US Airways Chairman’s Preferred Elites: Hurry to use your upgrade certificates
Thanks to the last great mileage run in which I and many readers flew 30,000 miles to nowhere, a number of us now have US Airways’ top tier elite status: Chairman’s Preferred. One of...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Waitlisting for United First or Business Class
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
It always feels like a bait-and switch. You're searching for premium award space on united.com and suddenly your heart soars. United's award calendar is showing business class availability for a...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Using Hipmunk to book ITA Matrix flights
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
I've already written a few times about how much I like using Google Flights when I'm booking a trip. But while Google Flights is incredibly fast, it still can't compete with...
Citi adds Qantas as transfer partner
Citi has added Qantas as a new 1 to 1 transfer partner from their ThankYou Rewards program. Citi now has 12 transfer partners, all of which can be found on Frequent Miler’s Transfer Partner...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Original routing credit (and a little extra)
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
Last week Greg wrote about wrapping up his #30kToNowhere experience and I'll be doing the same next week over at Travel Codex. Like Greg, I'm also now considering going for the...
How one call led to a points bonanza and rethought plans
A couple of days ago I called Citibank to cancel one of my AA Executive cards since the annual fee was about to come due. As a reminder, last year Citi offered a whopping...
Top tier AA status secured. Now what?
Usually when I start writing a post I have at least a rough outline in my mind. Not this time. This post is me “thinking aloud” on my laptop keyboard… Recently I completed my...
Southwest mimics Delta and drops award charts
As reported by Mommy Points and elsewhere, Southwest will stop the practice of fixing award prices to revenue fares. An email sent to many Southwest members declared: “Beginning April 17, 2015, the number of...
Business and First Class incredible fares (less than $80) from Europe to US and...
View from the Wing has the details about an incredible fare “sale” from Europe to many destinations. Please see this post for details. I’ll update this Quick Deal as the story develops… ...
30,000 miles to nowhere: Mission accomplished.
Background: Until recently, there was a one time opportunity to get top tier American Airlines AAdvantage elite status (Executive Platinum) by enrolling in and completing the US Airways Preferred Status Trial. For fun, I...
Am I done with Delta?
Delta 2015 started off nicely. While not everything was perfect, saver level awards were more plentiful than ever before, the ability to book one-way awards was a godsend, and the award calendar actually seemed...
Delta sneakily adds new form of close-in award ticketing fee
American Airlines and United charge $75 fees for awards booked less than 21 days before departure. Both airlines waive these fees for high level elites. One of the few advantages of Delta’s SkyMiles program...
The 1800Flowers deal is dead
Are there any $30 items that qualify for 1750 points per dollar? Do bonus points count towards the Southwest Companion Pass? Answers below… 1800Flowers is currently offering an impressive 1750 points per order dollar...
How to feed the hungry and fly for free (take two)
UPDATE 2/9/2015: This deal is dead. Please see details here: The 1800Flowers deal is dead. Note: I had published a very similar post in November last year (found here), but that promotion ended prematurely. ...
