TRICK: Transfer Membership Rewards 1:1 to British Airways Avios
December 4, 2015
Membership Rewards used to transfer 1,000:1,000 to British Airways Avios, but the rate was cut to 250:200 on October 1, 2015.
Through the end of the year, though, you can temporarily get the old 1:1 rate through a two-step process.
Transfer Membership Rewards 1:1 to Iberia Avios during the current 25% transfer bonus.
Transfer Iberia Avios 1:1 to Brit
80 Free Award Wallet Upgrade Codes
December 4, 2015
Enjoy one of these 80 free upgrade codes to six months of Award Wallet Plus. Award Wallet is the free way I track my 33 miles and points balances and store my login information for those programs.
Read more about Award Wallet.
Sign up for Award Wallet.
Here are the extra features of Award Wallet Plus:
These Award Wallet code giveaways sometimes get complaints. Unfortunately I don’t think there is any way to improve them. The simple reality is that I have a lot more than 80 readers. No need to leave a comment if you use one.
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.