It may soon cost more to maintain Marriott elite status
A few years ago I took part in Marriott’s Taste of Platinum Challenge (details here). The challenge offers a way to fast track to Marriott Platinum status by completing 9 stays in roughly three...
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. ...
How to keep your LifeMiles alive
A bit over two years ago I bought a bunch of miles in the Avianca LifeMiles program for about 1.3 cents each. I was prompted to do so by posts like this one. As...
Discover’s National Car Rental certificates
In August I published “Discover rental car discounts and upgrades”. In that post I described my approach to car rentals: maintain Executive status with National Car Rental (which allows me to reserve a mid-sized...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Access the US Airways upgrade list by app and web
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
If you're like me, when you're preparing to fly back and forth across the United States of America for absolutely no reason, the #1 question on your mind is "am...
30,000 miles to nowhere: My 4 mile buffer and a contingency plan
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...
Using the Citi Prestige 4th night free benefit
I’ve recently become a big fan of the Citi Prestige card (see “Citi Prestige vs Premier vs Preferred”). It may even be the single best travel rewards card currently available, but I’ll defer that...
Surviving (and thriving) Delta 2015
As of January 1, 2015, Delta has been awarding miles based on the ticket price rather than the distance flown. Under the new program, long distance heavily discounted flights result in far fewer earned...
Amex’s crazy PointsMatch scheme. How to make the most of it.
This morning, One Mile at a Time published: You Won’t Believe Amex’s Targeted “PointsMatch” Promotion. And, you know what, Lucky was right. I can hardly believe what I’m seeing…
Summary
Amex has a new targeted promotion...
