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Log into your Hawaiian Miles account or create one and log in. You should see an offer of 50,000 bonus Hawaiian Miles after spending $1,000 in the first 90 days on a new Hawaiian Airlines World Elite…

Trip Report Index Emirates Lounge Zurich Emirates A380 First Class from Zurich to Dubai Emirates First Class Lounge Dubai Emirates A380 First Class from Dubai to Houston: Seat, Suite,…

In honor of my favorite bus route in Hawaii, enjoy one of these 57 free upgrade codes to six months of Award Wallet Plus. Award Wallet is the free way I track my 33 miles and points balances and…

In May, I booked myself an award in an Etihad A380 First Class Apartment for January 2016. I am looking forward to flying the spacious suite with a couch/bed and separate seat from Abu Dhabi to New…

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Key Link The Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ MasterCard® offers 75,000 bonus American Airlines miles after spending $7,500 in the first three months The list of discounted American…

Key Link The Citi® / AAdvantage® Executive World Elite™ MasterCard® offers 75,000 bonus American Airlines miles after spending $7,500 in the first three months The list of discounted American…

Korean SkyPass offers co-branded business and personal credit cards to Americans through US Bank. The standard sign up bonus on the cards is a paltry 15,000 miles. Because of the small sign up bonus,…

American Express is offering real FICO scores for free to cardholders. Get yours here. Barclaycard, Citi, and Discover already offer real FICO scores for free to cardholders, so by now everyone who…

ANA is devaluing its award charts for bookings made October 15, 2015 or later. This is all the notice they've given. (Hat tip @saianel on Twitter.) To beat the devaluation, book by October 14 for…

Avianca LifeMiles and InsideFlyer are offering a 150% bonus on purchased miles through October 12, 2015. You must buy 100,000 to 150,000 LifeMiles (pre-bonus) during the sale at a minimum cost of…

On alaskaair.com, the following message appears: AeroMexico is a SkyTeam member. Including seasonal destinations, AeroMexico serves 13 American destinations from Mexico City. From Mexico City, you…

New codes at 12:08 PM ET 10/2/15 Enjoy one of these 65 free upgrade codes to six months of Award Wallet Plus. Award Wallet is the free way I track my 33 miles and points balances and store my login…

To anyone who will listen, I say that you should not expect to use your miles at peak times on high demand routes. Airlines use miles to get rid of distressed inventory--seats they don't expect to…

Trip Report Index Emirates Lounge Zurich Emirates A380 First Class from Zurich to Dubai Emirates First Class Lounge Dubai Emirates A380 First Class from Dubai to Houston After my stopover in…

The Points Guy and View from the Wing have reported success asking American Airlines to open up award space in two circumstances: to complete a party and to complete an award. "To complete a party"…

American Express christened the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and the day after Black Friday, as Small Business Saturday in 2010. Every year since then, American Express has offered $10 to $30 in…

I've come to Colombia four times in the last year, and one thing I've learned is that leaving Colombia is a lot like redeeming Arrival miles. Every time you redeem Arrival miles for travel, you…

United operates a route from Honolulu to Guam with five stops twice per week on Mondays and Fridays.

This offer is expired. See the new offer and analysis here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A few readers have reported to me that they applied for the…

All 106 Lufthansa longhaul planes now feature fully flat beds in Business Class, following the completion of Lufthansa's four-year retrofit. That's great news since Lufthansa offers a ton of…

I'm going to spend most of the rest of the year in Buenos Aires, but I want to spend Christmas with my family in Hawaii. I recently put on hold an award that will allow me to do that.

This offer has expired. Click here for the top current credit card sign up bonuses. —————————————– At 5 PM ET today (September 28, 2015), the 75,000 point sign up bonus on the Citi® Hilton HHonors™…

Alaska Airlines is charging 10,000 miles fewer than it should for one of my favorite awards! Alaska Airlines miles are awesome because of the breadth of interesting oneworld, SkyTeam, and…