Occasionally we see airlines offer award sales, where they discount the number of miles required for a redemption. However, in my experience these types of sales almost always apply to saver level award availability, which are the highly capacity controlled…
I'm going to try to keep this short: -- Delta recently announced that they'll be launching flights between New York and Mumbai as of December 2019 -- Typically the best value for booking Delta business class awards is to use Virgin Atlantic Flying Club…
Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles are among my favorite mileage currencies out there. On a per mile basis, I value Alaska miles more than any other airline miles. In this post I wanted to talk a bit more about actually redeeming Alaska miles -- the…
Emirates’ new first class is the best first class product in the world, as far as I'm concerned. The bad news is that Emirates only has a total of nine 777-300ERs featuring their new first class, and they don’t have any immediate plans to reconfigure…
All airlines have some sort of routing rules when it comes to the type of award tickets they will and won't allow. Every airline has different rules, and I'd say American has among the strictest out there. I've written about American's award routing…
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…
Often you'll find that the best options for redeeming miles are using partner award charts. In other words, the airlines you often want to fly aren't the airlines with which you want to collect miles, and vice versa. There are tons of amazing arbitrage…
There are lots of things that contribute towards a great frequent flyer program. Obviously award redemption rates and award availability are both important, but there’s also something to be said for the ease with which you can search and book award seats.…
Yesterday I wrote about how the US Amex Membership Rewards program is offering a 30% bonus when you transfer points to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club through July 1, 2019. This is an excellent deal we typically see once in a while, and today I wanted to…
Historically one of the best uses of Air France-KLM Flying Blue miles is booking their Promo Awards. Flying Blue publishes these every month, and they offer 20-50% off select award tickets on Air France and KLM metal. In 2018 some major changes were…
Yesterday British Airways rather cryptically announced that they'll be adjusting most of their partner award pricing for bookings as of May 30, 2019. The airline emailed members to let them know of the imminent changes, but didn't actually reveal how…
While we don't actually know the details of what's going on here yet, it's bound to be terrible news. British Airways has just sent out an email to members explaining that partner award costs will be changing. According to the email, for tickets booked…
Well, the trend of airlines making their frequent flyer programs significantly less compelling continues. This time it's HawaiianMiles making changes to their program, and they're doing so without any sort of advance notice or announcement. Essentially…
JetBlue has a revenue based frequent flyer program, meaning the number of points required for a redemption is directly correlated to the revenue cost of a ticket. Therefore there’s not really a best time to redeem points, since you’ll usually get roughly…
The Companion Pass is probably the best way to get discounts on Southwest Airlines, as you're effectively getting 2-for-1 travel for as long as you have the pass. And before anyone makes a snarky comment about no one at OMAAT flying WN, the last time…
LifeMiles is a useful frequent flyer program that I use all the time for Star Alliance award redemptions. LifeMiles frequently sells miles at a discount, and they're also transfer partners with Amex Membership Rewards, Citi ThankYou, and Capital One.…
Not a day goes by when we don't get a message from someone frustrated because they tried to use their miles for a "free" flight, and were stymied by hundreds of dollars in taxes and fees. While some airports and countries do have higher fees, the bulk…
Historically one of the things I like about American's website is how easy it is to search for award availability. They have a great availability calendar, and it's easy to switch between dates and types of awards. Well, at least that was the case until…
Last year I wrote a guide on how to redeem British Airways Avios on Air Italy, but I figured it was time for an update. This is both because Air Italy's route network has grown significantly, and also because redeeming Avios on Air Italy works differently…
Redeeming American miles for travel on Etihad between some regions just got easier. Every frequent flyer program has different rules when it comes to what routings you can fly on an award reservation. American's award routing rules are especially complicated,…
United will be making some massive changes to their MileagePlus frequent flyer program. They haven't formally announced these changes, but rather have just talked to some bloggers. Since they didn't contact me, I'll just go off what other bloggers have…
