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Here's a mix of some of my favorite and some of the most popular posts from 2014.

2014 was a great year of travel for me, and hopefully for you too. Last year (2013) was a year of deep and broad travel since I spent almost six months in Argentina and another two months flying…

December 31, 2014 is the last day to book a free stopover on a roundtrip Delta award. That means it is the last day to book a free one way on a Delta award. January 1, 2015, stopovers will be…

Your miles are as valuable as you are creative. For instance, you can combine two luxurious A380 First Classes onto one American Airlines award. British Airways flies an A380 daily between Los…

Merry Christmas from Ushuaia, Argentina. from Google Maps, not too far from Antarctica I just had the pleasure of delivering presents at midnight in full Papá Noel (Santa Claus) suit to the hostel…

First Class award space is widely available in Malaysia Airlines First Class on the A380, one of the world's nicest products., and easily bookable with American Airlines miles. Last year I loved…

United.com is convenient to use, but doesn't work very well. I ran a simple search the other day, and got a different problem with a different solution for the outbound and the return. The Plan I was…

Right now, awards: booked with United miles between the United States and Europe for flights in January, February, and March 2015 on partner airlines cost only 57,500 miles each way in Business…

I just got an email today from Starwood Preferred Guest announcing up to a 25% discount on the purchase of Starpoints.

A friend passed along an article from Time.com that advocates doing something I've done a few times, but not described: You can often get a cheaper price on a cash ticket if you book the ticket in…

Update 7/28/16: The Prestige's offer has been improved to 40,000 bonus points after $4,000 in purchases in the first 3 months.

The Washington Post has an interesting poll running right now. It's really just one question about what you call the commercial airport closest to DC. Beneath that, there are several demographic…

United is offering a 20% discount on roundtrip Saver economy awards booked this month to Hawaii, Mexico, and several ski and warm weather destinations in the continental United States.

I gave a well-received presentation on Trick Awards at the Chicago Seminars in October. The presentation dealt with free one ways, negative price one ways, open jaws, stopovers, avoiding fuel…

Longtime reader Cave Man is offering one lucky reader a $51 Southwest gift card. Southwest gift cards are fully transferable and don't expire. There are two ways to enter, and you can enter both…

Some credit 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. Bri wrote in her Free…

After 2.5 years, I finally spruced the place up a little bit. Thanks to Million Mile Secrets for letting me steal his theme for a few years, but now I've got my own. ;) Almost all the changes are…

I think miles and points are one area where you don't have to spend hours per day to get great results like flying some of the world's nicest First Class products or taking your family of four on…

Aspire to Cathay Pacific Business Class. It is one of the world's nicest Business Classes, featuring a fully flat bed on flights of up to 16 hours between the United States and Hong Kong. It is…

An interview with me is currently featured at HotelsCheap.org. Excerpt: What are the disadvantages of using [credit cards to earn miles]? There are none if you are responsible. If you are…

US Airways off peak award space to Europe is wide open.

Chris won the drink passes. Stay tuned for more giveaways. Generous reader Virginia wants to give away her two Southwest drink passes that expire December 31, 2014. If you can use them between…

From my vantage point reading comments on this blog, emails to me, and tweets @milevalue, I see a lot of mistakes being made in the collection and redemption of miles. Five of these mistakes are…

Last Monday, I flew from Medellin to Bogota to Buenos Aires in Avianca Business Class for 20,000 Singapore KrisFlyer miles and $45. (How I booked the award.) The flights pleasantly surprised me. The…