TRICK: Put Your British Airways Account in France for Big Savings
December 3, 2015
British Airways is happy to handle a number of transactions in dollars, pounds, or euros.
Buy Avios for 1.43 Cents with This One Trick
December 2, 2015
Through Friday December 4, 2015, British Airways is offering a 40% bonus on the purchase of Avios. The biggest bonus ever offered on the purchase of Avios was 50% in February, so this is a big bonus.
The maximum Avios you can purchase in a year is 35,000. With a 40% bonus, that means you can add 49,000 Avios to your account.
Earn 5,000+ Bonus Starpoints (Worth $125) from Stacking Bonuses on One Stay
December 1, 2015
Right now there are three great Starwood Preferred Guest promotions you can stack.
Earn 2,015 Starpoints on any stay this month.
Earn 2,500 Starpoints for using SPG Keyless and paying with an American Express by February 29, 2016.
Earn 2x Starpoints on two night stays plus another 500 bonus Starpoints on three night stays through December 20, 2015.
You need to register for all three promos. Here's more details and how to register:
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WOW Air $99 to Iceland, $149 to Eight European Cities
December 1, 2015
WOW Air is offering $99 one way flights to Iceland and $149 fares to eight other European cities. These are not mistake fares. These are advertised fares from Boston and Baltimore (which is misleadingly marketed as Washington, DC by WOW Air.)
WOW Air is an Icelandic low cost carrier. It offers flights from Baltimore and Boston (and soon San Francisco and Los Angeles) to Reykjavik with connections to Europe.
Anatomy of an Award: Saving $150 on a United Cancellation and Changing My New Year’s Plans
November 30, 2015
In October, I booked what might have been my favorite award ever: a Three One Way award that would allow me to see Pohnpei, Palau, and the Philippines while flying the Island Hopper. Read about it here.
Alas, something came up, so I can't fly it. I decided to just fly directly to Japan instead, but that still left the thorny issue of how to turn my old award into an award to Japan.
United charges $200 to cancel an award and re-credit the miles.
Spend Your $250 Air Travel Credit Today. One Month Left for $200/$100 Air Travel Credits
November 30, 2015
The Citi Prestige® Card comes with 40,000 bonus ThankYou Points after $4,000 in purchases made with your card in the first 3 months the account is open.
Frontier Cyber Monday Sale: $15 Flights
November 30, 2015
Frontier is offering $15 one way fares on routes like San Francisco to Las Vegas and Indianapolis to Orlando.
The sale is valid for bookings made by tomorrow December 1 for domestic, nonstop travel with no blackout dates. However the sales page has different restrictions on certain sale fares.
To get the best deals, you have to be a Discount Den member, which Frontier charges $50 to join. Here’s my analysis of whether you should join the Frontier Discount Den. The best deal for non-members are $19 fares.
Here is the sale page and restrictions.
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Etihad Releasing A380 First Class Award Space to/from USA
November 30, 2015
Etihad is again releasing First Class award space on its daily A380 flight between New York and Abu Dhabi that you can book for only 90,000 American Airlines miles each way.
Some credit card offers in this post have expired, but they might come back.
After 15 Months, LifeMiles Can Book Lufthansa First Class Again
November 29, 2015
Since August 2014, Avianca LifeMiles, one of my favorite types of Star Alliance miles, could not book Lufthansa First Class, one of my favorite Star Alliance First Classes.
Now LifeMiles can book Lufthansa First Class again for 87,000 miles one way from the United States to Europe with NO fuel surcharges.
How to Book Lufthansa First Class with LifeMiles
On lifemiles.com, click Air Tickets under Enjoy.
Search for the Lufthansa First Class segment you want, selecting Lufthansa under "Preferred carrier" if you'd like.
Award space should show up whenever Lufthansa has released it, which is only within 15 days
Cheapest LifeMiles Ever, Today Only! ($900 Business Class to Europe)
November 29, 2015
Ending today (Monday November 30), Avianca LifeMiles is offering a bonus of 140% on purchased miles. You can buy up to 375,000 LifeMiles during the sale.
LifeMiles cost 3.3 cents each, so with a 140% bonus, you get the miles for 1.375 cents each. For instance, 4,800 total miles would be $66 or 1.375 cents each.
This is the cheapest I have ever seen LifeMiles, and slightly cheaper than the 1.4 cents each that they cost last week.
More importantly, most LifeMiles sales require a huge purchase (last time $3,333+) to get the lowest price.