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Update July 1, 2014: The current offer on the Premier Miles & More® World MasterCard® is 20,000 miles after first purchase and payment of $79 annual fee. Earn 20,000 award miles after your first…

For bookings made August 1, 2014 or later, a roundtrip three-cabin First Class award within the United States and Canada will cost 65,000 US Airways miles.

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Anatomy of an Award posts highlight real awards I’ve booked to show you the techniques needed to book your dream trip. I recently made a last-second decision to head to Las Vegas and Phoenix for…

Avianca LifeMiles sell for 3 cents each, but frequent 100% bonuses on purchasing miles have made the effective cost 1.5 cents each for most of us. LifeMiles have a number of strategic uses like…

Starting March 1, 2015, you will earn award miles on United tickets according to the cost of the ticket instead of the distance flown. Delta announced a nearly identical move a few months ago, and at…

Delta allows one open jaw per roundtrip award that you can use to see more cities on a single award and to unlock free one ways. A simple, valid open jaw routing on Delta. The open jaw is between…

Update July 1, 2014: The current offer on the Premier Miles & More® World MasterCard® is 20,000 miles after first purchase and payment of $79 annual fee. Earn 20,000 award miles after your first…

Today is the first day of the fourth week of five weeks of discounted travel packages sponsored by the US Travel Association and American Express called Daily Getaways. Every weekday at 1 PM ET, a…

Anatomy of an Award posts highlight real awards I’ve booked to show you the techniques needed to book your dream trip. Recently the MileValue Award Booking Service was contacted by a client who was…

I looked at the upcoming reservations in my United account. There are three trips: Honolulu to Sao Paulo Frankfurt to Los Angeles Honolulu to Chicago One trip was booked with United miles, one…

Reader Milezjunkie has generously donated a pair of United Club passes that expire June 30, 2014. Here are the United Club locations to check whether you’ll be able to use a pass on your next trip.…

Today is the last day of the third week of five weeks of discounted travel packages sponsored by the US Travel Association and American Express called Daily Getaways. Every weekday at 1 PM ET, a…

I just applied for three cards: Citi Executive American Airlines card Alaska Airlines Personal Card Alaska Airlines Business Card I'll earn 165,000 very valuable miles after spending $10,000 in…

I know a lot of people with around 5,000 Hawaiian miles. Until recently, I was one of them. That's about what you'd have if you've flown one paid roundtrip on Hawaiian Airlines. For a lot of people,…

Today is the third day of the third week of five weeks of discounted travel packages sponsored by the US Travel Association and American Express called Daily Getaways. Every weekday at 1 PM ET, a…

Update: As Virginia notes in the comments, clicking the referral link in this post says you will get $10 free credit. But I got an email that says my referral link is for $20, and I've gotten two $20…

Flying Blue–the loyalty program of Air France/KLM, Air Europa, Kenya Airways, and TAROM–has released its newest Promo Awards that let you fly from select US cities to anywhere in Europe for as little…

On Friday, I wrote about a revolutionary idea: You can use the Barclaycard Arrival PlusTM World Elite MasterCard® to get 1.52 LifeMiles per dollar on all purchases.

Anatomy of an Award posts highlight real awards I've booked to show you the techniques needed to book your dream trip. Recently the MileValue Award Booking Service had a client who was looking to…

I'm dipping in to my personal stash to give away a pair of United Club passes that expire June 30, 2014. Here are the United Club locations to check whether you’ll be able to use a pass on your next…

Update at 11:45 PM ET on Saturday May 31: I have sent a referral to all who have requested. To spread the love, I won't send out any more. If you want a referral, contact one of the commentors…

Etihad is an incredible partner of American Airlines. Etihad is not part of American's oneworld alliance, nor is it a partner of US Airways, but you can use American Airlines miles to fly Etihad in…

Recently a friend came to me with an award request along the lines of what I have done for hundreds of clients of the MileValue Award Booking Service. He wanted to visit Sydney during its summer and…