How To Add Your Family To Your ANA Account

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When you have a few award bookings under your belt, you really get a sense of the power of your points.  With that, you want to share this joy with your family and friends.  You may even go as far as using your points to book their flights.  While most airline loyalty programs allow this, […]

Korean Air Sweet Spot to Hawaii: New Way to Find Availability

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***UPDATE*** Currently it seems as if you’re able to book flights priced at 27,500 miles on Air France one way for 25,000 Korean Air miles round trip. Hello everyone!  There has been a lot of discussion recently about the Korean Air sweet spot to Hawaii which allows you to fly round-trip on Delta planes for […]

Planning Flights to Ireland

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In a previous article, Brad showed us the Aer Lingus sweet spots from the US to Ireland.  This is a great way to get to Europe for very few miles. Unfortunately, many times ;sweet spots’ do not involve very many cities, but thankfully that is not the case with this sweet spot!  In this article, […]

Planning Flights to the South Pacific using Alaska Airlines Miles

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Does Fiji sound like an appealing travel destination?  What about Australia?  New Zealand?  These are popular destinations for many people, but the distance may discourage many from going.  Luckily if you’re involved in the points/miles hobby, getting to Fiji, then to Australia or New Zealand is very affordable! Using Alaska miles will allow you to […]

Step-by-Step Guide: Korean Air Sweet Spot to Hawaii

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We love to focus on sweet spot redemptions where you can save big using a partner’s miles to fly on certain routes, and some of our favorite sweet spots are to Hawaii! This is a step-by-step guide to what may be the best sweet spot of all: Using Korean Air miles to fly round-trip to […]

Super Sweet Spot Using Etihad Miles to Europe on Brussels Airlines

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UPDATE:  This deal no longer exists.  Etihad now charges 88,000 miles round-trip in business class In the points/miles world, if you are flexible with your travel dates, and are persistent, you can snag some AMAZING deals for flights or hotels.  Maybe the best ever example of a ‘sweet spot’ is using Etihad miles to fly […]

New Aer Lingus Sweet Spot: 6 US Airports to Ireland Each for Only 26,000 Avios Round-Trip

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We just discovered a BRAND NEW sweet spot using British Airways Avios and it should help a whole lot of people in the US fly to Ireland for fewer miles than ever before: There are now nine US airports with ‘sweet spot’ redemptions to Ireland! (hint: six of them qualify for 26,000 Avios round-trip flights […]

Sweet Spot: Boston to Dublin for only 25,000 British Airways Miles Round-Trip

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PLEASE NOTE: THIS ‘SWEET SPOT’ FOR 25,000 IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE (though the process described below is still accurate for how to book): However, you can no fly to Dublin from six US cities for only 26,000 miles round-trip during the ~8 month off-peak time. We love ‘sweet spot’ redemptions where you save big by […]