Understanding an Award Ticket Stopover

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Mileage tickets can be very powerful – not only are you redeeming miles for a free flight, you can often also include more than one destination for no additional cost. A stopover. Many airlines allow passengers to redeem their miles for an award ticket which features 1 or 2 stopovers in addition to their destination […]

Weekly Points: United Increases Bag Fees, How To Deal With Flight Delays, Delta Flash Sales and More!

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Move Over 5/24, Stricter Rule Coming:  It’s difficult to reapply for cards from certain banks because of their restrictions.  For example the 5/24 rule, where you’re not eligible for certain cards if you’ve opened 5 or more cards in the past 24 months.  Well it seems as if that 24 is changing to 48 in […]

Flying to French Polynesia Using Miles

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Flying to one of the most gorgeous places in the world, French Polynesia, can be quite expensive on a revenue ticket – especially from North America or Europe. Flights from Asia/Australia to French Polynesia are a bit less expensive, but still can be insanely priced. Thankfully, airlines from all major alliances – Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam […]

Weekly Points: Marriott Travel Package Updates, Air Canada To Acquire Aeroplan, How To Prepare For Retention Calls and More!

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Marriott Travel Package Updates:  Many in this hobby were not happy campers with how Marriott handled travel packages after combining loyalty programs.  Whether this was intentional or expected glitches, Marriott seems to be trying to work through some of these issues. If you’re affected by this, check out the article to find out more. 60K […]

Redeem Your SPG/Marriott Points For Luxury Hotels Now!

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Last weekend, SPG and Marriott merged – all SPG points were multiplied by 3 and all SPG hotel award prices have been adjusted to account for the new pricing and value of points. Some SPG hotels went up in price while others went down. The best part is that all hotels now cost at most […]

Weekly Points: Book Finnair With Alaska Miles, UR To Korean No More, Sweet Spot With Korean Miles and More!

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Getting To The Amalfi Coast With Points/Miles:  This is definitely on my bucket list and I hope to make it happen soon.  You will have to make some connections, but it’s not the end of the world.  There are quite a few options to get you to this beautiful corner of the world. Book Finnair […]

Weekly Points: SPG/Marriott Merger Checklist, Fast Track to Frontier Elite Status and Southwest To Hawaii in the Fall?

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St. Regis Princeville Is Being Sold:  One of the most sought after Starwood properties is being sold, and will be rebranded.  The St. Regis Princeville will not longer be part of the SPG/Marriott family. With as much interest in Hawaii that exists within the Travel Miles 101 community, this property may have been on your […]

Maximizing a 24 Hour Layover

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I love layovers on airline tickets as they can allow you to stop in a city for up to 24 hours for free – the airline won’t cover your hotel or meals, but they will allow you to “transit” for up to 23 hours and 59 minutes on the same ticket. This can be a […]

Weekly Points: Air France Calendar Is Back, Earn Bonus MR Points At Walmart.com, ANA Increases Fuel Surcharges and More!

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Air France Calendar Is Back!:  After FlyingBlue changed their award chart, many noticed that their award calendar was not available anymore.  This was a bummer because it was one of the best ways to check out SkyTeam award availability, even Delta availability from the US to Hawaii (hint:  Korean Air Sweet Spot). Now it’s back […]

Best Ways to Redeem Iberia Avios

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Iberia, a Spanish oneworld airline, recently ran the most generous promotion this year as far as airline promotions go – you could earn 9k Avios points for purchasing any ticket online through their website, up to 90k Avios points. Most one-way tickets within Spain cost $30-$40 and therefore many took advantage of this promotion and […]