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Reader Eli has generously donated two Admirals Club passes that expire March 31, 2014 to one lucky reader. American Airlines operates Admirals Clubs in these locations. My favorite is at Honolulu…

Note that this post was almost posted yesterday before news broke that Delta is moving to a revenue-based frequent flyer program--at least on the earning side. This post discusses flying before…

Earning Delta miles will be revenue-based starting January 1, 2015. Instead of earning miles based on the distance of your ticket, you will earn based on the price you paid.   Though earning…

On February 1, United miles became much less valuable for premium cabin flights. Not only did all first class awards outside of the western hemisphere go way up in price, but partner first class…

Update 3/6/14: This post is outdated. See Master Thread: Holds on United Awards In What You Need to Know about United Award Holds, I ran through the two ways to hold a United award online: Any award…

I noticed a new addition to United's interactive award chart today. At the bottom of the page, United has added the sentence: "United reserves the right to refuse or cancel any awards redeemed for…

Frontier has announced a 10% discount on domestic flights purchased by February 26, 2014 and flown by June 12, 2014 with promo code PLAYBALL. This 10% discount does not apply to Frontier’s…

I rushed out of my taxi, flashed my boarding card at the Taipa Ferry Terminal, and fished through my pocket for my passport to exit immigration. My first reaction was surprise: My passport wasn't in…

Lufthansa is currently offering a whopping 10,000 Miles & More miles for a one-year print + digital subscription to The Economist. The offer details and sign-up page can be found here. A one-year…

In part 1, I discussed the economy award options to Australia with American Airlines miles. Australia is one of the hardest awards with frequent flyer miles.

A very generous reader who came to the MileValue Happy Hour in New York City this week is donating five (5) American Airlines Systemwide Upgrades that expire Friday February 28, 2014 to MileValue…

United's first flight on the brand new 787-9 Dreamliner is set for October 26, 2014 between Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia. Currently United serves Melbourne as a tag flight from Sydney after a…

Australia is one of the hardest awards with frequent flyer miles.

Update 2/21/14: This post was about a rumor that the spending requirement on the Arrival card would go to $3,000. It has gone to $3,000. The minimum spending requirement is now $3,000 in the first 90…

Part I Europe Part II Asia Part III Africa/Middle East Part IV Australia/New Zealand Part V Central/South America Europe is an absolute award chart bargain compared to Aeroplan's mileage requirement…

Come to Happy Hour with me today (2/17/14) in New York City! US Airways has legally combined with American Airlines, but the airlines are still being run as two brands with two frequent flyer…

There will be a MileValue meet up tomorrow (2/17/14) at The Australian at 20 W 38th St in Manhattan from 5 PM to 8 PM. I've wanted to hold a meet up in New York City for quite a long time.…

I surprised my family of four by booking them roundtrip business class tickets to Italy for Christmas using US Airways miles. It is very difficult to find four flatbed business class award seats to…

Brussels Airlines award space now displays on United.com!

United.com prices a certain one way award from the Europe to the US entirely on partner metal at the United business class price of 57,500 miles though there is a big catch: The intra-Europe…

For flights between the US and Europe, Austrian Airlines releases its economy class award seats to partners 298 days before the flight and its business class award seats to partners 88 days before…

I just got back home from two nights at the Andaz Maui at Wailea. It's a beautiful, luxurious, attentive resort with breathtaking sunset views. It's also very expensive, poorly located for the…

There are a ton of Canada-to-Europe Star Alliance routes with better availability in economy and business class this summer than USA-to-Europe routes. Connections from the US to Canada are easy to…

Last year, United reduced its service to Buenos Aires. Across its entire system, United has only one daily flight to Buenos Aires, which leaves from Houston.

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