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Get 1,000 United miles just for signing up for MileagePlus dining. Get another 500 miles per qualifying restaurant visit in the next two months up to an additional 2,500 bonus miles. These aren't…

Or How the Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease Or How You Don't Get What You Don't Ask For Or How to Cancel an American Airlines Award for Free In early 2015, I booked an awesome award that would have…

American Airlines is increasing the number of miles needed for most awards--including huge increases in First Class--on March 22, 2016.

You can only get the bonus on American Express credit and charge cards once per lifetime.

Later today, an Alaska Airlines flight from Anchorage to Honolulu will intercept a total solar eclipse, much to the delight of the 163 passengers on board. That's not by accident. Alaska Airlines…

Generous reader Caveman is donating two United Club passes that expire June 30, 2017–bout a year and a half from now–to one lucky winner. United has lounges all over the world. The clubs are a…

The Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ MasterCard® now offers 50,000 bonus American Airlines after spending $5,000 in the first three months. Quick Facts Sign Up Bonus: 50,000 American…

Update 6/26/16: Singapore is ending its Barcelona <-> Sao Paulo route. The last flight is October 20, 2016. Singapore will continue to fly Singapore <-> Barcelona, but that isn't much…

Delta has devalued its miles with no notice (again.) Effective immediately, awards for travel from November 1, 2016 on are going up in price from the United States to the Middle East in Business…

Choice Privileges operates mostly motels in the United States, but some nicer hotels abroad like the $325-per-night Clarion Hotel in Stockholm. Choice just launched a promotion offering a free night…

If you have a Citi ThankYou® Premier Card, check your email for the subject line "Earn 5 additional ThankYou® Points on stays within the Hilton Portfolio | Enroll in one click!" The Citi ThankYou®…

I stayed two weeks at an Airbnb in Santiago, Chile at the start of the month. That's not uncommon for me, since I am a nomad. Here's where I slept every night of 2015 for reference. When your Airbnb…

In 2014, American Express changed its churning rules so that you could only get the bonus on a personal credit card once per lifetime. Now the rule has been extended to business cards. This follows…

Today only, February 26, 2016, you can buy IHG Rewards Club points and get up to a 100% bonus on the points purchased. IHG is the loyalty program of these brands, including InterContinental, Crowne…

The Hilton HHonors Signature Card's sign up bonus has expired. Click here for the top current sign up bonuses. Hilton has two no annual fee credit cards--one issued by American Express and one by…

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…

Alaska Airlines miles can be used to book Hainan Airlines flights starting March 30, 2016! The partnership was announced last year, and the Alaska-Hainan page originally said award bookings would be…

The AA card offers in this post have expired, but they might come back. If they do they will appear –> Click here for the top current credit card sign up bonuses. The Hilton HHonors Signature…

In November 2015, American Airlines announced a massive devaluation of its award chart effective for bookings made March 22, 2016 or later. See my original post for a side-by-side comparison of the…

American Airlines offers discounted MileSAAver awards within the United States and Canada to select cardholders. Some credit card offers in this post have expired, but they might come back. If they…

American Airlines is releasing a ton of flat bed Business Class award space from New York to Buenos Aires for two people for May through December 2016, which is Fall, Winter, and Spring there. There…

Anatomy of an Award: India to United States in Etihad and American Airlines First Class for 90,000 AA Miles Trip Report: Etihad Business Class from Chennai to Abu Dhabi Trip Report: Etihad First…

The Citi Prestige® Card 50k offer expired. You can find the current 40k offer here: Citi Prestige® Card I've deleted all links from the rest of the post since it is out of date.…