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United will operate its 787 Dreamliner between San Francisco and Chengdu, China three times a week beginning June 9, 2014 according to Airline Route. I follow United's Dreamliner route announcements…

The card offer in this post has expired so its links have been removed. Click here for the top current credit card sign up bonuses. I was featured in a recent Forbes article called "20 Holiday Travel…

The third quarter of 2013--July 1 to September 30--was a big one for me. My six months in Argentina ended, I embarked on a 15 country world tour, and I jumped off a cliff in Dubrovnik, Croatia at…

US Airways has announced its plans to leave the Star Alliance for the oneworld alliance and later merge wither American Airlines. But for the time being US Airways is in the Star Alliance and its…

Daily Getaways was a monthlong sale that lasted from mid-June to mid-July. Every day different travel packages went on sale, including the ability to buy hotel points, car rental status, gift…

I had just landed after my second favorite flight ever at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. See Trip Report: Paris to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia Airlines First Class on an A380. It was 6:30 AM, and I…

While booking a family of four to Australia through our popular Award Booking Service, I ran into a  vexing problem with Star Alliance award space. On a certain Air Canada route, Air Canada's own…

I noticed in August 2012 that on my Avios award flight from Honolulu to Los Angeles, my boarding pass printed with "Priority AAccess," granting me priority security and priority boarding. This…

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

Update on 10/23/13: I have dozens and dozens of entries to sort through, so entry is now closed. I've long marveled at how hard it is to convince people to use miles and points to travel more, travel…

Yesterday I received an email inviting me to book two nights and get the third night free at participating Aloft, Element, and Four Points hotels because I have a Starwood Preferred Guest® Credit…

American Express Membership Rewards transfers to British Airways will come with an automatic 20% transfer bonus from now through December 31, 2013. It's transfer bonus season with Membership Rewards.

American Express Membership Rewards transfers to Virgin Atlantic will come with an automatic 30% transfer bonus from now through November 30, 2013.

Researching another post, I tried to include a link to the Platinum Card from American Express Exclusively for Mercedes-Benz because it was the best personal sign up bonus for Membership Rewards at…

By using the principles of free oneways and an incredible sweet spot on the US Airways award chart, you can save up to 70,000 miles on your next US Airways award booking to Asia. I'm flying Turkish…

Mashable readers: Welcome to the best blog on redeeming frequent flyer miles. The way that I've traveled to over 20 countries this year and spent nine months abroad is by signing up for credit cards…

Mashable readers: Welcome to the best blog on redeeming frequent flyer miles. The way that I've traveled to over 20 countries this year and spent nine months abroad is by signing up for credit cards…

If you buy US Airways miles for 1.13

Austrian Airlines allows customers holding an economy class ticket to bid on an upgrade to its longhaul business class.

The Chicago Seminars wrapped up today after a weekend filled with information, networking, and free candy. MileValue sponsored the event, so we had a table where I was giving out free t-shirts and…

Update: Link to Etihad Press Release about Route According to USA Today and Will Horton of Centre for Aviation, Etihad Airways will begin service to Los Angeles from its hub in Abu Dhabi beginning on…

Qatar Airways awards are now searchable and bookable at ba.com and bookable by calling American Airlines. This is huge news because Qatar has an excellent route network from the US to the Middle…

I arrived yesterday to Elk Grove, Illinois to get ready (and get over jet lag) for the Chicago Seminars tomorrow.

Yesterday I received an email for an offer that is incredible on the surface: 25,000 American Airlines miles and Hilton Gold Status for five Hilton stays! How good of a deal is this?

I recently flew Malaysia Airlines First Class on an A380