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Virgin Atlantic, the UK’s boutique long-haul airline, has a very interesting a niche frequent flyer program – Flying Club. Virgin Atlantic partners with a variety of airlines – ranging from Air France/KLM to Hawaiian Airlines to Singapore Airlines; the airline will eventually join the SkyTeam Alliance as Virgin’s strongest partnerships…
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Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is quickly becoming one of my favorite frequent flyer programs due to their unique partnerships and redemption opportunities. Virgin Atlantic itself operates long-haul flights from the United Kingdom to international destinations; the airline is very much a boutique airline in that they don’t have the global…
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Hawaiian Airlines operates flights connecting the various Hawaiian islands and also the U.S. mainland with Hawaii as well as other destinations in Asia and the South Pacific. Hawaiian Airlines is not a member of any airline alliance, but does have partnerships with various airlines, meaning that you can earn and…
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Airlines and their Partners Today, we are going to look at a bigger picture in the miles & points hobby – airlines and their partners. The number one question that was asked was “how can I use my miles/points from airline X to travel on airline X’s partners?” While this may…
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There are a number of ways to search for airline award availability – whether that is through the airline directly, through a partner airline, through a subscription-based system, over the phone, etc. There are usually many ways to search for award availability, but there are only a few *good* ways…
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Knowing where the major airline hubs are located makes searching for award flights (especially on complicated itineraries) dramatically easier as you know these are the cities where they’ll have the largest presence and the most Saver award availability. It’s often easiest to search segment-by-segment, so knowing the hubs is essential,…
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