Airline partnerships can be complicated, and this is especially true when it comes to redeeming miles on partner airlines. Different airlines take different approaches to releasing award space. Some airlines make more award seats available to members…
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…
British Airways Avios can simultaneously be one of the most valuable and one of the most frustrating points currencies out there. British Airways has a distance based award chart, meaning the currency is valuable in instances where other points wouldn't…
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is the only remaining airline that has the A380 on order but doesn’t yet have a single one of the aircraft in their fleet. ANA will be taking delivery of their first of three Airbus A380s shortly, and the airline has unconventional…
Last month Capital One launched an exciting new benefit for a few of their miles-earning cards, including: • Capital One® Venture® Rewards Credit Card • Capital One® VentureOne® Rewards Credit Card • Capital One® Spark® Miles for Business • Capital One®…
Yesterday I wrote about how Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer is devaluing their award chart for reservations made as of January 24, 2019. KrisFlyer's award redemption rates were already on the high side, so while we've seen worse devaluations in history,…
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer is a pretty useful frequent flyer program. This is partly because Singapore Airlines restricts most of their premium cabin award space to members of their own KrisFlyer program, and also because KrisFlyer is transfer partners…
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 June 2018 some major changes…
One of the cool features that Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer added last year is "Spontaneous Escapes," where they constantly have a list of flights that can be booked at a discount when redeeming miles. Presumably they're primarily discounting flights…
While I don't think we'll see a full blown award chart devaluation from American anytime soon (they've done enough damage to the program in the past few years), American has announced some (fairly minor) updates to their award pricing, which involve…
Capital One set the miles and points world ablaze this week with the announcement of a new flexible points program that will take effect in early December. Rather than the 1:1 transfers that are the industry standard in the U.S., transfers will process…
One of the things that I appreciate about British Airways Executive Club is that they guarantee a certain amount of award availability on each flight. British Airways guarantees a minimum of two business class and four economy class award seats on all…
Every month, the Air France-KLM Flying Blue program publishes Promo Awards, which offer discounts on select routes for a travel period of (typically) around two months. These offers coincide with the calendar month, so a particular Promo Award will be…
As I wrote about last week, Singapore Airlines will be launching flights between Singapore and Seattle as of September 3, 2019. The airline will operate the route 3x weekly initially, though will increase frequencies to 4x weekly as of October 2019.…
Whenever I'm talking with people who are just getting started with miles and points, I'm often surprised by both what miles they're accumulating, and how intimidated they are by actually using those miles. The natural instinct is to look for shortcuts…
In late September, Japan Airlines formally announced that they'll be launching flights to Seattle as of March 31, 2019. The airline will operate the route daily using a Boeing 787-8, with the following schedule: JL68 Tokyo Narita to Seattle departing…
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 June some major changes were…
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 award availability.…
There are so many things to love about the Alaska Mileage Plan program. All things considered, I think the program is more customer-focused than any other airline loyalty program out there. Mileage Plan continues to award miles based on distance flown…
Earlier I wrote about how British Airways massively hiked their carrier imposed surcharges for travel originating in the US. Want to fly first class roundtrip between Boston and London using miles? That'll now cost you over $1,800, in addition to the…
Virgin Atlantic's Flying Club program is one that has incredible niche redemptions, even if the miles aren't that valuable for redemptions on Virgin Atlantic due to the high surcharges. Flying Club is transfer partners with Amex Membership Rewards, Chase…
