Big bonus from Aeroplan: Great use of SPG / Marriott points
Air Canada's Aeroplan is currently offering a historical-high 35% transfer bonus when converting hotel points into airline miles. This transfer bonus was announced a couple of weeks ago and continues through August 21, 2017.
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Wow, Book Delta with Virgin Atlantic miles online!
UPDATE 10/11/17: The feature is working again! See this post for details.
UPDATE 8/3/17: The feature described in this post has disappeared! See this post for details.
Thanks to One Mile at a Time I just...
Terrific airfare: NY or Chicago to Asia under $400 RT (many cities)
As reported in several places, there are some amazing airfares available to South and Southeast Asia today on SkyTeam member China Eastern Airlines.
Note that these fares are not showing up for me in Google Flights calendar view...
#Business Class fares on Qatar from $572 round trip
There are some amazing business class fares available right now on Qatar Airways from Vietnam to most of the world -- including to many North American cities, Europe, etc from just $572 round trip to some parts of the world,...
New cheap flights to Europe bookable from April 2018
If you haven't heard, there is a new player in the low-cost carrier market from the US to Europe -- Primera Air. They are launching flights from Newark and Boston to London, Paris, and Birmingham. Flights are now bookable from April...
Crazy promotion not so good, actually
Earlier, I published a quick deal -- Crazy promo: RT First Class on Emirates, Korean or others for $800 or less . Well, it turns out it is not as great as it seemed. Unfortunately, the resource...
Crazy promo: RT First Class on Emirates, Korean or others for $800 or less
Update: It appears that the milez.biz rates are not correct for these redemptions. See www.smiles.br to check rates. Update #2 to come...
Update #2: The terms of this promotion state that you must be a Brazilian citizen. It's...
Wow: Pittsburgh to Vegas $40 round trip nonstop
There is an incredible round trip airfare right now from Pittsburgh to Las Vegas for just $40 round trip nonstop. Yes, it's on Spirit Airlines. I've never flown Spirit, but if I lived in Pittsburgh,...
1:1 transfers from Membership Rewards to Avios
Update: After publishing this post, a representative reached out to confirm that this is indeed a change, not a promotion. See below for more information.
Right now, Amex is offering transfers to both British Airways...
Why I paid 65,000 miles for a domestic flight
A couple of weeks ago I described how I was able to book two first class tickets for less than the price of one coach ticket. I thought it might have been an isolated...
Great fare: US to China to Canada from $273
Secret Flying reported a great fare this morning from New York, Chicago, and San Francisco to China and returning to Canada with prices from $279 round trip. The fare works only with double open jaws...
New Flying Blue Promo Awards for fall travel
Air France / KLM Flying Blue has recently released their new "promo awards" for the month of July. To take advantage of the special pricing on these awards, you would need to book by...
United creeps towards revenue-based awards
United announced today that they are making a long-expected yet still disappointing move in the direction of loosely revenue-based award pricing for some awards and are raising the prices of other awards (both on...
Should you Fly Now Earn Later? A caution and advice.
Amex has quietly rolled out a new benefit to many Delta cardmembers: "Fly Now. Earn Later." This new benefit lets you borrow Delta miles. To find the benefit, log into your Amex account, select...
