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...
Book SWISS first class with United miles (within 2-3 days of departure)
Live and Let's Fly is reporting that for about the last week, SWISS first class awards have been bookable with United MileagePlus miles. This is notable because although we've seen some very temporary windows...
(EXPIRED) American Express: 20% transfer bonus to Hawaiian Airlines
Amex is offering a 20% transfer bonus from Membership Rewards to Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles through January 21, 2023. There's not much aloha in Hawaiian's award pricing, but the bonus does mean you can get...
Great business & first class availability between Washington and Abu Dhabi on Etihad
View from the Wing reported last night that there is excellent award availability between Washington, DC and Abu Dhabi in both business class and first class from April through November 2023. While some of...
Alaska “simplifies” award chart, but some awards still feature old pricing
Alaska Airlines has launched its new unified partner award chart. Unfortunately, they have set it up to easily institute dynamic pricing, which leads me to expect frequent stealth devaluations. That's almost worse than if...
Booking a Turkish Miles & Smiles award for a friend
I've long found the Turkish Miles & Smiles program to be highly intriguing, ever since the day several years ago when we first broke the news that it's possible to fly all the way...
Book El Al with Alaska miles online, access expanded space
JT Genter broke the news this week on Award Wallet that it is now possible to book award tickets via the Alaska Airlines website for travel on El Al. The good news is that...
Air France/KLM Flying Blue: Free stopovers on award tickets now live via call center
Update 12/9: Free stopovers on Flying Blue award tickets are now live(ish). Currently, the only way to book them is via the Flying Blue call center (800-375-8723) and it's only valid on tickets that...
Phone it in: Booking JetBlue with American Airlines miles
Recently, I wrote about a nice little win from the American Airlines Loyalty Points games and the American Airlines/JetBlue partnership in my experience with reciprocal elite benefits when flying JetBlue. Then, a week later,...
British Airways adds option to use more Avios, less money
God Save the Points broke the story this morning that British Airways Executive Club today announced a new way to book British Airways award tickets. The short of the story is members now have...
Point.me vs AwardLogic. Which award search tool is best?
Earlier this week I updated my post about the SeatSpy award search tool. That tool is great for finding award availability but only for select airlines and only for nonstop routes. If you you...
Choice privileges showing price in calendar view
Choice privileges has made a nice little update to its website: they now show nightly award rates in their calendar view, making it easy to see at a glance what the award price will...
Wentworth Mansion Charleston South Carolina (bookable via Hyatt SLH). Bottom line review.
Wentworth Mansion is an SLH property in Charleston South Carolina. The inn is charming, gorgeous, offers great service, and in my opinion is well deserving of its place on Travel & Leisure’s Top 15...
