The Chase Sapphire Preferred: Our Top Recommended Card

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If you polled the team at Travel Miles 101 for our favorite travel rewards credit card, the Chase Sapphire Preferred Card would definitely top the list. If you want to get started traveling the world with rewards points & miles, this is a card you need in your wallet:       Earn 60,000 Ultimate […]

Economy Class Fares Overview

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When it comes to award travel, you typically only have one type of “fare” for each cabin on the plane – either the award space is available or it isn’t. If it is, the ticket usually comes with all of the same benefits as the “classic” type of a revenue ticket booked in that cabin. […]

Strategy for Collecting Miles & Points

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All of us have our own miles & points collection strategy – whether that plan on how to collect more miles & points is based on future trips we want to redeem for or simply to maximise earnings through bonus categories, there’s no one specific way to go about collecting miles & points. However, there […]

Making the Most of Spontaneous Trips

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Spontaneous trips are my favorite thing in the world. Waking up and deciding you want to fly somewhere in a few hours is one of the most incredible feelings in the world. I realise that not everyone has a very flexible schedule and can’t just decide to fly somewhere whenever they want, but that doesn’t […]

Maximizing Miles Earned on Revenue Tickets

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The biggest disappointment in the entire frequent flyer industry is the idea of revenue-based programs whereby miles earned are based on how much you spend rather than how much you fly – these programs are not frequent flyer programs anymore, but rather frequent spending programs. The entire idea of a frequent flyer program is to […]

Selecting a Frequent Flyer Program for Loyalty

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Virtually every single airline has their own frequent flyer program – and every single one of those airlines claims their frequent flyer program is the best. The truth is that no program is the best at everything. There simply is no program that offers the best redemptions worldwide, the best elite program, the best customer […]

Various Types of Airline Partnerships

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Virtually all airlines have airline partnerships and the whole point of an airline having airline partners is to fly “their” passengers to places where they do not fly to. For example, Lufthansa does not fly to all of the Greek islands but their Star Alliance partner, Aegean Airlines does – therefore Lufthansa partners with Aegean […]

Ways to Access Airport Lounges

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Airport Lounges can significantly enhance your travel experience as you can begin your journey in true comfort instead of waiting around by the gate at a hectic airport. Lounges at the airport are designed for premium passengers – either those with a First or Business Class ticket, elite members of a frequent flyer program, passengers […]

The Best Travel Mobile Applications

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Virtually all of us have a smartphone nowadays – and usually that smartphone is an iPhone which features access to millions of applications – for just about anything. Personally, I don’t have a lot of “regular” applications on my phone – most of them are travel related. I use travel applications on a daily basis […]

Airlines with decent Premium Cabin Award Availability

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Airline award availability can vary extremely – from routes to travel time to other factors. Moreover, there are airlines that virtually never release any premium cabin award seats – either at all or to partner airlines. For example, Singapore Airlines virtually never releases long-haul premium cabin award availability to their Star Alliance partner airlines, but […]