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I was almost the star of a Quilmes Copa America commercial in Argentina. Quilmes is the biggest beer brand in Argentina.

The American Airlines eShopping portal is offering 50 miles per dollar spent at magazines.com through today (May 27, 2016.) Portals are a way to earn extra miles. You start your online shopping at a…

I tweeted this deal first from @MileValueAlerts. Follow @MileValueAlerts on Twitter and follow these directions to get a text message every time I tweet from that account. I tweet from…

Through tomorrow (May 26, 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 2015, so this is a big…

Update 5/25/16: A One Mile at a Time commenter confirms booking a Brussels Business Class roundtrip from New York to Brussels for 36,620 Etihad miles plus under $100 in taxes per person.

Through Friday (May 27, 2016) at 11:59 CT, United is offering a 100% bonus on purchased miles. The size of the bonus depends on the number of miles you buy, with the largest 100% bonus kicking in at…

Download a free app and get 1,000 free United miles in a few weeks. There are three steps: Register for the promotion here. (The promotion is that if you download a personal finance app called…

I know most people just want to go somewhere and come back with their miles, but I am biased toward BIG trips. For the most part, the best way to book such big trips is as a series of one way awards…

Enjoy one of these 60 free upgrade codes to six months of Award Wallet Plus. Award Wallet is the free way I track my 36 miles and points balances and store my login information for those programs.…

I tweeted this deal first from @MileValueAlerts. Follow @MileValueAlerts on Twitter and follow these directions to get a text message every time I tweet from that account. I tweet from…

This is the twenty-third 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…

Southwest has mildly devalued its Rapid Rewards points by about 3%. What's alarming isn't the size of the devaluation, it's that: Southwest gave no notice, only some sleuthing by FlyerTalkers sussed…

You can earn 10,000 Starpoints per referral to the Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card, up to 55,000 Starpoints per calendar year. That's double the normal Starpoints per referral (but the same…

I recently spent three days in Bonito, Brazil, a small city in Southwestern Brazil famous for its caves and rivers. There are two ways to get to Bonito: Fly twice weekly from Viracopos-Campinas (Sao…

Get a $10 discount the next time you use Uber and pay via the Android Pay application. The promotion is applicable for only one trip within the United States, and you have until 7 PM ET on May 31,…

For a 90 trial period, Virgin America will match the status you have with either JetBlue, United, Delta, Southwest, or American Airlines to either Elevate Gold or Silver. The offer is valid until…

Aeroplan is Air Canada’s spun-off loyalty program. Aeroplan.com is an awesome search engine that displays award availability on almost all Star Alliance flights. You should know how to use…

Air India will begin flying a Dreamliner from Newark to London on August 15, 2016 as part of a route between Newark and Ahmedabad, India.

American Airlines is offering up to 15,000 bonus miles and 35% off on the purchase of miles through June 1, 2016. You can now buy 165,000 American Airlines miles including bonus for $3,122 or 1.89…

Air New Zealand is now flying a 787 Dreamliner between Auckland and Honolulu. This is great news because the Air New Zealand Dreamliner has flat beds in Business Class in a 1-1-1 con

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Delta domestic economy and Delta Comfort+ award tickets are on sale for as little as 5,500 miles one way. Book by June 7, 2016 Travel August 23 - November 16, 2016 (except September 1 - 8) Fly one…

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has reduced fuel surcharges drastically on awards that travel to or from Japan. Now you can fly to Tokyo from the United States for 75,000 miles in flat bed Business Class…

Today (May 11, 2016) is the last day to take advantage of the 30% discount on Virgin Atlantic economy awards that brings the price of an award between select U.S cities and London down to only 12,250…

The current public sign-up bonus offers for the Cit AAdvantage Platinum Select Mastercard, CitiBusiness AAdvantage Platinum Select Mastercard, and the Citi ThankYou Premier Mastercard are 30k, 30k,…