Last month, I booked an award from Buenos Aires to Honolulu for 25,000 Singapore miles and about $100 in taxes. The booking illustrates a few topics:

Sweet spots and how to find them
Awards you should book speculatively
Booking awards with foreign programs

The Problem
I have to get to Hawaii for my brother's wedding in February. The main problem is that I don't know where I'll be in February to book the ticket to Hawaii.

In case you aren't familiar with Arrival miles, they are a type of reward earned by the Barclaycard Arrival

The Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Card comes with Two Free Weekend Nights worldwide at top tier Hiltons after spending $2,500 on the card in the first four months.

As a retention bonus, the Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Card offers an additional free weekend night certificate after spending $10,000 within a cardmember year.

Credit card links have been removed from posts and added to the menu bar at the top of every page of MileValue under the heading Top Travel Credit Cards.

Since any new cardholder will spend $2,500 on the card to get the first two free

This is the fourth post in a series about how I used Singapore miles to book United BusinessFirst between San Francisco and Buenos Aires, as well as a review of the product and travel experience. 

Trip Report Part I: United Clubs in San Francisco and Houston
Trip Report Part II: United BusinessFirst Houston to Buenos Aires
Anatomy of an Award: Booking United BusinessFirst with Singapore Miles
Changing a Singapore Award (future post)

In the last post of this series, I explained why and how I went about booking United Business Class with Singapore Krisflyer miles from the United States to

Virgin Atlantic is dramatically altering its award charts for bookings made January 16, 2017 or later.

The United States goes from two regions to three.
The year round price is no more. Now we will have off peak and peak prices.
Economy and Premium Economy prices for most of the year drop dramatically.

For about a month, the Delta Gold and Platinum cards have had 50,000 to 70,000 point sign up bonuses.

There has been buzz since this summer about Avianca's new co-branded credit card.

Each day we edge closer to the end of the year, which is significant if earning elite status is on your radar. You've got just under two months to meet elite qualifying requirements if you want status in 2017.

And the American Express Delta credit cards have limited time, enhanced sign up offers that end day after tomorrow--November 9.

Chase will launch a new business card, the Ink Business Preferred Card, some time in 2016 and stop accepting new applications for the Ink Plus Business Card at the same time. Here's a side-by-side look at the two offers:

Obviously when the Ink Business Preferred is released, I'll write about it, break down its offer further, and rank it among the very best credit card offers.