Great News: ANA Honoring $700 Business Class Tickets To Sydney!
This past Saturday ANA had a really good fare for business class tickets from Vancouver to Sydney in which you could fly round-trip…
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5 Tips To Help You Book The Next Airline Mistake Fare
As you may have heard, ANA had an amazing fare sale -- or possibly a mistake fare -- with roundtrip business class tickets from Vancouver…
Get Your Kids Star Gold Status For $150 Each
SAS is running a really awesome promotion this spring where kids can fly for almost free from the US to Europe. You just need to book by January…
Hot Deal: One-way Los Angeles To Stockholm For $99 On SAS
SAS is launching service between Los Angeles and Stockholm, Sweden, starting on March 14. Well, it turns out that to promote…
Getting A Head Start On Executive Platinum Status For 2016
We're at the point in the year where I'm sure many of us are starting to plan our 2016 travels. Living in hotels and on planes…
Is The Copa 150,000 Bonus Mile Promotion Mileage Runnable?
Copa Airlines is about to launch one of the more interesting promotions we've seen in a while. They…
Miles Aren’t Free: How To Value What You Earn
Figuring out how to value frequent flyer miles is tricky business. Most people have a vague concept of what a mile is worth to them, but…
How To Find Mistake Fares And Fly For Cheap
There are many ways to get started in the miles and points game, as there are many ways to play. These days the simplest and perhaps easiest…
What’s A Status Run, And Should You Book One?
Yesterday I talked about how mileage runs were once the cornerstone of the miles-and-points game. Crazy people such as Ben would book these quick…
Are Mileage Runs Still Possible?
We're welcoming a lot of new readers from around the globe this week here at One Mile at a Time. To celebrate, we're featuring…
Using Google Flights To Find Cheap Fares
When it comes to planning mileage runs, or looking for great fare deals, the go-to tool for most of us has been the ITA Matrix. ITA is a powerful tool, and makes searching for specific inventory buckets or fare combinations more practical. However, ITA…
How Much Information Do You Volunteer On A Mistake Fare/Mileage Run?
I've been involved in this hobby for a bit over a decade now, and there's no denying that…
A Decade Later, I’m Turning Down “Free” Miles
I've been involved in this "hobby" for more than a decade now. And I feel just as passionately about it today as I…
My First Trip Of 2015: International First Class For $1,500
I put "mileage run" in quotes because it's not really a mileage run. Nowadays mileage running is for the most…
Is Detroit Alaska’s Most Elite Heavy Route?
I might joke that Detroit is Alaska's most elite heavy route... at least through the end of this month. As I wrote about back…
American Business Class Dallas To Hong Kong
Last October, American Airlines announced a new nonstop daily flight between Dallas and Hong Kong, which launched this…
How I Plan On Requalifying For Status This Year
Reader Jake asked the following question via email: I know you have status with Alaska and American, and I was…
Things You Witness On A Mileage Run
I’m approaching a decade of being active in this “hobby,” and while I fly more than ever before (I flew…
Nicaragua Immigration Doesn’t Understand Mileage Runs
Perhaps file this one under the “no $&*%, Sherlock” category, but I had an interesting…
Time For End Of The Year Segment Padding!
Going back several years, mileage running as a “sport” made perfect sense — airfare was extremely…
Reflecting On Six Longhaul Flights In Seven Days…
As many of you are probably aware, I’m presently shuttling back and forth between the US and Brazil. In the past…
