Virgin Atlantic still has award charts, and they’re pretty good
When Virgin Atlantic introduced dynamic award pricing in October 2024, I assumed that award charts for their own flights had gone away. I knew...
Qantas Frequent Flyer program changes: Increased award pricing, more options for booking airline partners...
Qantas has announced several upcoming changes to its Frequent Flyer loyalty program. Although there are some silver linings like lower award pricing on short...
Air France KLM Flying Blue award prices increase by 15-25% to/from Europe
Thrifty Traveler points out what appears to be a devaluation of Air France / KLM Flying Blue miles: the minimum pricing for awards in...
The Seagate Hotel & Spa, Delray Beach Florida (A Preferred hotel bookable with points)....
My wife and I kicked off the new year with four nights at The Seagate Hotel in Delray Beach, Florida. Even though this hotel...
How to find and book Etihad First Class Apartments (Video)
Etihad first class apartments are among the most luxurious experiences in the sky. It's hard to imagine anything better...but it can be hard to...
World of Hyatt adds The Venetian and gives it the Mr & Mrs Smith...
At the end of last year, World of Hyatt announced that it would be expanding its footprint in Las Vegas through a partnership with...
No, Choice Privileges hasn’t actually devalued…yet
Yesterday, there was a reddit thread where several folks noticed that Choice Privileges appeared to have increased the points cost of many of their...
(EXPIRED) Flying Blue Promo Rewards: Fly to/from Europe from 15k miles each way
The latest batch of Air France/KLM Flying Blue Promo Rewards came out today. As is common with these monthly deals, there's the opportunity to...
(Dead) Air Canada Aeroplan: Reduce award price by switching from a flexible reward
Update 1/1/25: It appears that it's no longer possible to book a flexible reward ticket and then change it to a saver award.
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(DEAD) Hyatt Suite Upgrades can now be easily used when there’s no standard availability
Update 12/26/24: A few days ago, we received an e-mail from a reader who said that they had successfully applied a suite upgrade award for...
(EXPIRED) Air France/KLM Flying Blue sweet spot: Short-haul economy Delta flights from 1.5k miles,...
Update 12/25/24: As an unwelcome Christmas gift, Flying Blue pricing has now reverted to normal and this discounted awards are no longer available unfortunately.
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(EXPIRED) Delta is running a business class award sale, but temper your expectations
Delta launched a new award sale yesterday for flights in Delta One (i.e. business class). The value from these offers is questionable, but if...
Book Delta One to Taipei from 93,500 SkyMiles
It can be hard to get good value from your Delta SkyMiles if you want to travel in business class, but there's currently some...
Preferred Problems (issues booking Preferred Hotels with points)
Preferred Hotels & Resorts is a collection of independent hotels around the world. For point collectors, there are two ways in which it's possible...
