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Using LifeMiles to Book Transcontinental Flat Beds for $400

You can use Avianca LifeMiles to book domestic First Class or Business Class on United for about $400 one way, including United's fully flat beds on its routes from Los Angeles and San Francisco to…

Get Enough Miles to Fly Singapore Suites from One Credit Card

Singapore Suites on the Singapore A380 is one of the nicest products in the world. You get a fully enclosed suite, a fully flat bed, great food, expensive wines and liquors, and top notch…

LAN Award Flights to Easter Island and Tahiti

LAN Airlines, the flag carrier of Chile, has daily flights from Santiago to Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui and Isla de Pascua. That route makes sense to connect Easter Island to its capital…

Ends Tomorrow: Buy LifeMiles for 1.5 Cents Each During 100% Transfer Bonus

Update: I transferred 26,000 LifeMiles to my friend for $390. He received 52,000 after the 100% bonus. I did this because he likes to book one way Business Class tickets between the United States and…

Great Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Award Space Next May, June 2016

Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Award Space is widely available for two passengers on several routes to London in May and June 2016. This is an excellent use of Delta SkyMiles because these awards cost…

Award Price Error or Typo? Hampton by Hilton Warsaw City Centre 10,000 Points Per Night

This 75k Hilton offer has expired. Check out the best current travel credit card sign up offers here. ------------------------------- The Hampton by Hilton Warsaw City Centre is listed as a Category…

Award Price Error or Typo? Hampton by Hilton Warsaw City Centre 10,000 Points Per Night

This 75k Hilton offer has expired. Check out the best current travel credit card sign up offers here. ------------------------------- The Hampton by Hilton Warsaw City Centre is listed as a Category…

Booking Air Serbia Flights with Etihad Guest Miles

Air Serbia award flights start at 4,550 Etihad Guest miles plus government taxes with no fuel surcharges. Etihad Guest miles are a 1:1 transfer partner of Citi ThankYou Points and Starwood Preferred…

$99 One Way Fares from USA to Amsterdam and Paris

Wow Air, an Icelandic ultra-low-cost carrier, is offering $99 one way fares from Boston and Baltimore to Paris and Amsterdam this Fall and Winter. Return flights are more expensive, so the cheapest…

Amazing Qantas Business Class Space to Australia, BUT HIDDEN!

Qantas begins flying its 747s between San Francisco and Sydney on December 18, 2015. The plane features 58 flat beds in Business Class, Premium Economy, and economy with no First Class.…

The United℠ Explorer Card Biggest Benefit?

This is a repost from 2013 because this benefit is still available and still under-publicized. Elite members of United's MileagePlus frequent flyer program get access to extra Saver award seats in…

Delta Goes Closer to Revenue Based Awards Starting Today

Delta has introduced revenue-based awards today and higher priced upgrades for travel beyond June 1, 2016. You can currently book award travel and upgrades through June 9, 2016. Delta's Statement…

American Airlines Flights Back on BA.com & What to Do When Award Space Doesn’t Show Online

American Airlines award space was not displaying on ba.com for the last three weeks. Now American Airlines award space is back on ba.com. Here is a search result from a few minutes ago for Miami to…

Glitch Causing United Free One Ways or Cheap One Ways on Domestic Awards

Out & Out notices that some United awards are pricing cheaper than they should on united.com. It seems a glitch is causing domestic awards to allow free or cheap one ways. For instance, look at…

United Hidden City Ticketing to a Train Station to Make Newark Flights Cheaper

United allows you to book trips to and from ZFV, Philadelphia's 30th St. train station. Such fares include flights to or from Newark and trains from there to Philadelphia. Because in the short term…

Oakland to Oslo $312 Roundtrip April/May

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Bus and Ferry Information for Baltic Europe

I spent the last month traveling from Helsinki to Tallinn by ferry and from Tallinn to Riga to Vilnius by bus, spending about a week each in the capitals of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.…

Chicago, Houston, Newark to Four Hawaiian Islands for $541 Through May 2016

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

Review: Vilnius Business Lounge, Priority Pass Affiliated

Almost every time I fly, I get free lounge access one of three ways: International Business and First Class passengers get lounge access throughout the journey, and I fly a lot of international…

How to Credit Your Miles to an Airline’s Partner

Every day people come to my Award Booking Service with a few hundred thousand Lufthansa miles and want to fly a Business Class award to Europe. Or worse, they come with 20,000 Turkish miles, 20,000…

New York to Berlin Roundtrip for $355

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Which Credit Card to Pay Hotel Stays at Each Chain and Non-Chain Hotel

I don't spend much time in hotels (here's a breakdown of where I'm sleeping as I travel 365 days this year), but I've been looking at booking some upcoming hotel stays. I carry several co-branded…

All United Flights Grounded Today for Automation Issues

Update: United flights have resumed. All United flights are currently grounded for "automation issues" apparently related to a computer system malfunction. The same thing happened June 2, 2015. If…

Avios News: Now No Fuel Surcharges on Qantas Flights Leaving Australia

Qantas has eliminated fuel surcharges on its flights that depart Australia. This doesn't matter at all for paid tickets because $1 of fuel surcharge and $1 of base fare costs the same to you, but…

American Airlines Dreamliners to Fly Los Angeles to Sao Paulo and Shanghai. Award Space?

American Airlines will start flying its 787-8 Dreamliners with economy and Business Class seating from Los Angeles to Shanghai on October 5, 2015 and Sao Paulo on November 5, 2015. Award space is…