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Cash is great because it can buy everything from travel to your basic necessities. But sometimes miles are better. There are a lot of things I can easily do with miles that I would never do with cash…

Chase is now denying applications for the Sapphire Preferred, Slate, and Freedom if you have five or more new credit card accounts total from any banks in the last two years. This change does not…

I'm going to show you how to book a mega-award with seven stops to South America with Asia Miles. You already have Asia Miles because they are a transfer partner of Citi ThankYou Points, AMEX…

Qatar Airways plans to fly its A350 between Philadelphia and Doha starting on January 1, 2016. The A350 is the world's newest passenger jet, newer than both the 787 Dreamliner and A380.

This offer has expired. Click here for the top current credit card sign up bonuses. ----------------------------------------- For a limited time, the Citi® Hilton HHonors™ Visa Signature® Card offers…

Generous reader Peter is donating two United Club passes that expire June 30, 2015--in less than three weeks--to one lucky winner. If you can use the passes between June 20 and June 30 this month, to…

Copa, the Panamanian Star Alliance carrier, has long been part of United’s MileagePlus program. That relationship will end June 30, and Copa ConnectMiles will launch on July 1, 2015. Copa has…

Alitalia Business Class award space is wide open in Spring 2016 from New York and Boston to Rome for 62,500 Delta miles each way. Many days have three award seats in nearly flat beds.

According to Delta's SkyMiles FAQs, mixed cabin awards are no longer allowed. Mixed cabin awards used to be explicitly allowed (and indeed this FAQ at a slightly different URL has the old language.)…

Last month I flew from Bogota, Colombia to Washington, DC in economy with a layover in Miami. I was able to get free lounge access in Bogota and Miami from my Citi Prestige® Card. The Citi Prestige®…

With the 25% transfer bonus from Citi ThankYou Points to Virgin Atlantic miles, one way

Below is a list of the taxes for awards departing from most major European cities, flying to the United States. My friend wrote to me: Not sure if any of the travel websites have done this, but the…

The Google Flights team hosted a reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) on June 9, 2015. Here is a link to the full, completed AMA. Many, many questions were about ITA Matrix, which Google owns.

The Limited Time Offer is Over! The card still comes with everything except the $100 statement credit.

I just spent a completely legal week in Cuba, split between Havana and Viñales. An American in Cuba in 2015 is a six part series on the trip. This post will focus on things I wish I’d known about…

Updated June 6, 2015: 3/5 accomplished, a fourth I've booked for this month. North Korea is still tantalizing. I've passed the 55 country mark this year, but there's still so much more of the world I…

The Citi® Hilton HHonors™ Reserve Card offers two free weekend nights (Fri, Sat, Sun) at almost any Hilton worldwide after spending $2,500 in the first four months. "Almost any Hilton" basically…

Last month, I helped my friend book a bread-and-butter United award to Europe. She flew from Newark to Rome to spend a few days, continued to Madrid for a few days, then returned home to Newark. All…

Last month, I helped my friend book a bread-and-butter United award to Europe. She flew from Newark to Rome to spend a few days, continued to Madrid for a few days, then returned home to Newark. All…

Updated June 4: Hilton has moved up its free wifi to today from its originally announced date of August 1. Hilton, Hyatt, SPG, Marriott, IHG, and Fairmont all offer free internet in their hotels…

Yesterday, I looked at How to Fly Singapore First Class and Suites Class from the United States to Europe or Asia. Today, I will look at the actual award space for 1-3 people in Suites Class.

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…

Southwest is offering $49, $99, $129, and $149 one way fares if you book by tomorrow (June 4) and fly between August 25 and December 16. Fridays, Sundays, September 3-5, September 7, and November 20…

Updated June 3: The Asiana miles showed up today, meaning the transfer took 14 days. My last transfer in September 2014 took 17 days. In the interim, I've decided not to book Lufthansa First Class…

Today only: Frontier is offering a last-minute fare sale for June travel. Fares start at $19 one way! The sale is valid for bookings made by 11:59 PM ET today only (June 2) for domestic, nonstop…