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My friend, Ryan from MA, recently took a trip to Italy and Taiwan during which he flew Lufthansa First Class, Asiana First Class, Thai First Class, ANA First Class and entered some of the world’s…

Have you ever been mad at an airline? You probably called customer service, filled out an online form, or tweeted the customer service team. Not Hasan Syed. According to Yahoo!: [Mr.

If you apply for both the personal and business card today, you'll have 60k Starpoints after meeting the minimum spending requirement after meeting the minimum spending requirement of $5k per card in…

American Airlines' website is a great place to search for oneworld award space, especially on oneworld partners such as airberlin, Qantas, and Finnair. American's site is also useful for searching…

Update: Several--if not all--of these offers have expired.

I am a lodging cheapskate. My ideal trip length is four weeks, so hotel bills would add up quickly. Right now I haven't been in the US since February, so I've had to come up with creative ways to…

Update: American Airlines got rid of its RTW awards, so the best way to book RTW awards now is elucidated here. Key Links: Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® MasterCard® Starwood Preferred Guest®…

American Airlines has a great promotional award price to Hawaii this fall of only 15,000 miles each way in economy if you book by September 13 and fly September 11 to December 17. Waikiki, December…

If you have a stash of Star Alliance frequent flyer miles, United.com is a great place to start planning your award trip, but it's far from perfect. I've detailed in the past how United's site will…

Fuel dumping, at least among people searching for a deal, is the practice of purchasing a ticket in such a way that fuel surcharges are not added. Paid tickets have three components: base fare,…

Maybe some booze will make your next economy flight more bearable! Super-generous Jeff wants to give away his Southwest drink coupons. He has eight coupons that expire December 31, 2013, all of which…

British Airways' two daily flights between New York-JFK and London-City on all-business-class A318s have incredible award space next June. It's a route and plane that fascinates me, and one way for…

The Points Guys says he has an official statement from the American Airlines PR department: "Last night, in a routine effort to better align American to industry standards with other global carriers,…

Update at 12:45 PM ET: The Points Guys says he has an official statement from the American Airlines PR department: "Last night, in a routine effort to better align American to industry standards with…

The 25,000 Starpoint bonus for opening the Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express and spending $5k on the card in the first six months is one of my absolute favorite bonus…

IHG Rewards announced its new promotion that will run from September 1 to December 31 called "The Big Win." You can register for The Big Win today to see your offers, which vary by person.

There are several posts on yesterday’s new PointBreaks list. Even if you’ve read those, read this. I’ve honed my strategy for getting $35 per night rooms quite a bit, and I want to share it, so…

At our Award Booking Service, clients most often ask us to construct specific itineraries with their miles. Maybe they want to go to both France and Italy for their honeymoon and have United miles.…

This is the twenty-second post in a monthlong series that started here. Each post will take about two minutes to read and may include an action item that takes the reader another two minutes to…

Miles and points aren't all about traveling in first class for pennies, although that's the most aspirational aspect of the game, and the most fun to write about. In the last few weeks, I've used…

Update: British Airways 787 Business Class Full Trip Report Last month I saw this thread about British Airways taking delivery of its new A380 and 787 and training the crews on intra-European routes.

This is the twenty-first post in a monthlong series that started here. Each post will take about two minutes to read and may include an action item that takes the reader another two minutes to…

Six months in Argentina came to a close, and I started to fly my favorite award I've ever booked. The first flight was from Buenos Aires to Johannesburg on South African Airways' direct flight in…

This post will explain how a couple can get 10 nights for free at a top-tier hotel in Hawaii plus First Class roundtrip flights all for about $150 per person total.

I recently had to take a quick trip to Bangladesh. While searching the United site, I found some good space on Thai, EVA, United and Asiana. All the airlines have flat bed seats, but I leaned toward…