Emirates First Class “hotel room in the sky” awards now bookable in advance!
Award flights between JFK and Dubai are now available! Emirates is currently flying their Boeing 777-300ER (with arguably the world's best first class) between...
Virgin Atlantic miles no longer expire. Now called “points”.
Virgin Atlantic has announced today that their miles will no longer expire. They've also changed the name of their miles to "Virgin Points" in...
Delta Removing Cancelation & Redeposit Fees On Award Flights, Extending Some Cardholder Benefits
Delta has made some positive changes today for all SkyMiles members, with further enhancements (in the true sense of the word) for Delta Amex...
(EXPIRED) Southwest 20% off points awards! Book by Thursday (9/17)
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.
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Miles, credits, and certs orphaned by COVID-19 (on my mind)
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...
Trying to crack the Turkish code and falling down a rabbit hole
The single most frustrating thing about the Turkish Miles & Smiles sweet spot is the difficulty in finding availability via the website or call...
Madison Beach Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton. Bottom Line Review.
The Madison Beach Hotel is a Hilton Curio Collection property located on Long Island Sound in Madison, Connecticut. My wife and I stayed 3...
Success, but has the Turkish sweet spot soured?
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...
Good United business class transcon & Hawaii availability (book with Turkish)
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...
(Quirk?) Lower fuel surcharges on British Airways awards
Award tickets on British Airways are known to come with unreasonably high fuel surcharges (business class awards typically carry surcharges in the neighborhood of...
Aeroplan adds new partner: Vistara (no fuel surcharges)
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...
Miraval Berkshires Resort. My failed attempt to double-dip deals.
In April, I published "Best Hyatt resorts for domestic US summer travel." One of the resorts I was most excited about was the brand...
Citi ThankYou points sweet spots for high value redemptions
While ThankYou points came out less valuable than Chase or Amex points when we last updated our Reasonable Redemption Values (See: A big change...
Redeem Aeroplan online for Cathay Pacific and GOL
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...
