***UPDATE*** Currently it seems as if you’re able to book flights priced at 27,500 miles on Air France one way for 25,000 Korean Air miles round trip. Hello everyone! There has been a lot of discussion recently about the Korean Air sweet spot to Hawaii which allows you to fly round-trip on Delta planes for […]
Booking Award Flights on Singapore Airlines
If you’ve been involved with travel rewards for a while, you know that there are two main opportunities to score award seats for flights. Either you book way in advance, such as 11 months before your departure date, or within a few weeks of departure. Those two time frames seem to be when airlines will […]
Planning Flights to Ireland
In a previous article, Brad showed us the Aer Lingus sweet spots from the US to Ireland. This is a great way to get to Europe for very few miles. Unfortunately, many times ;sweet spots’ do not involve very many cities, but thankfully that is not the case with this sweet spot! In this article, […]
Using Miles for a Dream Vacation to the Maldives
One of the things that got me hooked in the points/miles hobby is the thought of traveling to exotic places for pennies on the dollar. When I read a few blogs, and saw how they were able to travel to Bora Bora, the Maldives, Fiji, etc, and how they leveraged points/miles to get there, I […]
Planning Award Flights to China with Alaska Airlines Miles
Some of our readers have expressed interest in flying to China. It’s a long flight to China and it requires a sizeable amount of miles to fly there in economy. You can fly in economy for about 30K-35K miles one way. However there is a good award redemption that I’d like to highlight here involving […]
Three Major Award Flight Options to Bogota, Colombia
Within our Travel Miles 101 Facebook group (get access by signing up for our free email course), there are a lot of great discussions regarding travel with points & miles. The community is wonderful as there are lots of knowledgeable people willing to help answer questions. Regardless of your experience in this hobby, this is […]
Planning Flights to the South Pacific using Alaska Airlines Miles
Does Fiji sound like an appealing travel destination? What about Australia? New Zealand? These are popular destinations for many people, but the distance may discourage many from going. Luckily if you’re involved in the points/miles hobby, getting to Fiji, then to Australia or New Zealand is very affordable! Using Alaska miles will allow you to […]
Spring Break in Mexico City
Hello everyone! Spring break came and went and I’m glad my wife and I were able to enjoy a week of vacation together. With my wife being a teacher, there aren’t many weeks within the school year where we’re able to take off somewhere together. We usually take a week mid-March to recharge, before being […]
Useful Airline Loyalty Programs That Allow Free Stopovers
What is a stopover? A stopover is basically a long layover, over 24 hours, before getting to your ultimate destination. Not every airline loyalty program allows stopovers on award flights (because they amount to entirely free flights!), but there are some that do which allows for some pretty fantastic flight itineraries. For example, let’s say […]
Flight Options to India Using Miles from the East Coast
One of our readers expressed interest in award flights from the east coast to India. I recently wrote about using Alaska miles to travel from the west coast to India. This is great if you live on the west coast or can easily position yourself there. However it becomes less convenient if you live on […]