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 […]

Weekly Points: Avoiding Bank Shut Downs, Authorized User Confusion, Lots of Cathay Award Space and More!

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Priority Pass Keeps Getting Better!:  Priority Pass already has a very extensive lounge network worldwide.  It’s tough to find yourself in an airport without a Priority Pass lounge you can visit.  Now, they keep adding more and more restaurants that you can access and not spend a dime! Avoiding A Bank Shutdown:  To many of […]

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 […]

Weekly Points: Business Class Deals To Europe, Virgin Atlantic Charging Fuel Surcharges, or Not, Earn Free AA Miles and More!

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Biz Class Deals With Flying Blue Promo Awards:  Currently you can get business class flights from Seattle to Europe for as low as 13,250 miles one way!  That is crazy cheap. Keep in mind that you would have to pay higher fees on Air France, but this could still be a great deal for you. […]

Weekly Points: Save Hundreds On Last Minute Flights, Southwest Calendar Open Through Early Summer, Delta Flash Sale and More!

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United Excursionist Perk Not Pricing Correctly:  One of the ways to get more bang for your miles with United is to take advantage of the Excursionist Perk.  However if you’ve tried booking award flights with this perk lately, you may have noticed that it’s not pricing correctly.  No need to fear though, a fix is […]

Weekly Points: Clarification On Hyatt Suite Upgrades, Book Air Tahiti Nui Through Flying Blue, Sweet Spot To Ireland and More!

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MR vs UR, Who Wins?:  Keep in mind that everyone values points differently, which is totally ok!  I thought this was a very, very good breakdown comparing two of the most popular flexible point programs around.  Do you share Nick’s sentiment on MR? Clarification On Hyatt Suite Upgrades:  Many chase elite status with hotel chains […]

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 […]

Weekly Points: ThankYou Points Now 1:1 With JetBlue, Delta Flash Sale, Great Deals To Australia and More!

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TY Points Transfer Ratio Now 1:1 With JetBlue:  Competition always heats up when one bank makes a moves and this change is no different.  Before, for every 1,000 Thank You points you transferred to JetBlue, you’d only get 800 TrueBlue Points.  Now it’s 1:1. Change Your Browser When Booking With Avianca Lifemiles:  Avianca Lifemiles are […]

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 […]