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Award Booking

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Necker Island awards now cost 630,000 points…and $5,700 in cash

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Update 7/4/24: It appears that Necker Island can no longer booked for points alone and now require a substantial cash co-pay. The minimum stay...
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Best uses for Virgin Points (Sweet Spot Spotlight)

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Virgin points are super easy to accumulate. Points transfer 1 to 1 from most major transferable points programs. Even better, transfer bonuses are common...

[Update] My frustrating, awesome experience with Greg’s trick to book Air France with Virgin...

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Update: A day after publication, many readers reported being told by chat representatives that there is a known issue booking Air France / KLM...

Conrad Bora Bora: Great availability July-September 2024

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Upgraded Points has discovered a ton of standard award availability at the Conrad Bora Bora Nui during the Summer/early-Fall of 2024. Rooms are available...
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What are Sonesta points worth?

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Sonesta is a hotel program that's tended to fly under the radar for most points and miles folks (including me). It's been around since...

Solved: Problem booking Air France/KLM with Virgin points

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Virgin points are often the cheapest option for booking Air France or KLM flights. For example, for a trip to Paris I'm planning, I...

KLM Business Class Review (Boeing 777, 787-9, and 787-10) “This is not Emirates”

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I recently had the pleasure of flying KLM business class on three long haul flights: Vancouver to Amsterdam aboard a Boeing 777; Kuala Lumpur...

No, Avianca LifeMiles isn’t adding new fuel surcharges to its awards

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Recently, Avianca LifeMiles has been adding significant fuel surcharges to various award tickets. These are additional fees that, up 'til now, Avianca hasn't passed...

How I found awesome awards for our last minute travel challenge

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During our team's 2024 last-minute-travel challenge, Flying by the Seat of our Points, each of the contestants found excellent award flights. In this post,...

Japan Airlines 777 “old” First Class: Bottom Line Review (BKK-HND and HND-ORD)

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On the way home from our recent "Flying by the Seat of Our Points" challenge, I had the opportunity to fly Japan Airlines first...
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Air France/KLM Flying Blue adds the “world’s best first class” as a partner: Oman...

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This belongs in the "things we've been meaning to write about since the start of the challenge." Last week, Prince of Travel discovered that...

Hilton starts “test phase” with SLH partnership, adds three hotels

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Hilton has begun a "test phase" of its partnership with Small Luxury Hotels (SLH) by adding three properties that are now available for booking...
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Best uses of Chase Ultimate Rewards

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Chase Ultimate Rewards is often a #1 pick when points and miles enthusiasts talk about their favorite award currency, and that's primarily due to...

Flying by the Seat of our Points: Last Minute Travel Challenge

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Introducing Frequent Miler’s 2024 team challenge: Flying by the Seat of our Points! With this year's challenge, three of us will compete to book...

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