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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
