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Update 12/17/13: The 50k mile offer on the Lufthansa card is dead.

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…

You can earn up to 55,000 Starpoints referring your friends to open the Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit Card from American Express and the Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card from…

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

The undisputed kings of credit card benefits are the American Express Platinum Cards, which come with airport lounge access, airline fee reimbursement, Global Entry reimbursement, hotel status, and a…

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…

This review is a continuation of my huge US Airways redemption that I wrote about back in this post.

Cyber Monday is the Black Friday of online shopping. Many airlines and hotels are participating with discounted airfare and hotel stays if you book today.

November 2013 was a relaxing month for me. I traded in airplanes for bicycles and hostels for my own bed. For the first time all year, I spent an entire month inside the US. November was a huge month…

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours from MileValue! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year, and only partly because it's the only day when I consume two heaping plates of some of my absolute…

A few weeks ago, I discussed Flying Blue Promo Awards at length. Flying Blue is the loyalty program of Air France and KLM, the Dutch flag carrier. Every few months, a rotating list of discounted…

Register all your American Express credit and charge cards today, spend $10 on each one this Saturday November 30 at a small business, and receive a $10 statement credit on each card. This is the…

Multiple sources are reporting that CARDMATCH has an offer for the Premier Rewards Gold Card from American Express that comes with 50,000 bonus Membership Rewards after spending $1,000 in the first…

Update: The giveaway is closed. Congrats to the winners of all 7 passes. (Two more were generously donated in the comments.) Generous reader Sam has donated five lounge passes that expire in the next…

Huge Hat Tip to reader Daniel for emailing me about this deal. Email me your tips! Today the AAdvantage eShopping portal tripled the earning rate on magazines.com to 60 American Airlines miles per…

Long time reader Les forwarded me his targeted offer for a Gold Delta SkyMiles Credit Card from American Express: 50,000 bonus miles after spending $1k in three months. The normal offer is only 30k…

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