The Best Premium Economy Experiences

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Premium Economy is a very interesting airline travel concept. Premium is mostly like domestic First Class, but just on international flights. That is, the seat is typically a comfortable recliner with added legroom and recline, but is not fully flat. The food service is upgraded and better than in Economy Class. A typical ticket will […]

Redeeming Miles During Peak Travel Time

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One of the most common frustrations when it comes to redeeming miles is no award availability. This is a common frustration because most people will want to redeem their miles during peak travel time, when award availability is limited. This is often why people hate miles – because they will save them up for a […]

Redeeming Alaska Miles on Singapore Airlines

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Alaska Airlines announced a while back that Singapore Airlines would be their latest partner airline – this means you can redeem and earn Alaska miles for travel on Singapore Airlines. While Alaska has generally partnered with oneworld carriers, Singapore Airlines is in the Star Alliance. Mileage redemption on Singapore Airlines hasn’t been available for quite […]

The Best Business Class Experiences

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When redeeming your hard-earned miles, you always want to redeem for the most aspirational and incredible Business Class or First Class experience. The best ways to redeem miles include those itineraries that maximise routing rules, airlines, layovers, stopovers, etc. For example, why redeem miles for a Business Class flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong […]

The United MileagePlus Excursionist Perk

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The United Airlines MileagePlus frequent flyer program is one of the better Star Alliance loyalty programs. The fact that United will soon be switching to a revenue-based model for redemptions is a huge negative change to the program – however redeeming miles on partner airlines should still remain chart-based and not revenue-based. Even though there […]

The Best First Class Experiences

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First Class is the most luxurious way to travel – there just isn’t any other way (unless you are flying private.. which I consider to be really boring). The problem with First Class is that it is going away rapidly as airlines phase it out in favour of much better Business Class products (which represent […]

Creating Your Own Award Itinerary

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The beauty of miles and points is that you can usually customise your own award booking however you want… as long as your itinerary and flights fall into the routing rules of the frequent flyer program you are using. There are also some frequent flyer programs that do not allow you to create custom routings, like […]

Redeeming Alaska Miles for Intra-Europe Travel

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Seattle’s hometown airline, Alaska Airlines, is in a unique position. The airline is not a member of any major airline alliance but has airline partners from major alliances. Furthermore, there are increasing rumours of Alaska Airlines joining the oneworld alliance as the airline has the most airline partners from that alliance. The one major downside […]

Amazing Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Redemptions

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Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer is one of my favourite Star Alliance frequent flyer programs. Generally, the only way to redeem miles for Singapore Airlines First and Business Class is through KrisFlyer as SQ rarely releases award seats in premium cabins to Star Alliance partners. The good news is that there is usually availability on most SQ […]

United MileagePlus Upcoming Changes

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The United Airlines MileagePlus frequent flyer program is one of the better Star Alliance loyalty programs. United’s website is easy to use and shows multiple routing combinations. The frequent flyer program itself is generally regarded as quite good – the award rates are reasonable, no fuel surcharges are imposed, you can book most partner airlines […]