(EXPIRED) 40% transfer bonus to Avios from Membership Rewards
Through 10/1/19, American Express Membership Rewards is offering a 40% bonus on transfers to British Airways Avios or Aer Lingus Avios. Oddly, I don't see a bonus on Iberia -- though I see the ability to...
Around the world in business class for 115K [Sweet spot spotlight]
Flights crossing either the Atlantic or Pacific ocean usually cost in the neighborhood of 60K miles one-way in business class with most award programs. What if you could cross both oceans -- and connect...
(EXPIRED) Wow: 31.5K business class Atlanta to Istanbul in Sept
If Istanbul is on your bucket list and you live in or can position to Atlanta, you can potentially fly there in business class this September for 31,500 miles one way. Turkish Miles &...
Greg’s 40K to Far Away mistakes (yep, he’s already made a few) #40Kfaraway
I'm not excited about our 40K to Far Away Challenge. "Excited" is too mild a word. "Obsessed" is more accurate. Nick, Stephen, and I each have 40,000 points and $400 and a goal: go...
Forget email, book Turkish awards over the phone (7.5K each way)
Yesterday, Greg posted about how you can buy enough Citi ThankYou points to fly from basically anywhere in the US to Hawaii for $386 round trip. The trick of course is using Turkish Miles...
Hunting down a free safari
When researching my post "The best stopover deals worldwide," I came across a very interesting deal. According to a couple of articles, Kenya Airways offered free safaris for those stopping over in Nairobi. Here's...
$386 to Hawaii round trip from anywhere in the US
A couple of days ago a reader thanked Nick for discovering and documenting how to book flights from the US mainland to Hawaii for only 7,500 points one-way. She wrote that she was able...
(EXPIRED) American Airlines Shopping Portal: Earn 500-2,000 Bonus Miles
Last week we shared about how the Alaska, United and Southwest shopping portals were all offering a Back To School bonus with various tiers of bonus miles.
Somewhat belatedly, the American Airlines shopping portal is...
On my mind (award anxiety edition)
This week, Nick has been wringing his hands over a couple of recent award redemptions. First, he questioned his own wisdom in trading in 64,250 Capital One "miles" for a $900 Marriott gift card...
(EXPIRED) BJ’s: Save Up To 20% On Select Gift Cards (Hotels.com, Southwest, Amtrak, Chipotle,...
BJ's Wholesale Club has launched a new sale today with a large number of gift card brands having discounts of up to 20%. With Southwest, Hotels.com, Amtrak, Lowe's, Starbucks and more with good discounts,...
A sweet spot hotel…and a rookie mistake
Earlier this week, I stumbled on what I think is a pretty awesome sweet spot hotel redemption in the US and I got pretty excited...and then I proceeded to make an absolutely boneheaded mistake....
How to book the cheapest flights with Chase Ultimate Rewards
Google Flights makes it easy to find super cheap airfare deals like the one pictured above. Within Google Flights, simply enter your origin city and departure date and then enter a region as a...
(EXPIRED) Register To Earn Double Points At EVEN Hotels (An IHG Brand) – Minimum...
IHG Rewards Club is offering double points at their EVEN Hotels brands when booking stays between August 1 and October 31, 2019, with the double points kicking in from the second night. With only...
When LifeMiles.com shows no availability, try a manual booking
Over the past couple of days, we've reported a sale on LifeMiles (See: Buy LifeMiles from 1.35cpp (and earn 5x doing it)) and an increase in the offer on the LifeMiles credit cards (See:...
