For the last few months I’ve been pretty bummed about the new United.com website. I just didn’t like it at all and since United.com was a go-to site for the majority of my award searches, this was not ideal. To their great credit, United just added some new functionality to the site this week that […]
Easy Way to Avoid Fuel Surcharges to Europe using American Airlines Miles
I received a question from one of our members that cried out for a video response as it can help everyone here at Travel Miles 101 avoid the dreaded “fuel surcharges” you’re often hit with with when booking award travel to Europe using American Airlines miles. Here’s Samantha’s question: “I have 80,000 American Airlines miles […]
Travel Miles 101 Roundup – Week Ending 12/18/15
Here are the can’t-miss travel rewards articles you need to read from the week ending 12/18/2015: Essential Reading (plus FREE Uber rides!): Free Uber Rides: First, sign up for an account using Uber’s referral code for your first free ride (currently up to $22): https://www.uber.com/promo Next, use the info in this View from the Wing article […]
Travel Miles 101 Roundup – Week Ending 12/11/15
Here are the can’t-miss travel rewards articles you need to read from the past week: Essential Reading: The Points Guy ran an informative series of ‘top tips’ for earning and redeeming miles on American, United and Delta: 13 Tips for Earning, Burning and Flying with United Airlines 14 Tips for Earning, Burning and Flying with […]
Travel Miles 101 Roundup – Week Ending 12/4/15
We hope you all enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday! We took the week off from our regular roundup post, so this is actually a roundup of interesting articles we found over the last two (fairly quiet) weeks in the world of the travel rewards: Essential Reading: The Points Guy: 5 Sweet Spots in the New American […]
Travel Miles 101 Roundup – Week Ending 11/20/15
This was a big week in the world of travel rewards! Here is the Travel Miles 101 roundup of essential travel rewards news you need to know for the week ending 11/20/2015: Top News Marriott agrees to purchase Starwood Hotels: This deal, which is expected to close in mid-2016 will create the world’s largest hotel […]
Travel Miles 101 Roundup – Week Ending 11/13/15
Here’s the Travel Miles 101 roundup of essential news for the week ending 11/13/2015: Essential Reading: New Airline Routes of Note: Airberlin announces 3 new US routes from Dusseldorf to: Boston, Dallas and San Francisco. This is especially good news for those with British Airways Avios or American Airlines miles as there are no fuel […]
Travel Miles 101 Roundup – Week Ending 11/6/15
We know you don’t have time to read the hundreds of travel rewards articles published every week, so Alexi and I try to cut through the noise and curate only the essential information for you to easily digest. Here’s our roundup for the week ending 11/6/2015: Essential Reading: The most informative articles we came across […]
Travel Miles 101 Roundup – Week Ending 10/30/15
Our mission with Travel Miles 101 is to make the world of earning and redeeming travel rewards points simpler and more accessible for regular people. We know you don’t have hours to pore over the hundreds of new articles published every day, so this post starts a weekly feature where we curate the essential information […]
Booking Example: Using Chase Ultimate Rewards to fly in the US
We consider Chase Ultimate Rewards points the most valuable of all the travel rewards currencies. It is tough to beat the 10 different Chase transfer partner options (including our four favorite: United, Southwest, Hyatt and British Airways) that give you built in diversification of your travel points. We believe these are the essential points currency […]