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...
Are Delta’s upgrade certificates as good as they sound?
Late in 2013, I posted “Why Delta’s great new Choice Benefits irk me.” Delta had just announced that they would be introducing regional and global upgrade certificates as choice benefits for high level elites. ...
30,000 miles to nowhere. $25,000 spent, probably for nothing
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...
3 miles per dollar everywhere, uncapped
I’ve written many posts in the past about ways to earn 5 miles per dollar everywhere. The trick is to buy gift cards at stores like Staples or Office Depot and pay with a...
Why the Ritz Carlton card might be worth keeping… for some
The Ritz Carlton 140,000 point credit card offer is back. In exchange for a $395 annual fee, you’ll get 140,000 points after $3K spend in 3 months (details here). Ritz Carlton points are equivalent...
