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With US Airways' official oneworld join date still over two months away (March 30), speculation is rampant over the design of their combined frequent flyer program. What will the new award chart look…

This review is a continuation of my fun US Airways redemption that I wrote about back in this post. I tweaked the itinerary slightly in the interim,  instead electing to fly nonstop from Washington…

A new application for the US Airways MasterCard has popped up, offering 40k miles on first purchase. Application Link: US Airways 40k Offer 40,000 Bonus Miles after your first purchase Earn up to…

There is currently gold mine business class award availability on US Airways flights from the US to southern Europe for this summer. Award space on US Airways flights is especially advantageous…

I got something wrong in today's earlier post titled American Airlines Space Bookable with US Airways Miles and US Airways Space Bookable with American Airlines Miles. I corrected the information in…

The Discover it® card offers 1% cash back on all purchases and 5% back on rotating categories every quarter. You have to register for the rotating 5% cash back categories each quarter, and you can do…

Today marks a huge step forward for the integration of American Airlines and US Airways, which have already legally merged. (See integration time line here.) Today you can use your American Airlines…

US Airways and American Airlines have merged. Citi will be the issuer of the credit card for the combined New American Airlines. Barclaycard, which currently issues the US Airways Premier World…

Per Airnation.net, Air China announced that it will be upgrading the aircraft on its Beijing-San Francisco route to the Boeing 777-300ER starting February 11th. This is great news for transpacific…

Until January 14, 2014, you can buy Frontier EarlyReturns miles from points.com with up to a 50% bonus on the miles you buy.

Royal Jordanian is a member of the oneworld alliance with American Airlines, and is based in Amman, Jordan.

The Frontier Airlines World MasterCard® is currently offering its best sign up bonus I've ever seen: 40,000 EarlyReturns miles after spending $500 in the first 90 days of cardmembership. This huge…

United announced a massive devaluation of its miles on October 31, 2013 to take effect for awards booked February 1, 2014 or later.

The 50k mile bonus offer is back on the Lufthansa card mentioned in this post until 6/30/14.

Miles make keeping a New Year's resolution related to travel very easy. The key is to come up with a strategy that you execute almost automatically and to start today. If you come up with the right…

While other airlines search engines regress in functionality (looking in your direction, Delta), British Airways' award tool continues to improve. While researching for another article, I came across…

Countries Visited (21) In chronological order (except for the US, which would be third chronologically): Australia (11 days) New Zealand (10 days) Argentina (5.5 months) Paraguay (8 days)…

2013 was a year of several major devaluation announcements including: United (kicks in February 1, 2014) Southwest (kicks in March 31, 2014) Delta (already kicked in on current award bookings for…

Qatar Airways has fantastic Business Class award space on its Dreamliner and on its routes from the US to Doha and beyond in 2014.

You can currently buy Avios for 1.37 cents each through a miles-transfer promotion.

Merry Christmas from everyone at MileValue to you and your family. Christmas 2008, the View from the Conrad in Punta del Este, Uruguay There will be no new posts the rest of the week. Check out some…

With Christmas tomorrow, I'll get on my soapbox for a second: Give experiences not things. Having lived happily for much of 2013 with very few things--two carry on sized bags full to be exact--I can…

Last second award availability is routinely fantastic on United flights and on certain Star Alliance partner flights. Use your United miles (or any other Star Alliance miles) to book a last minute…

In Part 1, I shared my experiences at the 2012 Euro Cup and how they informed my plan for the World Cup. I also discussed the flight and hotel awards I booked for myself.