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...
Best ways to get to cities in the US and Canada using miles (2026)
If you want to travel within the US and Canada using airline miles, your first impulse might be to use miles from one of...
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...
Best uses for Turkish Miles & Smiles miles (2026)
Turkish Miles & Smiles is a 1:1 transfer partner from Capital One Miles, Citi ThankYou points, and Bilt Rewards, meaning that it is easy...
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...
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...
