The Frequent Miler Team’s First Award Redemptions
On our recent Ask Us Anything session, one of the questions asked was:
What was your 1st redemption?
Seeing as we only have an hour to answer as many questions as possible, we try to keep...
Which comes first: the chicken or the egg? Do you book flight or hotel...
Spoiler alert: on this coming weekend's Frequent Miler on the Air, the question of the week is the title question of this post. Readers Frank & Deana wrote in with this question:
Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?...
Finnair to start using Avios in early 2024
18 months ago Qatar Airways announced that they'd be replacing the currency of their loyalty program, changing from Qmiles to Avios. Finnair has now announced that they're doing the same thing as they'll be...
LifeMiles has ended manual bookings by email
Reader Charles reached out today to give us a heads up that LifeMiles has ended manual bookings and other support by email.
To be honest, I'd forgotten that manual LifeMiles bookings existed. I now remember...
I booked QSuites, but could have been smarter about it
I've been planning a trip to Africa with my wife to visit a friend in Cape Town and to stay at the JW Marriott Masai Mara luxury safari lodge in Kenya. When I learned...
Open Qatar business class for 54K points from New York to Doha
Award Wallet reported this morning that Qatar Airways has released a bunch of business class award space on its nonstop from New York (JFK) to Doha beginning on October 30, 2023. Many days have...
Alaska award quirk: Add a segment to reduce the price (YMMV)
Reader Jonathan in our Frequent Miler Insiders group points out a tip that doesn't surprise me but that I hadn't previously thought to search: you can sometimes reduce the price of an Alaska Mileage...
(EXPIRED) Alaska Airlines running award & fare sale for flights through mid-December; book by...
Alaska Airlines has launched a new sale that's valid on both paid and award tickets. Award flights are starting at 4,500 miles one-way, while transcontinental tickets can be had from only $129 (or possibly...
Cancelling a LifeMiles award ticket: maybe less painful than you thought
Yesterday, I cancelled an Avianca LifeMiles award ticket. It was as expensive as I expected ($200 per passenger), but in the process I learned a few interesting things:
It isn't as hard as I...
Air New Zealand business class awards wide open close-in
Historically, Air New Zealand has been very stingy with business class award space. That seems to have changed... a bit. Currently, we're seeing a large amount of business class award space from North America...
Aer Lingus: 4+ Business class seats available from East Coast to Ireland Spring/Summer 2024
Aer Lingus has opened up a ton of business class award availability between Dublin, Ireland and Philadelphia (PHL). There are 4+ business class seats available to Dublin from PHL almost every day of March,...
A Wyndham (yep, Wyndham) luxury resort in Greece
Ajul Luxury Hotel & Spa Resort is a Wyndham Registry Collection Hotel in Greece on the Aegean Sea. It looks like this hotel opened June 1st, 2023 (or at least, that's the date on...
Alaska Airlines fumbles launch of Starlux awards
Starlux is a Taiwan-based airline that was founded in 2018 and began operations in 2020, a tricky time to start a new travel company, to say the least. Despite the poor timing, it has...
Book a Safari with Points: JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge [Cancelled awards not returning...
Update 10/2/23: JW Marriott Masai Mara continues to have a decent amount of award availability in the spring of 2024. However, prices are higher than what we saw earlier this year with rates ranging...
