JetBlue restricting access to Mint for partner programs
One Mile at a Time has reported that JetBlue is restricting Mint award access to partner airline programs, first reducing access for Qatar Airways...
What are Marriott points worth?
At Frequent Miler, we keep a database of point valuations called “Reasonable Redemption Values.” These are estimates of the “worth” of airline miles, hotel...
Grand Hotel Victoria Lake Como, Greg’s turn
A few years ago, Nick visited the Grand Hotel Victoria on Lake Como Italy and he fell in love. He loved Lake Como; he...
Emirates first class Milan to New York review
On a recent trip to Italy, I finally had the opportunity to fly Emirates' fifth freedom route from Milan (MXP) to New York (JFK)...
Iberia devaluation: Business class between US & Europe now starting at 40,500 miles one...
Iberia updated its award chart last week, increasing the number of Avios you have to redeem to book flights with points.
We subsequently updated the...
You can still upgrade to Emirates first class without elite status
In May we reported that Emirates was no longer allowing members to use Emirates miles to book first class awards unless they had elite...
The power of points promiscuity
There's no one-size-fits-all in the points and miles game. Someone only taking one vacation a year might like to take business class flights and...
Best Uses of Avios (British Airways, Iberia, Qatar, Loganair and Aer Lingus)
“Avios” is the name of the points currency shared by several airline frequent flyer programs: British Airways, Iberia, Finnair, Aer Lingus, Loganair and Qatar...
How to book EVA Air Infinity MileageLands awards (for multiple people)
I'm a big fan of EVA Air. The airline has an excellent business class product, great availability for its own (awkwardly-named) Infinity MileageLands customers,...
Hermitage Bay, an SLH Hotel Bottom Line Review (Guest Review)
There's been a lot of buzz about the Hermitage Bay Resort (now an SLH property bookable with Hilton points), so we took to our...
Complete Guide to Avios: British Airways, Finnair, Qatar, Iberia, Loganair and Aer Lingus
"Avios" is the name of the points currency shared by several airline frequent flyer programs: British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Loganair, Vueling and...
The Day United’s Excursionist Perk Died
Man, the hits keep on coming. After learning earlier this morning that Citi is putting the ThankYou kibosh on the 10% annual points rebate...
Which hotel award search tool is best?
For those with hotel points and free night certificates across multiple hotel programs, finding the best places to use your points and free nights...
Seats.aero: a wonderfully nerdy tool for finding Unicorn flight awards
Seats.aero makes it easy to find close-in awards on long-haul flights. When I first learned about this tool I was immediately captivated by it....
