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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Hilton Honors Complete Guide (2026)
Hilton Honors is the loyalty program for Hilton hotels & resorts and their many brands worldwide. While Hilton has gotten a bit of a...
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...
Which award search tool is best?
It's possible to fly economy class to Hawaii for 10,000 miles, or fly business class to Europe for as few as 34,000 miles, or fly...
Award ticket change and cancellation fees by transfer partner
Award ticket change and cancellation fees vary wildly from one airline program to another. This post outlines the award change and cancellation policies of...
[Dead] Book luxury African safari camps with I Prefer points
Sadly, it appears that neither of the properties listed below is available to book with I Prefer points anymore. The original post follows...
Yesterday I...
(Expired) 2K bonus points with every Best Western Award stay through 4/30/25
Best Western Rewards is advertising 2,000 bonus points with "every" Pay With Points stay through 4/30/25. In reality, the bonus may be earned up...
(EXPIRED) Singapore Spontaneous Escapes February 2025 (for travel March 2025)
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer is out with its latest list of "Spontaneous Escapes", which are discounted award redemptions that are only good for travel in...
The best programs for lap infant award tickets
Before your child is two years old, most airlines will allow you to bring the child as a lap infant. Fees to do so...
Thai Airways awards wide-open exclusively through United
A couple of weeks ago I read Loyalty Lobby's post that asserted that United has "special access to Thai Airways award availability that isn’t...
