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(EXPIRED) 25% discount on Turkish awards to/from Seattle (biz class from 33,750 – maybe)

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Turkish Airlines (which we recently learned is rebranding as Türkiye Hava Yolları....and yes, I had to copy and paste that name from One Mile at a Time's post) has launched a new route to...
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Revealed: Greg’s Round the World plans for draft day #3Cards3Continents

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I'm laying all my cards on the table.  Tomorrow evening (June 22 9pm ET), the Frequent Miler team will be livesteaming our 3 Cards 3 Continents draft (details here).  We'll take turns picking 3...
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Challenge! 3 Cards, 3 Continents. Buckle Up!

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The Frequent Miler team is ready for our next challenge!  While Carrie and Tim can't join us in the field this time, Nick, Stephen and I are ready to compete.  The challenge goal?  Book...
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Southwest extends booking calendar into early 2023

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Southwest has today extended its booking calendar into early 2023. If you were looking to book flights around the December holidays, you probably want to do that sooner rather than later given the trends...
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My near-disaster switching my Marriott award from points to certs

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The Inn at Bay Harbor is an excellent Marriott Autograph Collection resort in northern Michigan.  Even during normal times (i.e. before the current domestic travel boom) it was nearly impossible to book summertime award...
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Avoiding phantom award space basics

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On a recent episode of Frequent Miler on the Air, we featured a question of the week about phantom award space. The short version of the story is that the reader had found award...
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(EXPIRED) Qatar Business wide-open from from US – Maldives next Spring (70,000 AAdvantage Miles)

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Qatar Airways has quite a bit of open Business Class availability to the Maldives from airports throughout the US between February-April 2023, including a bunch of availabilty at the end of March in prime...
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The Virgin Atlantic monthly award calendar still exists. Here’s how to find it.

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Virgin Atlantic has long had a very useful tool for searching awards, both when looking for flights operated by Virgin Atlantic, as well as those operated by their partners. Using Virgin's flexible dates option,...
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New Hilton Maldives property opening 7/1, awards wide open

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Thrifty Traveler flags the fact that there is a brand new Hilton property opening in the Maldives on July 1st, 2022 and awards are wide open, with nearly every day on the calendar available for an award stay...
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Gambling on a speculative point transfer bonus

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Whenever there is a juicy point transfer bonus, some readers inevitably ask if it's a good idea to transfer their points "now" because of the good bonus. Our answer is always a firm "no",...
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Unsung sweet spot: Flying Blue for Air Europa flights

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With the current point transfer bonuses to Air France KLM Flying Blue, we recently republished a post about Flying Blue sweet spots. I've got a couple of trips to Europe tentatively on the books...
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A work-around for Virgin Atlantic’s grayed out “Points” search

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Here's a solution to a problem that I expect relatively few readers will encounter or care about.  But those who have run into it have no doubt been extremely frustrated.  When using Virgin Atlantic's...
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Sweet spot awards that I actually use [On Greg’s Mind]

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We frequently post about great deals using points & miles, and we refer to these as "sweet spot awards."  Some of these are almost unbelievably great.  For example, the ability to book ANA First...
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(EXPIRED) 15% transfer bonus Amex Membership Rewards to Avianca LifeMiles

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Avianca LifeMiles is offering a 15% bonus on miles transferred from American Express Membership Rewards.   The Deal Get 15% bonus miles when transferring points from Amex Membership Rewards to Avianca LifeMiles. Valid May 1 to May...

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