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Tag: Sweet Spot Spotlight

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Lap infant award tickets for less: New Aeroplan fee is $25 CAD or 2500...

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Lap infant award ticket prices vary widely between programs, but Air Canada's Aeroplan is going from being one of the best options for lap infant...
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Park Hyatt Zanzibar Royal Residence for 30K points per night

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Following my post "Most exciting Hyatt premium suites bookable with points in the US," I've been researching the most exciting bookable-with-points premium suites outside...
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EVA Infinity MileageLands sweet spot: stopover itineraries to South America or within Asia

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EVA Infinity MileageLands is both a Citi ThankYou transfer partner and Capital One transfer partner that doesn't get much attention. While EVA Air's business...
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Aeroplan / Etihad first class sweet spot: US to Australia & how to do...

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Yesterday, Greg covered the news about the Etihad and Aeroplan partnership. In that post, Greg noted some of the potentially interesting opportunities with Aeroplan...
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Searching for Emirates sweet spots with non-flight awards

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Even if you've never flown Emirates, chances are good that you have easy access to Emirates Skywards miles.  You have access to these miles...
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Around the world in business class for 115K [Sweet spot spotlight]

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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....
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[Update: Price increase 7/30] Luxury in Budapest starting at 8K per night, and suites...

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Update 7/17/19: Today World of Hyatt has announced that this property will move up to Category 5 at 10:00am CT on July 30, 2019. That...
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7.5K miles each way to Hawaii: Turkish Miles & Smiles sweet spot

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Our #40Kfaraway challenge has led me to more closely study the award charts of all of the Citi Transfer Partners. I recently stumbled on...
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Fly around Japan for 5K each way, and add a free Excursion [Sweet-spot spotlight]

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Nick previously published a similar post: Fly around Japan for 4.5K each way with British Airways Avios .  But then the BA devaluation happened...
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Finding extreme luxury in Hyatt Premium Suites

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How would you like to book a 3,294 square-foot Presidential Suite for 16,000 points per night?  How about a two bedroom, 3 bath Diplomat...
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Free hotel breakfast & dinner at Nordic Choice Clarion Collection [Sweet-spot spotlight]

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  Tonight's sweet-spot spotlight is on the Choice Privileges hotel loyalty program. Specifically, the standout value in the Choice Privileges program comes from Clarion Collection hotels...
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ANA business class awards to Japan [Sweet-spot spotlight]

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ANA Mileage Club is an Amex transfer partner and offers some of the hands-down best deals on premium-cabin travel to Japan (and other parts of...
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Business class for 44K: pick from 3 continents [Sweet-spot spotlight]

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Update: Etihad has changed its policy and this sweet spot is no more: you must now pay for each segment separately on Royal Air...
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Free stopovers on one-way awards w/ Alaska [Sweet-spot spotlight]

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Today's sweet spot spotlight is on Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan since they offer a free stopover on one-way award tickets, which can be a great deal when...

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