Trying to crack the LifeMiles secret code to Europe
A couple of months ago, we published a post called The secret LifeMiles award chart. In that post, we demonstrated how LifeMiles award pricing didn't fit what one would expect based on their (unavailable at...
New IHG PointBreaks coming tomorrow [5/28]
The latest IHG PointBreaks list is scheduled to go live for bookings tomorrow, May 28, 2019 around 12pm Eastern time. We don't have a full preview list, but it's worth keeping an eye on the page...
(EXPIRED) 64K business class to Asia w/ LifeMiles award sale
Avianca LifeMiles is offering an award ticket sale for flights to Asia on Star Alliance carriers, with business class available for 64K one way. This of course means that there are also some interesting mixed-cabin opportunities...
(EXPIRED) Extra promo awards: 12.5K to Europe in economy w/ Flying Blue
Flying Blue runs monthly promo awards, with discounts on a selection of routes and cabins. Those awards normally go live on the first of the month and are bookable through the end of the...
(EXPIRED) American Airlines Award Sale: Fly Business Class To Europe For Less
American Airlines has launched an unadvertised sale on AAnytime business class awards, reducing the cost on some flights from 110,000 to 85,000 miles this summer. Be sure to check all your options though, as...
Book Southwest through Chase Ultimate Rewards again
According to reports over the weekend, Southwest Airlines flights can once again be booked with Chase Ultimate Rewards points. While Southwest flights have never shown up in the UR travel booking portal, it used...
(EXPIRED) Singapore biz class from Hong Kong for 62.3K & more with Spontaneous Escapes
Greg's post this morning about How to piece together an impossible award reminded me that Singapore Airlines released their monthly Spontaneous Escapes this week, and there are a couple of sweet redemption opportunities on the list,...
How to piece together an impossible award
Spoiler: In this post I show how it's sometimes possible to book the most difficult flight awards at low prices by booking two awards instead of one.
Let's suppose your family of four wants to...
(EXPIRED) Delta One to Asia for up to 9 people, 47K each. Wide open...
Delta is offering excellent partner availability for many routes between the US and Asia in Delta One business class during the winter, with as many as nine(!) seats available on some dates during popular school vacation periods....
Is Delta restricting partner space during flash sales?
This morning, Greg posted all about how to book Delta flights using Virgin Atlantic miles. The timing on that post seemed perfect because Delta is currently running its latest flash sale, with round trip flights...
Aeroplan: a great program for lap infant award tickets [Sweet-spot spotlight]
Today's sweet-spot spotlight shines on Air Canada's Aeroplan for infant award tickets. That's because they offer an easy and reasonably-priced way to use either money or miles to add a lap infant to an award ticket (this is...
Now Book Etihad awards on AA.com (including first class apartments)
As reported by View from the Wing, Etihad Airways awards for dates within about a month of departure are now bookable on the American Airlines website (aa.com). As it has been notoriously difficult to find...
Free hotel breakfast & dinner at Nordic Choice Clarion Collection [Sweet-spot spotlight]
Tonight's sweet-spot spotlight is on the Choice Privileges hotel loyalty program. Specifically, the standout value in the Choice Privileges program comes from Clarion Collection hotels within the Nordic Choice subset of Choice Privileges. This is...
Marriott Points Advance Policy Change: No Longer Available If You Have Sufficient Points
Marriott has made a change to its Points Advance policy without giving any notice. It's now only possible to make a Points Advance reservation if you don't have a sufficient number of points.
In the...
