I'm considering a trip to Cuba next month, so I wrote about the paid flight and award flight options last week. I can now confirm that Americans can use Lufthansa Miles & More Miles to book Avianca and Copa flights to/from Cuba.

You can even book these commercial flights from the United States to Cuba via Panama, and the awards are super cheap.

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Airbnb is the site I use to arrange lodging for the vast majority of my nights on the road. Whether I am coming to a city for four days or four months, it is the first place I look because:

Apartments have better amenities than hotels (kitchens, multiple bedrooms)
Apartments have better locations than hotels (residential areas and nightlife areas instead of business districts)
Apartments are cheaper than hotels

Last night, my mom and aunt were picking my brain about cheap lodging options in Europe.

Fiji Airways is releasing great award space for two passengers in economy from Los Angeles to Nadi, Fiji that you can book with American Airlines miles.

Fiji

Fiji Airways is releasing great award space for two passengers in economy from Los Angeles to Nadi, Fiji that you can book with American Airlines miles.

Fiji

French Polynesia is an award I get asked to book frequently through my Award Booking Service, including awards to the main tourist islands of Tahiti, Bora Bora, and Mo’orea. Award space is excellent to French Polynesia with American Airlines miles year round.

Here's the thing: you can only book awards to Tahiti.

French Polynesia is an award I get asked to book frequently through my Award Booking Service, including awards to the main tourist islands of Tahiti, Bora Bora, and Mo’orea. Award space is excellent to French Polynesia with American Airlines miles year round.

Here's the thing: you can only book awards to Tahiti.

Update at 5:55 PM ET: An email today from Dividend Miles says that Dividend Miles will be ended within 30 days:
In October, we announced we would combine our frequent flyer programs in the second quarter of this year. And now, we're on track to bring the US Airways Dividend Miles® program into the AAdvantage® program within the next 30 days.

The US Airways MasterCard issued by Barclaycard is disappearing very soon, but we don't know when. The card offers 50,000 bonus US Airways miles on first purchase as a sign up bonus. US Airways miles will become American Airlines miles some time between April 1 and June 30.

United is offering a targeted bonus on purchasing miles through March 23, 2015 that varies from 20 to 50%. Check your email for the subject line: "Reveal your bonus: Receive up to a 50% bonus when you buy or give miles"

When I clicked "Reveal my bonus >" in my email, I learned that my bonus is 25%.

United miles cost 3.76 cents each. With my 25% bonus, they cost 3.01 cents each. If you get a 50% bonus, your miles will cost about 2.5 cents each.
Is even 2.5 cents per United mile a good deal?
No.

Already in 2015, Delta has added Aeroflot, Garuda Indonesia, Aerolineas Argentinas, China Eastern, China Southern, China Airlines, and GOL to the list of airlines bookable on delta.com with Delta SkyMiles. That means the following airlines' award space are now bookable on delta.com:

Delta
Aeroflot
AeroMexico
Air France
Alaska Airlines
Alitalia
China Airlines
China Eastern
China Southern
Garuda Indonesia
GOL
KLM
Korean
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Australia

Not all Delta partners are bookable online though.