Gold Mine Award Space in Business Class on Royal Jordanian 787 from US to Middle East and Beyond with American Airlines Miles

Royal Jordanian is a member of the oneworld alliance with American Airlines, and is based in Amman, Jordan.

Frontier World MasterCard with 40,000 Bonus Miles after Spending $500 Means Two Free Domestic Roundtrips

The Frontier Airlines World MasterCard® is currently offering its best sign up bonus I've ever seen: 40,000 EarlyReturns miles after spending $500 in the first 90 days of cardmembership.

This huge sign up bonus, especially for such a tiny minimum spending requirement, is enough for:

Two roundtrips anywhere in the US that Frontier flies, including Alaska (30,000 miles).
One roundtrip anywhere Frontier flies, including Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean (30,000 miles).

Frontier Airlines is the ninth-largest airline in the United States with a hub in Denver and service to Alaska, Mexico, Jamaica, the Dominican

Burn United Miles to Southeast Asia Now Before Award Prices Skyrocket Next Month

United announced a massive devaluation of its miles on October 31, 2013 to take effect for awards booked February 1, 2014 or later.

Trip Report: Lufthansa Business Class Frankfurt to Washington DC on the 747-8

The 50k mile bonus offer is back on the Lufthansa card mentioned in this post until 6/30/14.

How to Make a New Year’s Resolution for Travel that You Keep

Miles make keeping a New Year's resolution related to travel very easy. The key is to come up with a strategy that you execute almost automatically and to start today.

If you come up with the right plan, then in a few months, you can take a dream vacation anywhere in the world at a price you can afford.

Set the right goal. What does the purpose of frequent flyer miles say about when and where you should use them to go?
Identify the right miles and get the right rewards card.

British Airways (Yet Again) Tweaks Search Tool For the Better

While other airlines search engines regress in functionality (looking in your direction, Delta), British Airways' award tool continues to improve. While researching for another article, I came across the slightly modified ba.com and noted a subtle consumer-friendly change.

Though the change is minor, British Airways has exhibited a recent history of positive improvements to their search tool.

2013 Year in Travel

Countries Visited (21)
In chronological order (except for the US, which would be third chronologically):

Australia (11 days)
New Zealand (10 days)
Argentina (5.5 months)
Paraguay (8 days)
Uruguay (3 days)
South Africa (9 days)
Germany (7 days)
United Kingdom (2 days)
Sweden (2 days)
France (4 days)
Malaysia (8 days)
Thailand (7 days)
Austria (2 days)
Slovakia (2 days)
Hungary (4 days)
Croatia (3 days)
Italy (1 day)
Belgium (1 day)
Norway (1 day)
Netherlands (1 day)
United States (3.5 months)

Premium Airline Cabins Flown (12)
In chronological order (with links to trip reports):

United Global First
Emirates First

Predictions for Major Changes to Loyalty Programs in 2014

2013 was a year of several major devaluation announcements including:

United (kicks in February 1, 2014)
Southwest (kicks in March 31, 2014)
Delta (already kicked in on current award bookings for travel that starts February 1, 2014 or later)
Hyatt (kicks in January 7, 2014)
Ultimate Rewards (with three major transfer partners devaluing--United, Southwest, and Hyatt--the program took a major hit through no fault of its own)

But the more things change, the more they stay the same.

How to Get on a Qatar Dreamliner or Use American Airlines Miles to Fly Qatar to the Middle East and Beyond

Qatar Airways has fantastic Business Class award space on its Dreamliner and on its routes from the US to Doha and beyond in 2014.

Buy Avios for 1.37 Cents Each (and Why You’d Want to)!

You can currently buy Avios for 1.37 cents each through a miles-transfer promotion.