Alaska Airlines is changing the way you accrue redeemable Alaska miles when flying partner American Airlines for travel beginning August 1, 2016. The number of Alaska Mileage plan miles you will earn for flying American will be based on a percentage of the distance flown, determined by the fare class.

We have seen a ton of cheap fares to Europe lately, like the $414 roundtrips to Zurich and Frankfurt at the beginning of the month. Now Star Alliance airlines are also running fantastic sales on roundtrip flights to Europe to keep up with the fare war.

A reader wrote to me recently about his success story planning and booking a fantastic Round-the-World honeymoon, through knowledge and tips he picked up right here on MileValue. He was eager to share his story, in hopes of showing you all that a luxurious round-the-world adventure is completely within reach if you apply and dedicate yourself to making it happen. For the sake of anonymity, we will call him by his avatar here on the site, Pumatiger.

Rocketmiles is running a promotion for first time users that lasts through August 15, 2016.

The Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ MasterCard® 60,000 mile offer has expired. Check out the current best credit card offers here.

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Let’s talk about how to use American Airlines miles for awards to Africa.

Delta domestic award space can be really crappy. But from Delta's hubs, you can take non-stop award flights to tons of enticing destinations without the trouble of finding award space.

Delta hubs in the United States:

Atlanta
Boston
Cincinnati
Detroit
Los Angeles
Minneapolis
New York
Salt Lake City
Seattle

I'm going to show you great non-stop award space from four of these hubs to intercontinental destinations around the world. Why? Because the sign-up bonus offers on the Amex Delta cards are some of the highest they've ever been.

This offer is expired. See the new offer and analysis here.

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The Citi Prestige® Card is one of the best cards on the market. I change my rankings of the top credit cards monthly, but the Prestige has remained at the beginning/towards the beginning of the list for a while now.

It's got an impressive array of benefits that easily outweigh the hefty annual fee--you can read my review of the Citi Prestige Card to learn more.

The Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ MasterCard® 60,000 mile offer has expired. Check out the current best credit card offers here.

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Let’s talk about how to use American Airlines miles for awards to Europe. This is not the best use of American Airlines miles because award space isn't great, and American collects fuel surcharges on two partners to Europe.

Citi ThankYou Points are transferable to one hotel and 12 airline programs.

United has announced a 25% discount on roundtrip economy class awards between the United States and Europe. That means your trip to Europe would cost 45,000 miles roundtrip instead of the normal 60,000.

Details:

Only valid when booked by June 28, 2016
For flights flown:

between the United States + Canada (not Hawaii) and Europe
between August 23, 2016 and March 31, 2017
on United planes only

Blackout dates on which you cannot book with the discounted price: December 15, 2016, to January 8, 2017
Roundtrip only, one ways will maintain the normal price of 30,000 United