A route to watch: Virgin Atlantic business class for 75K + $120 from the...
While doing some searches, Stephen noticed a cool new award option in the wild: Virgin Atlantic will begin flying between the Maldives and London. While Virgin Atlantic flying Club charges 67,500 miles and $550...
(EXPIRED) 30% off some Virgin Atlantic awards
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club and Virgin Red are offering 30% off on some awards booked from February 16 to February 28, 2023 for travel before 31 May 2023. Frankly, this deal doesn't excite me...
Positioning 101: Techniques for getting to your gateway for a great award flight
We often write about great award sweet spots or availability, but in both cases the best deals are often discussed from international gateways. If you don't live in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San...
No catch: Delta’s 15% discount is real
On February 2, Delta launched "TakeOff 15" where Delta cardholders now get 15% off award flights. Since then, there have been numerous anecdotal reports suggesting that Delta had pulled a fast one on us. ...
(EXPIRED) Virgin Voyages cruises for 80K or 100K Virgin points through Virgin Red
If you've had your eye on a Virgin Voyages cruise, you're in luck: Virgin Red is offering 5-night Virgin Voyages cruises from Miami for 80,000 Virgin points or your choice of a 7-night Mediterranean...
Close-in business class award availability to Tahiti from San Francisco
Greg noticed this morning via Seatspy that there is some decent business class award space for 2 or more passengers over the next several weeks between San Francisco and Papeete (Tahiti), French Polynesia. Some...
The rose-colored glasses come off (on Nick’s mind)
It's time to take off the rose-colored glasses.
Last month, I wrote a post essentially saying that Chase Ultimate Rewards are great for Hyatt but would be very weak if and when Hyatt ever devalued...
Best uses for Delta miles
This post has been updated to include business class award deals where neither the start nor destination is within the U.S. or Canada. Plus, I've added the new ability to get a 15% discount...
StayWithPoints: Find hard-to-get hotel awards
While I love Hyatt's loyalty program, it's frustrating that they don't offer an award availability calendar. Hyatt does offer a point price calendar, but it doesn't show whether award nights are actually available. This...
(EXPIRED) Wide open Japan Airlines business class space (not all phantom)
Japan Airlines business class award space has been playing games with our hearts over the past few days, at times appearing wide open and then failing to ticket. However, we had a report from...
Use miles to get to Asia in business or first class (in 2023)
If you find yourself daydreaming about the snow monkeys in Japan, the hawker centers of Singapore, the ancient history that abounds around Asia, or just a really long flight in a comfortable seat with...
Bilt adds free Point.me integration for award searches with partners!
The latest version of the Bilt Rewards app has dropped with a major enhancement: you can now search for award availability on Bilt's transfer partners via an integration with Point.me in the latest version...
PSA: Check your ANA First Class bookings via Virgin Atlantic for spelling errors
If you listened to this morning's podcast and read the headline above, you already know what this post is going to be about. However, given a few similar data points from readers, I thought...
[BACK FOR JUL-OCT!] ANA First Class wide open, up to 5 seats in The...
Update 1/27/23: IT'S BACK! ANA once again has incredible first class award space between San Francisco and Tokyo. Once again we are seeing many dates with 2-4 seats available and some dates with five seats in business...
