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...
Citi adds Virgin Atlantic as transfer partner
In July 2014, Citibank added the ability to transfer ThankYou points to various airline programs, as long as you have a premium ThankYou card such as the Premier or Prestige. Today, they added a...
US Air: Philadelphia to Vegas (or vice versa) only $157 round trip
Valid: Assorted dates in February. This could be a great opportunity for those who still need to book flights on their quest to fly 30,000 miles to nowhere.
Available fares on US Airways:
Philadelphia to Las...
30,000 miles to nowhere. Party in the sky, and the solution to the traitorous...
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...
