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No, Southwest Airlines is not a valuable transfer partner

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In the comments on a post last week, a reader named Andrew mentioned the fact that they found Southwest Rapid Rewards to be a...
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The cheapest round-the-world awards in economy class

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ANA's Round the World award chart has long been revered for its fantastic business class award pricing. As Greg showed during our 3 Cards...
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Yes, you can still book United flights for just 7,500 miles through Turkish Miles...

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Update: While this sweet spot still exists, the best possible fare that you can now get for United flights is 10,000 miles, not 7,500. ~~~ As a...
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The Frequent Miler Team’s First Award Redemptions

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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...
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Which comes first: the chicken or the egg? Do you book flight or hotel...

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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...
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Finnair to start using Avios in early 2024

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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...
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LifeMiles has ended manual bookings by email

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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,...
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I booked QSuites, but could have been smarter about it

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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...
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Open Qatar business class for 54K points from New York to Doha

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Award Wallet reported this morning that Qatar Airways has released a bunch of business class award space on its nonstop from New York (JFK)...
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Alaska award quirk: Add a segment to reduce the price (YMMV)

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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:...
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(EXPIRED) Alaska Airlines running award & fare sale for flights through mid-December; book by...

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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...
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Cancelling a LifeMiles award ticket: maybe less painful than you thought

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Yesterday, I cancelled an Avianca LifeMiles award ticket. It was as expensive as I expected ($200 per passenger), but in the process I learned...
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Air New Zealand business class awards wide open close-in

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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...
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Aer Lingus: 4+ Business class seats available from East Coast to Ireland Spring/Summer 2024

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Aer Lingus has opened up a ton of business class award availability between Dublin, Ireland and Philadelphia (PHL). There are 4+ business class seats...

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