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As of a few weeks ago, you can redeem American Airlines Miles to the Indian subcontinent via Hong Kong! Why is this exciting news? Before, you could only connect in Europe or the Middle East on the…

Until today (April 30, 2016), you can buy up to 30,000 Starpoints with up to a 25% discount on the normal purchase price. Starpoints are normally sold in increments of 500 points for 3.5 cents per…

Cathay Pacific frequently releases five Business Class and one First Class award seat on its flights between the United States and Hong Kong 11 months out. If you miss those, there are often up to…

LAN Airlines is releasing seven flat bed Business Class award seats per flight for most flights from Washington-Dulles to Lima for the next 11 months. LAN launches the new route on May 2, 2016 flying…

Through May 15, 2016, the Chase Ink Plus is offering 70,000 Ultimate Rewards after spending $5,000 in the first three months--in branch only. That’s 10,000 points more than the business card is…

Priority Pass is the world's largest independent lounge access program, and now has 900+ member lounges in 400+ cities in 120+ countries. I fly into and out of some pretty obscure airports worldwide,…

The brand new PointBreaks list allows us to book hotel rooms through July 31, 2016 for $30 per night. Even if you’ve read other posts on the PointBreaks list, read this.

The Ink Plus currently offers: 60,000 bonus Ultimate Rewards after spending $5,000 in the first three months 5 Ultimate Rewards per dollar at office supply stores and on cellular phone, landline,…

Aerolineas Argentinas is cutting its Miami to Cordoba route in June 2016 and its routes from Buenos Aires to New York, Rome, and Barcelona at undisclosed dates according to these (1, 2)…

Groupon Spain is having a sale on Iberia Avios, offering them for 1.38 cents each. Iberia has a portal that allows you to earn 8 Avios per euro on the purchase of Groupons. Those extra Avios bring…

Until June 3, 2016, you can buy Hilton HHonors points and get a 100% bonus on the points purchased. Hilton points normally cost 1 cent each. With the 100% bonus, the price drops to 0.5 cents per…

Last week I wrote about SPG's newest airline transfer partner. You can now transfer Starpoints 1:1 to Virgin America Elevate points and get 5,000 bonus Virgin America points for every 20,000…

Last year I predicted that award space to Air New Zealand would be much improved in 2016, especia

American Express added Etihad Guest miles as its 17th airlines transfer today. You can send Membership Rewards in increments of 1,000 points to Etihad miles at a 1:1 rate.   Etihad Guest is…

Qatar Airways First Class on its A380 is available nearly every day between Paris and Doha and widely available between Doha and Bangkok.

Club Carlson is offering up to 50,000 bonus Gold Points on eligible stays completed through July 31, 2016. Club Carlson is the loyalty program of these brands. You earn bonus points for two, five,…

Delta is offering discounted flat bed Business Class awards to Europe this summer on select routes. The East Coast and Midwest routes are 105,000 miles + taxes roundtrip. The West Coast routes are…

You can now use Malaysia Airlines miles to book Emirates Economy and Business Class. Malaysia Airlines is a 1:1 transfer partner of Citi ThankYou Points.  Malaysia Airlines started up a partnership…

Update: I used this trick successfully. Here was my experience. As I led a session at the Chicago Seminars this weekend on "Special Awards," someone chimed in with an intriguing tip: There is a…

The current sign-up bonus available to the public for the Alaska Airlines Visa Signature® Card is 25,000 Alaska Airlines miles upon approval. There are higher offers out there however, and the…

Delta will no longer charge a $25 per passenger fee to book tickets by phone. That's excellent news since some Delta partners like Air Tahiti Nui can't be booked on delta.com. In February 2015,…

It is cheaper to book the exact same United flights to Hawaii with Singapore KrisFlyer miles than with United miles. United charges 22,500 miles each way in economy and 40,000 miles in First Class…

Update 4/13/16: Expert Mode was down for weeks, but now it is up and working again.

You can now redeem American Airlines miles to the Indian Subcontinent via Cathay Pacific or American Airlines flights that connect in Hong Kong. Until today, you could only connect in Europe or the…

Effective immediately, you can transfer SPG Starpoints to Virgin Elevate points at a 1:1 rate. Like all 1:1 partners of SPG, you get 5,000 bonus miles for every 20,000 points transferred, so 20,000…