[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...
4+ business class award seats on Singapore Airlines to/from Frankfurt in November / December
View from the Wing reported earlier today on wide open business class availability on Singapore Airlines. Gary reports winter dates with as many as nine seats available in business class on the New York to/from...
35K Business Class to Europe for a family: New York to Lisbon
While working on writing up a different post this afternoon, I stumbled on a bunch of award space on TAP Air Portugal to Europe this fall. I'm seeing both the Newark to Lisbon route...
Why the focus on business and first class redemptions? (on Nick’s mind)
I very distinctly remember sitting in a packed room at my first Frequent Traveler University and hearing Ben Schlappig of One Mile at a Time ask by a show of hands how many people...
Award booking hacks for saving miles
Yesterday, Nick published a great post about how you can save lots of miles by booking award flights to a city beyond the place you want to go (See: Hidden city ticketing can save...
Hidden city ticketing can save you an absurd amount of miles (with some key...
Hidden city ticketing is the practice of booking a connecting itinerary while only intending to fly part of the itinerary (for example, you book Paris to New York to Mexico City intending to only...
Park Hyatt Auckland: Bottom Line Review
This was a tough stay to review. At a high level I'd say that this is an excellent hotel, but a poor Park Hyatt. Based on previous stays in other locations, my Park Hyatt...
The George, Christchurch New Zealand (Bookable via Hyatt SLH). Bottom line review.
During our recent trip to New Zealand, my wife and I stayed three nights at The George in Christchurch. This is a Small Luxury Hotel of the World (SLH) property which is bookable with...
Eichardt’s Private Hotel: A gem in Queenstown New Zealand bookable with Hyatt points
A pure delight... Eichardt's Private Hotel, an SLH property located in what may be the single best spot in Queenstown, charges $1,500+ USD per night for a mountain view suite. That price includes outstanding...
Challenging award programs you should put up with
Yesterday, I published a post about the easy foreign partner programs that you shouldn't be ignoring. That post was about several of the very easiest-to-use foreign frequent flyer programs. Today, I propose a few...
Strange bedfellows: Airline partnerships you might be missing
Arline partnerships provide opportunities to get terrific value for your miles. In many cases, booking a partner award (where you use miles from Airline X to fly on Airline Y) presents the best value...
Book SWISS first class with United miles (within 2-3 days of departure)
Live and Let's Fly is reporting that for about the last week, SWISS first class awards have been bookable with United MileagePlus miles. This is notable because although we've seen some very temporary windows...
(EXPIRED) American Express: 20% transfer bonus to Hawaiian Airlines
Amex is offering a 20% transfer bonus from Membership Rewards to Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles through January 21, 2023. There's not much aloha in Hawaiian's award pricing, but the bonus does mean you can get...
Great business & first class availability between Washington and Abu Dhabi on Etihad
View from the Wing reported last night that there is excellent award availability between Washington, DC and Abu Dhabi in both business class and first class from April through November 2023. While some of...
