aero’s new hotel search...
Seats.aero has been one of my favorite new flight award search tools over the last year. It's not perfect and requires a little bit of previous knowledge to maximize, but the power and speed...
Simple tip: Get sortable search results with Air Canada by turning your phone
File this one under really simply tips, but did you know that by turning your mobile device sideways (into a landscape view), you can get easily-sortable search results on AirCanada.com? I discovered this about...
25% Transfer Bonus from AMEX Membership Rewards to Air France/KLM Flying Blue
American Express Membership Rewards has added a 25% transfer bonus for Air France/KLM Flying Blue for transfers through 9/22/23.
The Deal
Get a 25% bonus when transferring American Express Membership Rewards to Air France/KLM Flying...
Tools for finding impossible hotel awards
Hotel points and free night certificates can be incredibly valuable. With Hyatt, it's possible to pay 45,000 points per night, or less, for stays that would otherwise cost thousands of dollars per night (a...
How to book business class to Southern Africa for 70,000 miles
Africa can be a difficult destination to find award flights for and, the farther south you want to go on the continent, the more expensive (and challenging) it becomes both in terms of availability...
No, Southwest Airlines is not a valuable transfer partner
In the comments on a post last week, a reader named Andrew mentioned the fact that they found Southwest Rapid Rewards to be a "valuable and unique" transfer partner. The justification for that rationale...
Which award search tool is best?
This post has been updated since its original publication with the addition of a new tool: PointsYeah. We've also updated the seats.aero entry to show that it now supports Air France/KLM Flying Blue.
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The cheapest round-the-world awards in economy class
ANA's Round the World award chart has long been revered for its fantastic business class award pricing. As Greg showed during our 3 Cards 3 Continents challenge last year, it doesn't require a lot...
Seats.aero: a wonderfully nerdy tool for finding Unicorn flight awards [New: Air France/KLM Flying...
Seats.aero makes it easy to find close-in awards on long-haul flights. When I first learned about this tool I was immediately captivated by it. This is not a polished end-user tool like Point.me or...
Yes, you can still book United flights for just 7,500 miles through Turkish Miles...
As a kid, I was a huge fan of the TV show The A-Team. The opening monologue ended dramatically in these words:
If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if...
