Amex Platinum for Less (2017 edition)
The Amex Platinum card comes with a slew of useful benefits such as lounge access (Centurion Lounge, Delta SkyClub, Priority Pass Select lounges, etc.); elite status with Starwood (and, therefore, Marriott too), Hilton, National...
Business Class: British Airways Companion Sale – good prices + a ton of Alaska...
British Airways has launched a Club World Business Class Companion Sale, offering some very good prices between North America and London when traveling as a couple with prices from $2,043 round trip per person based...
Will Emirates honor the Maldives mistake fare?
Last night, we posted an incredible mistake fare from the Maldives to New York for just $101 one-way or $142 round trip. You could fly with stopovers for a bit more or to many...
Family mileage running for Star Alliance Gold
In the post "Hunt for Star Alliance Gold" I described why I wanted Star Alliance Gold status (lounge access!), and I told the story about a crazy Rube Goldberg-ish approach to status matching that...
Business Class: Philadelphia to Bangkok ~$2520 round trip
First Class Flyer is reporting that there are very good business class fares between Philadelphia and Bangkok for travel into mid-June - starting around $2517 on Qatar Airways or Air France and KLM. It's not the Maldives to...
Rocking Fairmont credit card free nights and elite benefits
Chase's Fairmont credit card is no longer available to new applicants, but I know that many readers signed up for the card in January when I posted: The other Chase card you should consider...
Update: Maldives ERROR FARE works RT and to many more cities
A little while ago, we posted a price mistake fare from the Maldives to New York City on Emirates for $101 one-way. We also noted that you could do a stopover in Dubai for a...
Europe on sale: Late summer and early fall as low as $226 RT
Update: Added Detroit to Paris from $384
As reported by Secret Flying, there are some great prices on airfares to Europe in late summer and early fall on a variety of low-cost and legacy airlines...
Upgrading Marriott Travel Packages
A couple of readers have recently reported problems with trying to upgrade their Marriott Travel Packages. This is a quick post just to affirm that it can still be done. I just did it. ...
Registration open for SPG / Ritz / Marriott Q3 Promotions
Marriott, Ritz-Calrton, and Starwood are out with new promotions that begin later this month. Registration is now open for all three with links and details below.
Marriott Megabonus
The Offer
2,000 points for each stay starting with your 2nd...
Great Value Transferring Ultimate Rewards
Introducing a new resource page: Chase Transfer Partners. This page lists all of the options for transferring Chase Ultimate Rewards points to airline and hotel loyalty programs. The page is divided into sections: Best...
No, Delta didn’t add limits to earning status through spend (myth busted)
Last week, Rene's Points announced that Delta had implemented new restrictions to how many MQMs (elite qualifying miles) could be earned through credit card spend. This was based on language in a cardmember agreement...
Fly away ’cause it’s Friday: LA to Australia $800 RT direct, many routes to...
We've posted a number of great airfare sales over the past couple of days that are still alive -- and we are now adding Los Angeles to Australia from $800 nonstop below. Many of...
Hot: $82 round trip Charlotte to Las Vegas or vice versa on United [Very...
Update: Also $85 round trip flights between Miami and Phoenix.
United has some super cheap dates between Charlotte and Las Vegas scattered in late May, June, and July at just $83 round trip in either...
