The Newest Group of $35/night Hotels for Point Tricksters
July 30, 2012
Every three months, Priority Club releases its list of PointBreaks hotels. That's huge news because you can stay at any hotel--any Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Staybridge Suites--on the list for $35 a night between now and October 15, if the hotel has award availability.
Priority Club releases a PointBreaks hotels list every quarter as a loss leader.
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Anatomy of an Award: Free Oneways and Etihad Diamond First Class for 40,000 AAdvantage Miles and $37
July 30, 2012
This is another post in my Anatomy of an Award series, in which I take a real award I’ve booked and break it down step-by-step to elucidate the award booking process. If you have a real award you’d like to write up in a similar post, please contact me, and you can write a guest post.
Etihad Diamond First Class looks like an aspirational award if I've ever seen one. Here's a YouTube promotional video of the suite .
Free First Class Next Month: Calculating and Increasing How Much You Spend on Credit Cards Each Month
July 29, 2012
Hey there, you're reading an outdated post! The updated series from April 2015 can be found here.
This is the fourth post in a monthlong series. Each post will take about two minutes to read and may include an action item that takes the reader another two minutes to complete.
Free First Class Next Month: Check Your Credit Score
July 28, 2012
Hey there, you're reading an outdated post! The updated series from April 2015 can be found here.
This is the third post in a monthlong series. Each post will take about two minutes to read and may include an action item that takes the reader another two minutes to complete. I am writing this for an audience of people who know nothing about frequent flier miles, and my goal is that by the end, you know enough to fly for free anywhere you want to go.
The main source of frequent-flier miles is credit card sign up bonuses.
British Airways First Class for $36 Plus Miles
July 27, 2012
When I skewered the British Airways Travel Together companion pass a few days back because of the gigantic out of pocket cost of the surcharges, a natural question emerged: how can you fly in British Airways First Class without paying $1,000 plus miles.
The short answer is to fly from Brazil to Europe with American Airlines miles.
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Free First Class Next Month: Signing Up for Airline and Hotel Programs
July 27, 2012
Hey there, you're reading an outdated post! The updated series from April 2015 can be found here.
This is the second post in a monthlong series. Each post will take about two minutes to read and may include an action item that takes the reader another two minutes to complete.
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Nuggets 7.25.12
July 26, 2012
I'm rebooting the Free First Class Next Month series. It will basically be the same content as before, but the posts will be enhanced, updated, and reordered to improve them. See directly below this post for post #1.
My dad uncovered my first loyalty card ever. I would guess this is from about 1993, but I'm not sure.
Even as a little kid, I was earning miles.Type in your name and email address here for a 20% off code for you (and a companion if you like) on a Virgin America flight.
Free First Class Next Month: An Updated Beginner’s Guide to Free Travel
July 26, 2012
Hey there, you're reading an outdated post! The updated series from April 2015 can be found here.
This is the first post in a monthlong series. Each post will take about two minutes to read and may include an action item that takes the reader another two minutes to complete.
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Redeem for Virgin Atlantic Upper Class without Surcharges
July 25, 2012
Warning: I'm only 90% confident in the information in this post. It took several calls and a few hours on the phone talking to incompetent agents to get this information, so I'll provide it without triple-checking. I invite commenters to check my work.
Virgin Atlantic Upper Class is an incredible business class product by all indications.
Choosing Where to Credit Miles Earned From Flying
July 24, 2012
I'm going to talk about a dilemma I rarely face--where to credit the miles earned by flying a paid ticket.