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Delta Removing Cancelation & Redeposit Fees On Award Flights, Extending Some Cardholder Benefits

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Delta has made some positive changes today for all SkyMiles members, with further enhancements (in the true sense of the word) for Delta Amex...
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(EXPIRED) Southwest 20% off points awards! Book by Thursday (9/17)

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Use code SAVE20NOW to save 20% off points awards on Southwest flights.  You must book by Thursday (9/17) for travel through October 31, 2020. This...
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Miles, credits, and certs orphaned by COVID-19 (on my mind)

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Yesterday I cancelled the last of my pre-pandemic travel bookings.  I had used Cathay Pacific miles to book a January 2021 flight: Japan Airlines...
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Trying to crack the Turkish code and falling down a rabbit hole

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The single most frustrating thing about the Turkish Miles & Smiles sweet spot is the difficulty in finding availability via the website or call...
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Madison Beach Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton. Bottom Line Review.

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The Madison Beach Hotel is a Hilton Curio Collection property located on Long Island Sound in Madison, Connecticut.  My wife and I stayed 3...
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Success, but has the Turkish sweet spot soured?

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Just over a year ago, we broke the story about what was arguably the sweetest of sweet spots uncovered in years: 7.5K each way...
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Good United business class transcon & Hawaii availability (book with Turkish)

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I've been working on a post for the past few days that I intended to schedule tomorrow with a nugget of wisdom within about...
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(Quirk?) Lower fuel surcharges on British Airways awards

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Award tickets on British Airways are known to come with unreasonably high fuel surcharges (business class awards typically carry surcharges in the neighborhood of...
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Aeroplan adds new partner: Vistara (no fuel surcharges)

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Air Canada's Aeroplan has announced today that they are adding a new partner airline: Vistara, a full-service Indian airline (owned by Tata Sons and Singapore...
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Miraval Berkshires Resort. My failed attempt to double-dip deals.

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In April, I published "Best Hyatt resorts for domestic US summer travel."  One of the resorts I was most excited about was the brand...
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Citi ThankYou points sweet spots for high value redemptions

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While ThankYou points came out less valuable than Chase or Amex points when we last updated our Reasonable Redemption Values (See: A big change...
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Redeem Aeroplan online for Cathay Pacific and GOL

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Air Canada Aeroplan miles can now be redeemed online for awards on Cathay Pacific and GOL. The partnership with Cathay Pacific is very limited, so...
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Radisson Blu Maldives finally opens (70K per night including breakfast)

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If you had "Radisson finally opens its Maldives resort" on your pandemic surprise bingo card, congratulations on marking that one off: amidst a global...
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[Update: Working again] Radisson standard awards not available (but e-certs work)

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Update 8/15/20: This appears to be resolved as I am now finding standard award room availability in both the US and abroad whether using...

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