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Frontier has announced an 18% discount on domestic flights bought by January 16, 2014 and flown by March 12, 2014 with promo code HURRYHURRY. (Blackouts: February 13, 14, 15, and 17) This 18%…

I’m very excited to announce the first MileValue dinner since October on Saturday, January 25 at 7 PM on Oahu, either in Waikiki or Honolulu. As a special treat, I've confirmed the attendance of Rene…

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Virgin Atlantic is back with another incredible discount on its economy awards to the United Kingdom. For about 13k miles plus $100 one way, you can go from Boston, New York, Washington DC, or…

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

Per the email below that I received late last week and this FlyerTalk thread, Delta has just announced some dreaded SkyClub "enhancements." As of May 1st, The Platinum Card® from American Express…

The Frontier Airlines World MasterCard® recently increased its sign up bonus to 40,000 bonus miles after spending $500 in the first 90 days. The sign up bonus is extremely generous for such a small…

Buried in Delta's major award chart devaluation last year was a second piece of bad news: Delta awards could no longer be put on hold under any circumstances. But there had to be a way, I thought.

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. Business competition is good for consumers.…

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…