Use miles to get to Asia in business or first class (in 2023)
If you find yourself daydreaming about the snow monkeys in Japan, the hawker centers of Singapore, the ancient history that abounds around Asia, or just a really long flight in a comfortable seat with...
Bilt adds free Point.me integration for award searches with partners!
The latest version of the Bilt Rewards app has dropped with a major enhancement: you can now search for award availability on Bilt's transfer partners via an integration with Point.me in the latest version...
PSA: Check your ANA First Class bookings via Virgin Atlantic for spelling errors
If you listened to this morning's podcast and read the headline above, you already know what this post is going to be about. However, given a few similar data points from readers, I thought...
[BACK FOR JUL-OCT!] ANA First Class wide open, up to 5 seats in The...
Update 1/27/23: IT'S BACK! ANA once again has incredible first class award space between San Francisco and Tokyo. Once again we are seeing many dates with 2-4 seats available and some dates with five seats in business...
4+ business class award seats on Singapore Airlines to/from Frankfurt in November / December
View from the Wing reported earlier today on wide open business class availability on Singapore Airlines. Gary reports winter dates with as many as nine seats available in business class on the New York to/from...
35K Business Class to Europe for a family: New York to Lisbon
While working on writing up a different post this afternoon, I stumbled on a bunch of award space on TAP Air Portugal to Europe this fall. I'm seeing both the Newark to Lisbon route...
Why the focus on business and first class redemptions? (on Nick’s mind)
I very distinctly remember sitting in a packed room at my first Frequent Traveler University and hearing Ben Schlappig of One Mile at a Time ask by a show of hands how many people...
Award booking hacks for saving miles
Yesterday, Nick published a great post about how you can save lots of miles by booking award flights to a city beyond the place you want to go (See: Hidden city ticketing can save...
Hidden city ticketing can save you an absurd amount of miles (with some key...
Hidden city ticketing is the practice of booking a connecting itinerary while only intending to fly part of the itinerary (for example, you book Paris to New York to Mexico City intending to only...
Park Hyatt Auckland: Bottom Line Review
This was a tough stay to review. At a high level I'd say that this is an excellent hotel, but a poor Park Hyatt. Based on previous stays in other locations, my Park Hyatt...
The George, Christchurch New Zealand (Bookable via Hyatt SLH). Bottom line review.
During our recent trip to New Zealand, my wife and I stayed three nights at The George in Christchurch. This is a Small Luxury Hotel of the World (SLH) property which is bookable with...
Eichardt’s Private Hotel: A gem in Queenstown New Zealand bookable with Hyatt points
A pure delight... Eichardt's Private Hotel, an SLH property located in what may be the single best spot in Queenstown, charges $1,500+ USD per night for a mountain view suite. That price includes outstanding...
Challenging award programs you should put up with
Yesterday, I published a post about the easy foreign partner programs that you shouldn't be ignoring. That post was about several of the very easiest-to-use foreign frequent flyer programs. Today, I propose a few...
Strange bedfellows: Airline partnerships you might be missing
Arline partnerships provide opportunities to get terrific value for your miles. In many cases, booking a partner award (where you use miles from Airline X to fly on Airline Y) presents the best value...
