back to top

Award Booking

a book with glasses and ruler

(Dead) Marriott Rules for extending free nights

283
12/8/23: It sounds like Marriott has, indeed, ended the expiration of free night certificates on 12/5/23. 12/4/23: We've been getting multiple data points of readers...
a leather couch in an airplane

Etihad First Apartment: Simply Awesome (and coming back to the US!)

48
Update 11/30/23: Etihad has announced that it will return Airbus A380 (and First Apartment) service to New York (JFK) starting April 22, 2024. The...
a heart shaped sign over a house overlooking a body of water

Hyatt goes next level with Mr & Mrs Smith [Integration “early 2024”!]

51
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...
a plane flying over a map

United’s Excursionist Perk: Ideal for Positioning Flights?

17
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...
a blue airplane stuffed toy on a counter

Booking Southwest Airlines flights via the Chase Travel Portal should be a great deal,...

14
I was initially excited, but soon became pretty disappointed -- booking Southwest Airlines flights via the Chase Travel portal just isn't as good as...
a man wearing a hat and holding up his thumb

Taking an Excursionist Perk for a spin for a trip to Africa

11
In a post last week, I wrote about plans for a trip next year leveraging Air Canada Aeroplan that will have us stop in...
a seat and a table in a room

Book Qatar flights with JetBlue TrueBlue points

4
As reported by Award Wallet, you can now book at least some Qatar Airways flights with JetBlue TrueBlue points. This launches on the heels...
a seat in a plane

Plentiful Singapore Airlines business class award space New York-Frankfurt (60K via Aeroplan) over next...

6
Yesterday, I highlighted plentiful business class award space to Europe in summer 2024. Today, View from the Wing highlights an alert from The Points...
a rabbit in a box

Another trip down the Air Canada Aeroplan rabbit hole

32
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...
a seat in a plane

Uh-oh: Did Qatar create a new JetBlue award chart?

12
The other day, we reported on the ability to book JetBlue flights with Qatar Avios and later updated the post to note fantastic availability...
a seat in a plane

Book JetBlue (including Mint) award tickets with Qatar Avios

57
Update: When we posted this, I had completely missed the fact that you can book some of these routes online without the need to...
a leather couch in an airplane

Impressive: Air Canada Aeroplan’s solution for cancelled Etihad bookings

43
Earlier this year, we reported on amazing award space to fly in Etihad apartments between London and Abu Dhabi. In some cases, all nine...
a room with a computer and a table

Air France / KLM Flying Blue lowers business class award cost from the US

13
Air France / KLM Flying Blue long ago ditched its award chart in favor of dynamic pricing. Still, business class awards between the US...
a red sign on stand

Another crack at the LifeMiles secret code turns up more pricing anomalies

42
If I could only have access to a single award program, Avianca LifeMiles would probably be it. While far from perfect, Avianca LifeMiles presents...

Follow & Share

47,800FansLike
16,600FollowersFollow
62,216FollowersFollow
13,200SubscribersSubscribe