To Heathrow and back — AA vs. BA business class. Which was better?
The weekend before last, I flew to London Heathrow airport on Saturday and returned home on Sunday… on purpose. My goal wasn’t to visit London (which is a great city to visit, by the...
Buy Avios for as little as 1.04 cents each
Via Flyertalk, Groupon.es is offering Avios for as little as 1.04 cents each.
The Groupon offer (found here) shows the following options:
2000 Avios - 19 € (65%)
4000 Avios - 49 € (46% off)
8000 Avios -...
How I screwed up my end of year AA mileage run
Flight deals, especially the really great ones, rarely last long. Once a great deal is publicized, it’s a race against the clock to find and book the deal before its too late. Often, I...
How much are those 100,000 Crystal Visa Infinite points worth?
On October 1, we published a Quick Deal for a 100K credit card signup offer: New Crystal Visa Infinite Offer – 100K Points, $250 Airline Credit, Free Lounge Membership & Waived 1st Year Annual...
How to upgrade AA coach to business class, in advance
One of the best features of the American Airlines AAdvantage program, in my opinion, is that they allow upgrades from coach to business class, or business class to first class on all fares. This...
SPG Nights & Flights vs. Marriott Travel Packages
When Marriott announced their acquisition of Starwood Hotels, most SPG (Starwood Preferred Guest) loyalists were not happy. Where SPG is often regarded as one of (if not the) best loyalty programs, Marriott’s program is...
How to keep Singapore Krisflyer miles from expiring (for up to 1 year)
A couple of years ago, I flew Singapore Airlines’ Suites Class and absolutely loved it. The combination of fully enclosed suites, extremely comfortable bedding, and psychic flight attendants (who seem to know what passengers...
To and from Santiago Chile, my favorite Diamond upgrade ever, and a weird Centurion...
On October 8th, my wife and I were discussing options for Thanksgiving week travel. She and my son would be free from work and school as of Monday afternoon before Thanksgiving. Maybe we should...
Convert SPG points to miles? How to play the Marriott merger.
On Monday we learned that Marriott will be buying Starwood in 2016. Under the assumption that Marriott’s rewards program will be the surviving program after the merger, I made a plea to Marriott: Hey...
Bet You Didn’t Know: 24 Hour Cancellation Policies For Award Tickets
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
I have the worst luck. It's practically guaranteed that the moment I book an airline ticket, the price will go down immediately afterwards. It's as if I have permanent bad...
My crazy route to Vegas. Am I done with mileage running?
The majority of this post was written while flying the final leg of my latest mileage run. Last year, I decided to seek top tier American Airlines status by signing up for the US...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Airfare Price Predictions and More with Hopper
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
There have been a number of attempts at predicting airfares over the last several years. The earliest commercial manifestation of this was Farecast, whose airfare predictions were good enough that Microsoft bought it in 2008 and...
British Airways kills off 4,500 point awards for US travel
British Airways has announced that beginning February 2, 2016, short haul one-way awards originating or terminating in the US will begin at 7,500 Avios points rather than the current cost of 4,500 points. Bookings...
Free Gogo In-Flight Wifi: FlexPerks offers a terrific new perk for Visa cardholders
The US Bank FlexPerks card is one of my favorite secondary points programs card. The card offers 3X points for charities, 2X points for cell phone, and 2X for gas, grocery, or airline purchases...
