All-Time High Bonus on the Barclaycard Arrival Plus® World Elite Mastercard®

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The Barclaycard Arrival Plus® World Elite Mastercard® credit card is a great option for travelers looking for ultra-flexibility with their miles. The current bonus offer is an ALL-TIME HIGH of 70,000 miles worth $700 of free travel when you spend $5,000 on the card in the first 90 days.  The $89 annual fee is waived the […]

Being an Expert During Irregular Operations (IRROPS)

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Irregular Operations (IRROPS) happen – there’s just no way to be guaranteed that your flight will depart 100%… there is always something that can go wrong. Airlines hate irregular operations more than passengers – it creates a load of work for them: rebooking passengers, finding hotels, fixing aircraft, delaying other flights and other passengers, etc. […]

Suggestions for Getting the Most out of Short Trips

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This article will be a little bit different and won’t focus as much on miles & points, but rather on the actual travel experience once you’ve arrived at the destination. I’m trying out something new and “expanding” my writing horizons, so be sure to let me know how you feel about the article. Most of […]

Avoiding Fuel Surcharges

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When you think of redeeming miles, you usually think of “free” flights. In life, as we know, there is nothing free – not even travel. Yes, the miles may be “free”, but you will always pay taxes and fees in addition to the required miles. Every passenger is required to pay taxes and fees on […]

The #1 Trick For Finding Award Availability

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When it comes to redeeming miles and points for “free” travel (plus taxes and fees), most people make a mistake when searching for award availability – there are ways to search for award availability and then there are accurate ways to search for award availability. The average passenger will visit the airline’s website and plug […]

Understanding Award Ticket Service Fees

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Award Tickets (tickets booked using miles) are incredibly flexible – they can usually be changed or cancelled for minimal fees – especially when comparing the fee structure to normal revenue tickets. Every frequent flyer program has their own rules and fees for changes and cancellations. For example, American Airlines allows you to change the date […]

Understanding Mileage Expiration

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There’s nothing worse than checking your mileage account to find your balance to be “0 Miles” – especially after you worked super hard to earn those miles and were saving up for your dream redemption… and award availability just happened to show up today. It is extremely important to understand the mileage expiration rules and […]

Strategies for Booking Award Travel

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Everyone has their own strategy for booking award travel – whether that’s booking right as the schedule opens or booking the day before departure. There definitely isn’t one, best strategy for everyone (as that depends on what you are booking, where you are going, number of passengers, etc.), but some of the important, key concepts […]

Taking Advantage of Delta SkyMiles Flash Sales

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Delta SkyMiles certainly aren’t the world’s best points – mainly being due to the fact that Delta loves to frequently make changes to their frequent flyer program without notifying members in advance. Delta makes horrible changes to SkyMiles overnight without advance notice. Oh yeah, and they don’t even publish award charts.. insane, right?! There are still […]

The Benefits of Redeeming Alaska Miles on Finnair

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Alaska Airlines added Finnair as a partner more than a year ago – yet award redemptions on Finnair were not available until a few weeks ago. Alaska provided no notice as to why award bookings on Finnair are not possible for such a long time – however, Finnair redemptions are now live on Alaska’s website! […]