Avianca LifeMiles is one of the most useful frequent flyer programs for Star Alliance award redemptions. LifeMiles often sells miles at a discount directly, which can be a great value, and they also have some transfer partners, making their miles easy…
The LifeMiles website has been down for the past several days, as LifeMiles announced that they were upgrading their systems. During this period, members weren't able to redeem miles or perform any other account functions. As I noted at the time, I was…
Many of you have probably heard of US pre-clearance facilities, available for US-bound flights at select airports around the world, including Abu Dhabi, Dublin, and Toronto, just to name a few. The idea is that you clear US immigration before boarding…
Avianca Brasil has been around for over 15 years, though only fairly recently expanded internationally. The airline is currently Brasil's fourth largest airline. They used to just operate domestic flights, with a fleet of about 50 narrowbody Airbus aircraft.…
Avianca LifeMiles are one of my favorite mileage currencies. Not only does LifeMiles directly sell miles at a discount, but you can also transfer points from Amex Membership Rewards, Capital One, and Citi ThankYou, to build up your balance. LifeMiles…
Update: This is a reminder that today is the last day to buy LifeMiles with a 145% bonus. This assumes you registered by yesterday, and waited 24 hours until you try to buy miles. Also keep in mind you can combine this with LifeMiles' excellent Star…
LifeMiles is one of the most useful frequent flyer programs out there, in my opinion, given that they frequently sell miles at a discount, and have great award redemption rates. So they're often my go-to program for booking premium cabin Star Alliance…
Through December 12, 2018, the US Citi ThankYou program is offering a 30% bonus when you convert points into Avianca LifeMiles. Points ordinarily convert at a 1:1 ratio, though during this promotion you can convert 1,000 Citi points into 1,250 LifeMiles.…
LifeMiles is one of my favorite frequent flyer programs, given that they frequently sell miles at a discount. LifeMiles are useful for Star Alliance premium cabin redemptions, and the program doesn't impose fuel surcharges on any redemptions. You can…
Here's an exciting development. The US Amex Membership Rewards program has just added Avianca LifeMiles as a transfer partner. Points transfer from Amex to LifeMiles at a 1:1 ratio. LifeMiles will be Amex Membership Rewards' 18th airline and hotel partner,…
Rocketmiles offers airline miles for hotel stays. Online travel agencies get a commission for hotel bookings, so Rocketmiles gives part of that back in the form of miles. The catch is that you don't earn hotel points when booking this way, since it's…
Since September 6, LifeMiles has been offering OMAAT readers an additional 15% bonus on purchased miles, though registration is required. This promotion was supposed to expire yesterday, but has been extended by a couple of days, and there's an added…
Since September 6, LifeMiles has been offering OMAAT readers an additional 15% bonus on purchased miles, though registration is required. The deadline to register for the bonus is tomorrow (Monday, September 17, 2018), and then the deadline to buy miles…
For the past week, the LifeMiles program has been offering a bonus on purchased miles. Their publicly available promotion offers up to a 125% bonus when you buy miles. I’m happy to share that LifeMiles is once again offering a special increased bonus…
LifeMiles has just launched their latest major promotion on purchased miles. The LifeMiles program is offering up to a 125% bonus on purchased miles through Tuesday, September 18, 2018. Through this promotion, LifeMiles is offering a tiered bonus on…
The LifeMiles program has just announced that they’re offering a 100% bonus on transferred miles between July 17 and July 24, 2018. This is only useful if you have an existing LifeMiles mileage balance, since you can’t transfer miles you don’t have.…
LifeMiles has just launched a new flash sale on the purchase of miles. There are two ways you can take advantage of this: -- LifeMiles sent an email to some members directly offering the deal -- OMAAT readers can register to get the same deal (more details…
Aeroplan is Air Canada’s spun off frequent flyer program (at least until 2020, at which point Air Canada is reclaiming their program), and is transfer partners with Amex Membership Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest. They’re generally a good program…
I'm a big fan of Avianca's LifeMiles program. They have attractive premium cabin redemptions rates on Star Alliance partner airlines, and they don't add any carrier imposed surcharges to award tickets. Best of all, LifeMiles sells miles at a discount…
As I first wrote about a couple of weeks ago, LifeMiles is offering OMAAT readers an additional 15% bonus on purchased miles, though registration is required. The deadline to register for the bonus is tomorrow (Tuesday, May 29, 2018), and then the deadline…
For the past couple of weeks, the LifeMiles program has been offering a bonus on purchased miles. Their publicly available promotion offers up to a 125% bonus when you buy miles. I’m happy to share that LifeMiles is once again offering a special increased…
