Making the Most of a 24h Layover

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A 24 hour layover is my absolute favourite thing on award tickets – because they allow you to essentially visit many cities just for a day for no additional miles. For example, you can fly from Seattle to London via San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, etc. and you can have layovers in each of […]

Most Luxurious Holiday Destinations

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Most people save up their miles and points for holiday and vacation travel. There are of course people who use miles and points towards other trips, but the highest percentage is simply people who save up over the years and want to eventually redeem for a luxurious holiday – usually at a 5 star hotel […]

The Future of Airline Elite Status

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Airline Elite Status really ensures the difference of getting somewhere and getting somewhere comfortably. Elite status is the ultimate goal for frequent flyers – many of which easily qualify for top-tier status which allows them numerous benefits so they can fly comfortably and exclusively. Airline elite status used to be super easy to understand – […]

Airlines with lots of International Award Availability

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The key to redeeming your miles and points is finding award availability. If a flight is not available using miles, then there’s just sadly no way to book it with your airline miles. You could book it through a bank travel portal using your bank points, but that ticket is a cash ticket and not […]

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 […]