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 […]

Weekly Points: Awesome Deals To Australia And New Zealand, Is Global Entry Worth It, What To Do With Negative Balances and More!

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Deals To Australia And New Zealand:  There are currently some great deals to Australia and New Zealand when flying out of LAX or SFO.  You can find ROUND TRIP deals for as low as $680! Several airlines are participating and the dates are from March – November 2020! How Much Are Your 50K Marriott Certificates […]

Google Flights: A Powerful Search Tool

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I can’t remember what life was like before Google Flights, seriously, this incredible service has changed my flight searching life for the better. I think before Google Flights existed, I would spend countless hours on Expedia or Orbitz searching for flights from one city to another… and one search took quite a while, therefore now […]

Promo: 10k Alaska Miles for Round-Trip Partner Flights

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Alaska Airlines is a unique airline based in Seattle with airline partners all around the world. Alaska doesn’t operate any long-haul flights because they only have narrow-body aircraft and primarily operate flights around North America with a focus on the West Coast of the U.S. They also fly to a few places in Canada, Mexico, […]

New oneworld Alliance member: Alaska Airlines

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Alaska Airlines announced huge news the past few days: they will finally join the oneworld alliance. Alaska has been rumoured to join the alliance for a very long time now, mainly because they partner with a lot of oneworld carriers, so naturally, they would fit into the alliance the best. After years of speculation and […]

Weekly Points: What To Do If Your Hotel Is Overbooked, Virgin Atlantic Miles Got More Valuable, SkyMiles Flash Deal and More!

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What To Do If Your Hotel Is Overbooked?:  Like airlines, hotels try their best to fill up every room in their property so they often times overbook.  What do you do if you find yourself without a room due to this? Check out this link to find out. Hyatt Mattress Runs For 2K A Night:  […]

Weekly Points: How To Book Sweet Spot Award To Hawaii, Marriott Category Changes, Best Airline Companion Passes and More!

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Anatomy Of An Award:  I loved this series from when Scott Grimmer had this blog.  Scott would post how he booked certain awards which was super helpful. Here’s a great breakdown of an award from from the US to Hawaii and back for 15K Turkish Airline miles! When To Use A Travel Agent:  I know, […]

Weekly Points: Keep Discontinued Cards Open, ANA Around The World Guide, Justifying The Amex Platinum Annual Fee and More!

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Reasons To Keep Discontinued Cards Open:  Every year when your annual fee is due, you’re faced with the decision of whether to keep the card or not.  When cards are discontinued, you’re also left with that decision. Here are some reasons why you should keep it open. Best Ways To Use United Miles:  United miles […]

Technology Essentials While Traveling

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Technology has advanced quite a bit during the last decade and virtually every single person now has a few technology devices they travel with – this includes either a smartphone, sometimes a tablet, and then usually a laptop. While these are the typical technology devices most people travel with, there are also some smaller technology […]

Best Frequent Flyer Programs for Europe Travel

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Airlines have their own frequent flyer programs, and there is no one program that has everything and is the most amazing. Each program has advantages and disadvantages and each program is unique in which regions it can be best used for – whether that’s because of good award availability or great redemption opportunities (such as […]