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I just booked myself a roundtrip First Class award from Honolulu to Sao Paulo, Brazil during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. I also booked myself five nights at a hotel in Sao Paulo. Rooting for the Home…

The offers for the cards listed in this post have expired, so their links have been removed. Click here for the top current credit card sign up bonuses. The 50k mile bonus offer is back on the…

Update at 5:49 PM ET on 12/20/13: Many commenters are saying they've had problems with aa.com showing "phantom award space" on airberlin flights. I have never had that experience, so I was surprised…

This review is a continuation of my huge US Airways redemption that I wrote about back in this post. I reviewed Swiss Business Class: Boston to Zurich, Thai First Class: Paris to Bangkok on an A380,…

United announced a massive devaluation of its miles on Halloween to take effect for awards booked February 1, 2014 or later. Until January 31, 2014, I’ll be running posts about the best ways to burn…

Currently, the following United award (Newark to London, returning Paris to Newark) would cost 60k miles in economy. Add in a stopover in Newark on the return, and a later one way trip to Jamaica and…

Did you miss 20k Miles (or Less) to All of South America All Year yesterday? That post is a competing trick with this one, and it might be an even better deal for you. Chicago to Santiago "should"…

Mighty Travels interviewed me about miles, travel, and this blog. As usual, I went on and on and on and ... ;) My favorite question and answer: What is your biggest learning from earning so many…

Or: Save 10k Miles by Adding a Free Oneway Summer airfare--during our summer or theirs--to Southern South America usually tops $1,000 per person in economy. But you can get to South America this…

I almost never write about hotel promotions because they are constant and usually underwhelming except as a few extra points for business travelers who have their rooms paid for. The IHG Big Win is…

Per this thread on Flyertalk, United.com no longer displays Singapore Airlines award space. This abrupt announcement might seem like terrible news to award bookers, but it's more of an inconvenience…

A few months ago, I flew from Oktoberfest to the Chicago Seminars. From Munich to Vienna, I flew Lufthansa business class. From Vienna to Chicago, I flew Austrian Airlines new business class……

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

Delta miles, an already low value type of miles, are being devalued further in 2014. The current award chart is only for flights flown by January 31, 2014. There is a separate chart for flights flown…

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

US Airways announced yesterday that it is leaving the Star Alliance March 30, 2014 and joining oneworld March 31, 2014 as part of its merger with American Airlines that legally closed yesterday. US…

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

United and Delta have devalued their charts in the last few months, but American and US Airways, which close their merger tomorrow, have not devalued theirs recently. I have made my own tables…

This review is a continuation of my huge US Airways redemption that I wrote about back in this post. I reviewed Swiss Business Class: Boston to Zurich and Thai First Class: Paris to Bangkok on an…

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

Generous reader Debashish has donated a pair of United Club passes that expire January 31, 2014. Thanks, Debashish! Here are the United Club locations to check whether you’ll be able to use a pass on…

Here is my response to the people who think I shouldn't have shared the deal in $200 Flight to Japan with Hidden City Ticketing on LifeMiles Awards: All deals in the miles world die. If an airline,…

TACA/Avianca LifeMiles are being sold for 1.5 cents until December 30, 2013. The normal price is 3 cents per mile, but LifeMiles is running one of its frequent 2 x 1 sales. Your LifeMiles account…

Last month I wrote about using American Airlines' distance-based Explorer Award chart to save miles and add stopovers traveling to Europe. Check out Get a Roundtrip Business Class Award to Europe…