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Back in April, I won two tickets to a Capital Cities concert in Buenos Aires that came with a chance to meet the band and a cocktail reception for only 6,000 SPG Starpoints through an SPG Moments…

Not all miles are equal. My favorite miles are US Airways miles because US Airways has a cheap award chart and lax routing rules.

All 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. The US Airways® Premier…

TIA: This is Argentina. It's an admonition, popular among expats, to lower your expectations when dealing with the government or businesses in Argentina. I think about it like this: there is an…

On Monday, I published "Free One Ways on Alaska Airlines Awards." You haven't read it yet? What?

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I recently redeemed 20,000 Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles and $45 for a one way trip in Business Class from Medellin, Colombia to Buenos Aires. Avianca Business Class, not flat, but much better…

You can add a free one way to one way awards booked with Alaska Airlines miles.

If you've somehow made it until two days before Thanksgiving without booking a flight and would like to book one, there is award space available. What? You were expecting a picture of the other…

Right now, you pay the same price for a roundtrip award and a one way award booked with Delta miles. Obviously, under current rules, booking a one way award is foolish. Starting January 1, 2015, we…

All 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. What timing rule should you…

I just appeared on the Rudy Maxa radio show to talk about United making it harder to achieve elite status by adding a separate spending requirement on United tickets in addition to miles flown, a…

The calendar is turning to Summer below the equator, and it's not too late to book yourself an award to escape the cold in the United States. Many airlines release unsold seats as Saver award space…

Delta had already released its 2015 award chart for travel beginning in the United States (exlcuding Hawaii) and Canada, and now Delta has released SkyMiles Award Charts for 2015 from all other parts…

As widely predicted, Delta is eliminating stopovers on its awards starting January 1, 2015. Its SkyMiles program rules page says as much. This is a bummer, but the good news is that one way awards…

As you read this, I'm 35,000 feet up on my way to Medellin, Colombia. I was in Tucson over the weekend for a tennis tournament, and I didn't have any exit flight booked. I really wanted to return to…

American Express Small Business Saturday is back the Saturday after Thanksgiving–November 29, 2014. You can register your American Express cards now. This year, you can get up to three $10 statement…

An actual improvement to delta.com! Previously, you could search award space one month at a time with a calendar on delta.com, but that calendar only took into account award space on Delta flights.…

ThankYou Points are a transferable points program offered by Citi on select credit cards. ThankYou Points transfer to nine airlines and Hilton. Normally 1,000 ThankYou Points transfer to 1,500 Hilton…