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...
Devaluation looms: British Airways announces changes from May 30, 2019
British Airways has sent an email announcing changes to Avios redemptions on partner airlines. These changes will affect most partner bookings -- including those with Alaska Airlines, Air Italy, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Japan...
(EXPIRED) JetBlue: Save 15% On Award Flights (Book By April 25)
JetBlue has launched a three day award sale that's giving a 15% discount on award flights, although only flights from Monday to Thursday are eligible.
The Deal
Save 15% on JetBlue award flights.
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(EXPIRED) 50K business class to/from Europe on Delta w/ Virgin Atlantic
Delta SkyMiles is out with another flash sale, offering business class flights to Europe on a number of routes from August into September for 128,000 SkyMiles round trip. While that's a good deal for Delta...
Strengths of Qantas for AA redemptions
Last year, I wrote a post about a sweet-spot that had been hiding in plain sight on me in the Iberia award chart (See: From 11K RT on American: A sweet spot for North...
(EXPIRED) Singapore promo: 66.5K miles for business class from San Francisco to Singapore
Singapore Airlines is out with its latest list of "spontaneous escapes". Similar to Flying Blue Promo Awards, this is a monthly list of discounted routes/cabins. The current list is valid for bookings made by...
The bright sides of the United award chart purge
This morning I published a mostly negative look at United's decision to eliminate their award chart: Fallout from the United award chart obliteration. But the news isn't all bad. There are, or may be,...
(EXPIRED) 5K one-way Philadelphia to Los Angeles on AA!
Monkey Miles stumbled on a really interesting find in AA's unannounced SAAver award specials: flights from 5K one-way between Philadelphia and Los Angeles. While that's somewhat concerning in what it means for the future of...
Korean SkyPass to no longer allow stopovers
Korean SkyPass used to be a Chase Transfer Partner, though that relationship ended last year. One of the strengths of the program has been the ability to get a free stopover in Korea, but...
Transfer partners: Chase vs. Citi
Recently, Nick and I have published a number of posts about the Citi Prestige card's new 5X earning power and our thoughts about whether or not to keep our Sapphire Reserve cards (which earn...
