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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,…

Book any JetBlue award by 11:59 PM EST TODAY (May 10, 2016) for travel from now to June 30, 2016, and you’ll get 15% of the points back a month to six weeks after your flight. JetBlue's loyalty…

A few years ago, I created a manual for award booking. I thought the best way to organize it was to explain the key concepts of all awards in the beginning, and then explain each major program in…

You can earn 700 AAdvantage miles by entering American Airlines' Miles for Milestones giveaway, a celebration of the 35th anniversary of the American Airlines AAdvantage® program. 35 winners will be…

Regarding any information in this post about taxes: this is miles information, not tax advice. Consult a tax professional before paying your taxes with a credit card. Plastiq is an online bill…

Last week my friend flew 24 hours of Lufthansa First Class and had a 3.5 hour layover in the famous Lufthansa First Class Terminal, which he booked for 125,000 United miles and $58.

Elite members of United’s MileagePlus frequent flyer program get access to extra Saver award seats in economy class. (Platinum and higher members also get extra business and first class seat…

It seems that experflyer.com is not accurately displaying Air Tahiti Nui award space that Delta agents can book. Multiple Delta representatives confirmed with me over the phone that four seats in…

I'm a nomad. Here are my current travel plans. Also see Late 2015 Travel, Early 2016 Travel, and Where I Slept in 2015. I have a clear picture of where I’ll be until about October 2016. Last week, I…

For the second time, I used 5,000 ThankYou Points to book a one way Air Serbia flight award flight.

In 2014, American Express made it so you could get the bonus only once per lifetime on personal cards, and in February 2016 that rule was extended to business cards. But there might be a targeted…

American Express is offering a 30% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic through May 31, 2016. For the next four weeks, 1,000 Membership Rewards will transfer to 1,300 Etihad Guest Miles.   This is…

American Express just added Etihad as a Membership Rewards transfer partner in April, and it is now offering a 30% transfer bonus through June 15, 2016.   For the next six weeks, 1,000…