After checking out the American Express Lounge Melbourne Airport, I decided to check out the Air New Zealand Lounge. This lounge is located on the ground floor, so it's one level below the American Express and Singapore Airlines lounges. The lounge opens…
Through April 29, 2019, the US American Express Membership Rewards program is offering a 25% bonus when you convert points into Air France KLM Flying Blue miles. Points ordinarily convert at a 1:1 ratio, though during this promotion you can convert 1,000…
One of the best perks of The Platinum Card® from American Express and The Business Platinum® Card from American Express is access to Centurion Lounges. These lounges are for the most part significantly better than what’s offered by US airlines,…
Choice Privileges has just launched their best promotion of the year on purchased points. Through April 22, 2019, Choice Privileges is offering up to a 50% bonus on the purchase of points. The bonus is tiered, as follows:
Through April 3, 2019, there are some great welcome bonuses on Delta’s co-branded American Express cards. The increased Delta Amex bonuses include the following:
TAP Air Portugal is growing their transatlantic route network significantly this year. This is largely thanks to the airline acquiring new aircraft which will fuel this growth. This includes the airline getting 20 Airbus A330-900neo aircraft plus 14…
Singapore Airlines' KrisFlyer program offers monthly "Spontaneous Escapes" promotions, where they constantly have a list of flights that can be booked at a discount when redeeming miles. Presumably they're primarily discounting flights that they don't…
IHG Rewards Club has just rolled out a new offer on purchased points, and it's potentially their best offer of the year. You have to log into your IHG Rewards Club account to see what you're eligible for, though best I can tell, IHG is offering up to…
The wait is finally over -- British Airways has just revealed their new business class seat, which will be in service in just a few short months. British Airways' new business class product will be called Club Suite. With this new seat, British Airways…
In December 2018 Capital One introduced a transferrable points currency, and today they've launched their first-ever transfer bonus with it. Through 11:59PM EST on Sunday, March 24, 2019, Capital One is offering a 100% bonus when you transfer Capital…
There's a story going viral at the moment that's both disgusting and confusing, no matter how you slice it. It involves the actions of a comedian on a flight. I'll share what we know and then what we don't know. Jess Moore is an Instagram comedian with…
In mid-January, Chase and United Airlines launched the best ever public welcome offer on the United℠ Explorer Business Card. This offer is only available through tomorrow, March 18, 2019, so if you've been considering this card but haven't yet applied,…
We get messages every day from folks asking for more details about how Ben got started as a travel blogger, or from people who have already started some kind of blog or content site and have questions for me about the practical details of everything…
I got to Melbourne Airport before 6AM so that I could review several lounges before my 10:35AM Singapore Airlines flight to Singapore. Melbourne Airport was quite busy, even so early in the morning. Fortunately the security queues weren't too bad, and…
Not all business class seats are created equal, and that's especially true on SWISS. On their longhaul aircraft (A330s, A340s, and 777s), Swiss has fully flat seats in business class (check out my review of SWISS business here). They're in a staggered…
It's not unusual to see hotel loyalty programs adjust which hotels belong in which categories every year. Over the past couple of weeks we've seen IHG Rewards Club, Marriott Bonvoy, and Radisson Rewards, announce their 2019 changes. Now another hotel…
After checking out the American Express Lounge Melbourne Airport, I decided to check out the Air New Zealand Lounge. This lounge is located on the ground floor, so it's one level below the American Express and Singapore Airlines lounges. The lounge opens…
I got to Melbourne Airport before 6AM so that I could review several lounges before my 10:35AM Singapore Airlines flight to Singapore. Melbourne Airport was quite busy, even so early in the morning. Fortunately the security queues weren't too bad, and…
On this trip I was spending one night in Melbourne. I arrived early in the morning from San Francisco, and was departing the following morning to Singapore. I've been to Melbourne twice before, and both times stayed at the Park Hyatt (which is nice,…
I had spent most of the day in the United Polaris Lounge prior to this flight (I had access because my flight from Tahiti landed the same morning). At around 6:30PM I headed from the G gates to the A gates in the International Terminal, which required…
Welcome to my next trip report, covering travel in business class on Qantas and Singapore Airlines, first class on Singapore Airlines and Japan Airlines, and something inbetween on Malaysia Airlines ("Business Suite"). Ford and I took a trip to Bora…
United has done a great job over the past year with opening new Polaris Lounges, which are their international premium cabin lounges: -- United opened their first Polaris Lounge Chicago in December 2016, which I've reviewed -- United opened their Polaris…
The wait is finally over... almost. On Saturday morning I wrote about how British Airways was teasing their new Club World seat. We have some very observant readers, so in the afternoon I shared what I think the new Club World seat could look like. We…
On this trip I was spending one night in Melbourne. I arrived early in the morning from San Francisco, and was departing the following morning to Singapore. I've been to Melbourne twice before, and both times stayed at the Park Hyatt (which is nice,…
Alaska Mileage Plan is one of my favorite programs to buy miles from, both thanks to the frequency with which they sell miles, and what a good deal their redemptions can be. Alaska has just launched their latest bonus on purchased miles, which is only…
Hello from Florida! I'm spending my last weekend at home in a while, as the coming weeks I have quite a bit of domestic travel, and then I have major international trips every couple of weeks for the next several months. On the points & travel front,…
If you've been hashtagging anything skiing-related this winter - or if you've ever so much as looked up the word "snowboard" on the internet - chances are, your social media accounts are probably being blown up by advertisements for next season's passes.…
Earlier today British Airways teased four pictures of their new business class product, which will debut in the coming months. The pictures aren't terribly revealing, as presumably they want to keep all the details for their launch, whenever that happens.…
I had spent most of the day in the United Polaris Lounge prior to this flight (I had access because my flight from Tahiti landed the same morning). At around 6:30PM I headed from the G gates to the A gates in the International Terminal, which required…
We're seeing a couple of cool new routes to Helsinki this year from China. Juneyao Airlines is commencing longhaul operations with their 787-9, as they launch a daily Shanghai to Helsinki route as of June 28, 2019. Alrighty then... However, that's no…
This should prove to be an exciting year for the business class products of the UK's two global airlines. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will both be taking delivery of their first Airbus A350s this summer, and in both cases the airlines are introducing…
Earlier I wrote about the outrageous situation someone was facing at the St. Regis Aspen. To briefly summarize, a person booked a five night stay for two rooms using points. Their flight to Aspen was canceled (as is quite common due to weather), so they…
