Buy Club Carlson Points for 0.4 Cents, $18 Hotel Rooms

Club Carlson has a Flash Sale that lasts until 8:59 AM ET tomorrow (June 24, 2014) during which you can buy up to 70,000 Club Carlson Gold Points for 0.4 cents per point.

The sale is billed as a 75% bonus on Gold Points, so you can only buy points in increments of 1,750.

Today's Flash Sale is about 11% cheaper than the Daily Getaways deal last week that sold out instantly.

I plan to buy the maximum number of 70,000 Gold Points for $280 today because I didn't get around to it during the last

Comparison of Lufthansa and United Award Charts

Update July 1, 2014:

The current offer on the Premier Miles & More® World MasterCard® is 20,000 miles after first purchase and payment of $79 annual fee.

Earn 20,000 award miles after your first purchase or balance transfer
Earn up to 15,000 award miles with balance transfers (1 mile per $1 transferred) within 30 days of account opening
Earn 2 award miles per $1 on ticket purchases directly from Miles &

To See a Third City on a United Award, Use Avios

You can see three "destination" cities on one United award, but you need to book a separate ticket with Avios or cash to tie the trip together.

Why is three the limit?
Why does seeing even three cities require a second award?
How can you see four or more cities with United miles?

You get one stopover and two open jaws on a roundtrip United award in addition to your destination and origin cities.

When you look at what possibilities that opens, you see that you can have three "destinations" on your award, kind of.

For instance, you can fly

Uber Now Offering $30 Free Rides to New Users

Uber is now offering a massive $30 in free credit to new users who sign up through a referral link.

Uber is the world’s best taxi service because it has clean, courteous drivers and the easiest ride-ordering app imaginable. Tap, tap, tap, and a car whose progress you can track towards you is on its way.

New Uber users can get $30 in free rides when they sign up through my referral link.

(I get $30 in free rides too.

Great Award Space to Kona, Hawaii

Getting to the Big Island of Hawaii from the United States mainland is easy with miles. There are a ton of direct flights on several airlines, most of which have fantastic award space. Several of the flights can even be booked for as little as 12,500 miles each way.

I've been on the Kona side of Hawaii Island this week with my family, and it has been fantastic.

The snorkeling on this coast is the best I've ever experienced.

Free Giveaway: Pair of United Club Passes (exp. October 2015)

A generous "Cave Dweller" has donated a pair of United Club passes that expire October 31, 2015 to one lucky MileValue reader.

Here are the United Club locations to check whether you’ll be able to use a pass on your next trip.

If you can use the passes in the next 16 months, there are two ways to enter:

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Free Giveaway: Three Southwest Drink Coupons

A generous "Cave Dweller" has donated three Southwest drink coupons that expire December 31, 2014 for one lucky winner.

If you're flying Southwest before then, leave a comment explaining why you could use a few drinks.

Why I’ll Never Use United Miles to Fly to Hawaii

Update July 1, 2014:

The current offer on the Premier Miles & More® World MasterCard® is 20,000 miles after first purchase and payment of $79 annual fee.

Earn 20,000 award miles after your first purchase or balance transfer
Earn up to 15,000 award miles with balance transfers (1 mile per $1 transferred) within 30 days of account opening
Earn 2 award miles per $1 on ticket purchases directly from Miles &

United Adds New Route from Houston to Santiago; Award Space Nearly Every Day

United announced yesterday on Twitter that it would begin a new daily service from Houston to Santiago, Chile on December 7, 2014.

Club Carlson Points for Sale for 0.45 cents means $20 Hotel Rooms

Today is the second day of the last week of five weeks of discounted travel packages sponsored by the US Travel Association and American Express called Daily Getaways. Every weekday at 1 PM ET, a discounted travel package or packages will go on sale and will usually sell out in a few minutes.