Hyatt goes next level with Mr & Mrs Smith [Integration “early 2024”!]
Update 11/30/23: I just had the opportunity to meet with World of Hyatt management at Hyatt's headquarters in Chicago and learned that true integration (not just that gift card stuff) is expected "early next...
United’s Excursionist Perk: Ideal for Positioning Flights?
Nick's recent post "Taking an Excursionist Perk for a spin for a trip to Africa" showed ways to use United's Excursionist Perk to save lots of miles when flying within Africa. In this case,...
Booking Southwest Airlines flights via the Chase Travel Portal should be a great deal,...
I was initially excited, but soon became pretty disappointed -- booking Southwest Airlines flights via the Chase Travel portal just isn't as good as I'd hoped on a number of fronts. I probably shouldn't...
Taking an Excursionist Perk for a spin for a trip to Africa
In a post last week, I wrote about plans for a trip next year leveraging Air Canada Aeroplan that will have us stop in Europe and in Mauritius en route to mainland Africa. We've...
Book Qatar flights with JetBlue TrueBlue points
As reported by Award Wallet, you can now book at least some Qatar Airways flights with JetBlue TrueBlue points. This launches on the heels of Qatar temporarily enabling redemptions of Qatar Avios on JetBlue...
Plentiful Singapore Airlines business class award space New York-Frankfurt (60K via Aeroplan) over next...
Yesterday, I highlighted plentiful business class award space to Europe in summer 2024. Today, View from the Wing highlights an alert from The Points Analyst with another option for business class awards to Europe...
Another trip down the Air Canada Aeroplan rabbit hole
It all started when MSC cancelled my free cruise.
My wife and I, having participated ourselves in the casino cruise matching shenanigans about which I've written volumes, had a free cruise booked for the family...
Uh-oh: Did Qatar create a new JetBlue award chart?
The other day, we reported on the ability to book JetBlue flights with Qatar Avios and later updated the post to note fantastic availability on European routes and the ability to book one-way Mint...
Marriott’s secret award chart
Last year, Marriott abandoned award charts. Previously, if you knew a hotel's category, you also knew how many points it would require for a free night, at least within a range from off-peak to...
Book JetBlue (including Mint) award tickets with Qatar Avios
Update: When we posted this, I had completely missed the fact that you can book some of these routes online without the need to submit a booking request. The flights to Europe do not have...
Impressive: Air Canada Aeroplan’s solution for cancelled Etihad bookings
Earlier this year, we reported on amazing award space to fly in Etihad apartments between London and Abu Dhabi. In some cases, all nine seats in the Etihad first class cabin were bookable as...
Air France / KLM Flying Blue lowers business class award cost from the US
Air France / KLM Flying Blue long ago ditched its award chart in favor of dynamic pricing. Still, business class awards between the US and Europe fairly reliably started at 55,000 miles one-way from...
Another crack at the LifeMiles secret code turns up more pricing anomalies
If I could only have access to a single award program, Avianca LifeMiles would probably be it. While far from perfect, Avianca LifeMiles presents ample opportunities for excellent value on the largest airline alliance...
A return to the SLH Grand Hotel Victoria, a dream within a dream
Last year, in my initial review of the Grand Hotel Victoria Concept & Spa, I wrote the following letter to my long-time location love, Hawaii:
Dear Hawaii: Our love affair has been passionate and heartfelt...
