Aeroplan / Etihad first class sweet spot: US to Australia & how to do...
Yesterday, Greg covered the news about the Etihad and Aeroplan partnership. In that post, Greg noted some of the potentially interesting opportunities with Aeroplan miles. One of the exciting things about this partnership is...
Etihad Partners with Air Canada. Opportunities Abound.
Air Canada and Etihad have announced a partnership which is live as of today. You can now earn and redeem miles in either direction. For example, you can earn Air Canada Aeroplan miles when...
Best Marriott Resorts in Florida
Following my post "Best Hyatt resorts for winter and spring break in the continental United States" I intended to do the same for Marriott. But then I started looking through their resort list and...
The new true (temporary) value of Southwest points, diminished by COVID-19 and CARES
A couple of years ago, Greg wrote a post called The new true value of Southwest points. How to get up to 1.9 cents per point in value. I was re-examining that post in...
(Updated) American’s poor “waived award redeposit” policy
Note: We've received a number of success reports of recent cancellations with waived fees despite the way the terms are written and quoted below. It looks like American is indeed waiving redeposit fees for those...
(EXPIRED) SeatSpy founders deals ending soon
A few months ago, Greg wrote a post on a really interesting and promising tool called SeatSpy, which instantly shows a year of award availability at a time (See: SeatSpy: An awesome tool for...
(EXPIRED) Europe 2021: United business class awards wide open (book for 45K w/ Turkish)
I just got an email alert from Thrifty Traveler Premium alerting me to tons of United business class saver award space on many routes from the US to/from Europe through the end of the schedule...
Get to Europe using airline miles: Economy class edition
How do you get to Europe using airline miles in economy class? This post has the best sweet spots from airline programs that are partnered up with the major transferable currencies. We've recently completed...
Best Hyatt resorts for winter and spring break in the continental United States
What are the best Hyatt resorts for winter or spring break travel? Given the current Coronavirus situation, it's unclear when international travel will be something we'll once again do. Even if we believe it's...
Hilton free weekend nights become anytime nights valid for 2 years
American Express sent out good news today to Hilton Surpass and Hilton Aspire cardholders. We separately reported on the ability to earn 12X at grocery stores and the fact that the Hilton Aspire's $250...
IHG introduces variable pricing, says it will expand
Last week, IHG Rewards Club debuted variable award pricing at properties in Asia. Loyalty Lobby has now confirmed with IHG that they intend to expand this to more properties, tying award pricing more closely...
United removes partner award chart
It's a sad day for United Mileage Plus members: United has removed its partner award chart. That absolutely stinks. This means that partner awards will now follow United's dynamic pricing algorithms and may cost more...
Aeroplan extends free cancellation to June 30th
Air Canada's Aeroplan has announced that they are extending free cancellations on award tickets. Members can cancel free of charge through June 30th and receive all of their Aeroplan Miles back in their account, plus a...
Virgin Atlantic in financial ruin. Should I burn my million miles? On my mind…
In 2016, I exchanged 1.2 million Virgin Atlantic miles for an all-inclusive week on Richard Branson's Necker Island. My wife and I loved it. The experience was incredible. It was absolutely worth the high...
