Tag: Around The Web
Workarounds for the UK Air Passenger Duty
One Mile at a Time published an excellent post today about the UK Air Passenger duty that's worth a read. In short, the UK...
Air France moves Israel to the Middle East, heavily devalues business class awards
Dan's Deals reports on an unfortunate devaluation of Air France KLM Flying Blue: while Israel has long been included in Flying Blue's definition of...
[Update: “Fixed”] Iberia now charging more for Chicago and Los Angeles to Madrid
Update 7/12/21: As reported by The Points Guy, pricing on these routes has reverted to the previous pricing, with Chicago to Madrid back to...
Now book Hyatt suite upgrades online with points
World of Hyatt allows members to upgrade a room booked at the standard cash rate to a standard or premium suite using points. In...
American likely planning to ditch award charts
The Points Guy reports that the president of the American Airlines AAdvantage program has indicated to them that American is developing a system that...
Mastercard gift cards not processing as debit at Walmart
Reports in the comments at Doctor of Credit indicate that Mastercard gift cards can no longer be used as debit cards at Walmart stores....
The bright side of the Radisson changes: the rest of the world
Andy Shuman at Lazy Traveler's Handbook has put together a phenomenal post about the foreign Radisson properties changing category when the newly-split Radisson Hotels...
Flying Delta and not chasing status? Why you might credit to Air Europa…
UK-based blog Head for Points writes an interesting post this week about why you might want to credit SkyTeam flights to Air Europa (at...
Singapore adds “promo” award category (no changes / stopovers)
Singapore Krisflyer has added a new "Promo" award category that can be accessed when searching for Singapore KrisFlyer award tickets. While some will be...
Aeroplan stopovers are limited to 30 days in duration
File this under "good to know" even if not immediately useful knowledge for most: the maximum length of a stopover in the new Aeroplan...
Air Canada Aeroplan adds Air Dolomiti partnership
File this under "niche, but interesting". This past week, One Mile at a Time reported that Air Canada Aeroplan added a partnership with Italian...
Virgin Atlantic elite status after 1 flight now available via FoundersCard
Bethany at Bougie Miles reports on a new benefit of FoundersCard: get Virgin Atlantic Silver status after a single flight on Virgin Atlantic and...
Expedia points continue to devalue (can no longer use for flights; double value for...
Last month, Expedia devalued Expedia points significantly when points stopped being worth double at VIP hotel properties. As if that weren't an ugly enough...
Mix free night certs, points, & paid nights with Hyatt Pay My Way
Joseph Hostetler at Million Mile Secrets uncovered an amazing find: Hyatt now lets you mix paid and award nights as well as free night...
