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American Airlines Explorer Award: Planning a RTW Trip

This is the second part of a multi-post Anatomy of an Award series about American Airlines Explorer Awards, which are ideal for around-the-world trips, trips with multiple destinations, and other…

American Airlines Explorer Award: The Rules

This is the first part of a multi-post Anatomy of an Award series about American Airlines Explorer Awards, which are ideal for around-the-world trips, trips with multiple destinations, and other…

My Experience With Booking Singapore Airlines Awards

Singapore Airlines is probably one of the best airlines in the world. I've had the privilege to fly Singapore Airlines almost 2-4 times a year since I was born. I was even one of the first "children"…

Free Giveaway Friday: Breeze through Australian Customs and Immigration

I am giving away two Express Arrival Cards for entry into Australia and one Express Departure Card. An Express Arrival Card gives you priority access to passport checks on international arrivals in…

How to Exploit the American Airlines/US Airways Merger

The offers for the cards listed in this post have expired. Click here for the top current credit card sign up bonuses. The merger of American Airlines and US Airways, announced today, is no news in…

How To Get A Discounted Stopover on a United Airlines One Way Award

By now, you may be well aware of the rule that on a United oneway award, you can't take a stopover. On a roundtrip award, you get one stopover. (This is just for awards booked with United miles.

15,000 to Hawaii? We can do better!

American Airlines is offering 15,000 miles per direction awards to Hawaii. (Hat tip Lucky) My first thought: we can do better! 1. American Airlines Award Free Oneway- On any award returning from…

52,500 Miles Worth of Awards for 20,000 Miles

Or: The Whole is Less than Either of its Parts If you take a look at the American Airlines award chart, you'll see that Honolulu to Dallas costs 22,500 miles each way in economy. And Dallas to Buenos…

Anatomy of an Award: 12,500 Miles to Asia in First Class

I recently booked a fascinating award that shows just how simply you can turn a good itinerary into a great itinerary using the the concept I laid out in a post titled 7,500 Miles to Europe and…

Free First Class Next Month: You Can Earn Miles Doing Anything

Hey! You're reading an outdated Free First Class Next Month series. Check out the latest version published in April of 2015 here. This is the seventeenth post in a monthlong series that started here.…

Emirates A380 First Class: Shower Spa

Chauffeur Service Pre-Departure Services and Emirates Club Auckland Emirates First: Suite, Seat, and Bed Emirates First: Service and Food Emirates First: Shower Spa…

Free First Class Next Month: Keeping Miles Active with Dining Programs

Hey! You're reading an outdated Free First Class Next Month series. Check out the latest version published in April of 2015 here. This is the fifteenth post in a monthlong series that started here.…

Where is the Award Space to Australia and New Zealand? These Exact Routes

One of the most frequent requests we get for our Award Booking Service is finding premium cabin tickets between the US and Australia/New Zealand.

Free First Class Next Month: Cancelling Cards

Hey! You're reading an outdated Free First Class Next Month series. Check out the latest version published in April of 2015 here. This is the fourteenth post in a monthlong series that started here.…

Good American Express Customer Service and One Secure Message Get Me $100 and 5,599 Miles

Several months ago, American Express had a very limited time offer of 70,000 bonus SkyMiles for signing up for the American Express Delta card. Delta miles aren't worth as much to me as miles from…

Free First Class Next Month: Other Credit Card Benefits

Hey! You're reading an outdated Free First Class Next Month series. Check out the latest version published in April of 2015 here. This is the thirteenth post in a monthlong series that started here.…

Great Southwest Sale Nonstops for $49 to $149 Based on Distance

Southwest is running my favorite type of its sales--the distance based ones. Oneways of the following lengths are the following discounted prices. The great thing about these deals is that they are…

5,000 Mile Oneways on Frontier–The Best Domestic Redemption?

The offer on the card listed in this post has expired so the links have been removed. Click here for the top current credit card sign up bonuses. Last week I wrote about The Incredible Frontier…

Free First Class Next Month: Category Bonuses

Hey! You're reading an outdated Free First Class Next Month series. Check out the latest version published in April of 2015 here. This is the twelfth post in a monthlong series that started here.…

Double Southwest Points until May 15

Register for the new Southwest Double Points promo that runs until May 15, 2013.

Southwest and AirTran Get Cozier: What It Means For You

According to this thread on FlyerTalk, Southwest Airlines has started to display bookable AirTran flights on its own website. The first AirTran city pairs offered on Southwest.com are Atlanta…

How to Redeem Miles on Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines joined oneworld on Thursday, meaning you now have more options for your American Airlines AAdvantage miles and British Airways Avios to, from, and through Southeast Asia. courtesy…

Free First Class Next Month: An Easy Way to Meet Multimple Minimum Spends at Once

Hey! You're reading an outdated Free First Class Next Month series. Check out the latest version published in April of 2015 here. Links to the cards listed below have been removed because their…

Free First Class Next Month: Best Current Credit Card Offers

Hey! You're reading an outdated Free First Class Next Month series. Check out the latest version published in April of 2015 here. This is the ninth post in a monthlong series that started here. Each…

How We Value Hotel Points

Not all points are created equally. At MileValue, we take pride in assigning values to frequent flyer miles and analyzing their best uses. Scott worked up the Mile Value Leaderboard, and his math…