United blocking award space from Star Alliance partners
Over the past few years, United Airlines (UA) award availability has become increasingly difficult to find on many Star Alliance partner airlines. Recently, it...
How to find Qatar QSuites award space
Qatar Airways' QSuites business class is widely considered to be one of the best business class products available worldwide. Seats can be configured to...
Qatar Business Class: 5+ levels of award availability
I've been doing background research so that I can update "How to find Qatar QSuites award space" and I fell down a rabbit hole....
Alaska not allowing frequent flyer number change on award tickets
As flagged by Loyalty Lobby, Alaska airlines has added a weird restriction on award tickets: according to their terms, you can not change the...
[DEVALUED] Regional first class starting at 12,500 points (Sweet Spot Spotlight)
UPDATE: Since this post was published, Qatar has increased award pricing for flights on American and Alaska airlines. See details here.
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[New Easy Solution] How to find Choice Preferred Hotel award availability
An exciting recent development is that Choice Privileges points can now be used to book participating Preferred Hotels & Resorts online. One little "gotcha"...
Two ways to book (Nordic) hotels with Choice points
Now that Preferred Hotels & Resorts are bookable online with Choice points (see this post for details), it's worth pointing out that there are...
[Live] Finnair Plus announces award chart changes to take effect in March 2024
Update 3/23/24: We are republishing this post to note that the changeover from Finnair Plus points to Avios happened earlier this month. The new...
Book Preferred Hotels online with Choice points
This is huge! Choice Privileges has long partnered with Preferred Hotels & Resorts, and it has previously been possible, but usually very, very difficult,...
My final ANA sweet-spot award booking
I just booked what may be my last ever ANA flight award. I booked Newark to London, Dublin to Toronto, Toronto to Detroit all...
Podcast: American Airlines vs. Alaska Miles – Which are Better? | Coffee Break Ep04
Bilt is gaining Alaska as a transfer partner...but it's losing American Airlines as a partner in June. This has Greg and Nick asking...which miles...
(EXPIRED) Singapore Spontaneous Escapes: Fly JFK-FRA in business class for 56,400 miles
Singapore Krisflyer is out with its monthly Spontaneous Escapes and this month the New York JFK-Frankfurt route makes the list in both premium economy...
Podcast: Where to find hidden award flights | Frequent Miler on the Air Ep246
There's a reason why people get frustrated with award booking - because earning the miles or points for your award is just one piece...
Booking Cottages.com via Wyndham Rewards
We've written plenty about booking Vacasa vacation rentals with Wyndham Rewards points, which can be a fantastic deal in the right scenarios. We've written...
