Understanding When To Redeem Miles

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Airline frequent flyer miles and credit cards points have changed my life. Before miles and points, I hadn’t seen the world outside of North America and Europe… and thanks to miles and points, I have now been able to visit over 50 countries on all continents and travel to some incredible destinations around our gorgeous […]

Weekly Points: Wide Open Award Space To Asia, Ultimate Rewards Sweet Spot, Digging Into EVA Air and More!

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Delta One Award Space To Asia:  Act fast as this won’t last!  You can currently find award space to and from Asia for 47K Flying Club miles each way by taking advantage of the 30% transfer bonus.  That is incredible! Ultimate Rewards Sweet Spots:  I love learning about sweet spots, as they allow us to […]

Redeeming Alaska Airlines Miles on Qantas

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  Alaska Airlines has been partners with Qantas Airways for quite some time – which means you can earn and redeem Alaska Airlines miles on Qantas flights. Alaska sometimes also has bonus miles promotions for travel on Qantas (QF). QF is the flag-carrier of Australia and transports people to/from/around the wonderful country in the South […]

Weekly Points: Using Virgin Atlantic Miles, Best Uses Of Singapore Miles, El Al Partners With Alaska and More!

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Booking Delta Flights With Virgin Atlantic Miles:  Here’s a great article explaining in detail how to book Delta flights with Virgin Atlantic miles and why it’s a good idea.  I like how it explains bugs and limitations to this method as well. Best Use Of Singapore Miles:  It’s hard to keep up with the best […]

Lufthansa First Class Summer 2019 Schedule

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  What better way to start your summer than by flying Lufthansa First Class, one of the world’s best First Class products? Lufthansa’s First Class cabin is incredible – from the ground services in Frankfurt and Munich, to the amazing experience in the sky; LH F is something everyone needs to fly at least once […]

Weekly Points: Book Etihad Awards On AA, Transfer Bonus To Virgin Atlantic, Cheap Inter-Island Flights and More!

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Transfer Bonus To Virgin Atlantic:  I love transfer bonuses as they allow you to spend less of your hard earned miles for your award flight.  Currently you can transfer your Membership Rewards points to Virgin Atlantic and receive a 30% bonus! Book Etihad Awards On AA:  This is very pleasant news!  Etihad premium cabins are […]

AAdvantage Changes Etihad Airways Routing Rules

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  American Airlines AAdvantage is one of my favourite frequent flyer programs when it comes to redeeming miles and points to Asia, the South Pacific, and the Middle East. Sadly, AAdvantage isn’t perfect when it comes to redeeming for European or South American flights due to limited award availability and high fuel surcharges, especially on […]

Weekly Points: Round Trip To Hawaii For 20K Points, Check Out Google Hotels and More!

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Round Trip To Hawaii For 20K Points:  Transfer bonuses are so awesome as they allow you to save points on your next award booking.  Currently you’ll get a 30% transfer bonus on Ultimate Rewards points to Avios. Stack that with a sweet spot and you’ll be in paradise for cheap!! Ever Heard Of Google Hotels?: […]

Redeeming Points for Cash Ticket vs. Award Ticket

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  Transferable points from banks remain one of the most type of flexible rewards – because you can usually use them in an unlimited number of ways including transferring to airlines and hotels. There are, of course, other ways including redeeming them for cash back or gift cards (something you should never do). Most banks […]

Redeeming Etihad Airways Etihad Guest Miles

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  The frequent flyer program of Etihad Airways, Etihad Guest, is often overlooked by many as the miles are harder to redeem on partner airlines and usually involve calling in – something that most people don’t have time for. Etihad Guest miles are actually easy to acquire as you can transfer from AMEX, Citi, and […]