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Ticket prices are based on distance and include all taxes and fees. Flights < 501 miles: $49 Flights 501-1300 miles: $99 Flights 1301+ miles: $139 And don't forget that the above oneway prices…

In this post, I'm going to talk about the newly loaded off peak award space to South America on US Airways including screen shots of the exact space. But first, I'll give a little background on US…

My brother and I had a trip to the Australian Open in mind and a cache of AA miles from the Citi card sign up bonanza. I had my flight to Australia booked (United Global First), but I knew the return…

I've written extensively about getting Free Oneways on United Awards. Yesterday I got an email from a foreign reader, asking whether he could get a free oneway on his United awards. Seeing no…

€35 for one of the twelve beds in this room and a shared bathroom down the hall (St. Christopher's Inn, Paris): $35 for this room, bathroom, welcome chocolates, and drink voucher (Holiday Inn,…

I just arrived in Krakow for about 72 hours with hotel reservations but no real plan or guidebook. Any tips on what to do, see, or eat would be greatly appreciated.

In my trip report of BA business from Tampa to London, I mentioned offhandedly that a lot of people could find value in AA awards with a stopover in the Caribbean on the way to Europe even after…

Right now on taca.com, you can get a roundtrip from LAX to Lima for $238. This appears to be good from September through November. Peru is one of my favorite countries in the world. Machu Picchu,…

US Airways and American Airlines have merged since the publication of this post so it is no longer valid. US Airways and United are both members of the Star Alliance, so many times you can redeem…

Anatomy of an Award: Booking this Trip AA First Class: Los Angeles to Tampa BA Business Class: Tampa to London (LGW) A Day in London: Gatwick to London to Heathrow to Paris When booking an award with…

Edit: Thanks to the commenters who checked the Membership Rewards site ad found that the ability to transfer between MR and Avios has returned at a 1:1 transfer ratio. Just now at 10:40 AM Paris…

I have already written a post about the rules of free stopovers on American Airlines awards

Anatomy of an Award: Booking this Trip AA First Class: Los Angeles to Tampa BA Business Class: Tampa to London (LGW) A Day in London: Gatwick to London to Heathrow to Paris A few weeks ago, as part…

A small lounge with delicious finger sandwiches and hummus from Jordan.

Check out the similar lists I made for Los Angeles and New York City. Below is a list of every oneworld alliance flight from Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) flown by British Airways, American Airlines,…

Because for me, miles are a means to an end: great travel experiences, I may occasionally post non-miles tips on the subject of great travel experiences. Feel free to add your own in the comments, or…

I've uploaded a companion video to the famous Free Oneways on Delta Awards post. Check it out, and take a look at the other videos I've uploaded.

This post is part of a series that will detail verbatim my negotiations with credit card companies to squeeze every last point and cent out of my cards. Last August, I opened both the Citi AAdvantage…

I've added a new page to the top of milevalue.com: Meet Up. It's designed to increase the community nature of MileValue by facilitating meeting me in person socially or to talk shop.

There are five basic types of frequent flier miles. I'll detail each, including how best to take advantage of them. Then I'll explain why it's important to diversify across the types (not just across…

As a companion to the mega-popular Free Oneways on United Awards, I've made this video of me booking such an award.

This is the 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…

Last week, I was working on a client's award from Portland to Seville, Spain with United miles. He had a tight availability range at the end of this summer, so preliminary searches of united.com…

Introduction to Free One Ways (this post) Master Thread: Free Oneways on American Airlines Awards (dead as of April 2014) Master Thread: Free One Ways on United Awards Master Thread: Free One…