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How to Combine US Airways Promotions to Get Two Tickets to Europe for $284 Each

There are currently four stackable promotions related to US Airways miles.

Barclay’s offering US Airways Offering Cardholders up to 50% Back on Redeemed Miles

Barclay's is offering US Airways Premier World MasterCard holders up to a 50% rebate on redeemed miles between and November 30, 2013 up to a maximum of 30,000 rebated miles! This is an incredible…

Citi Offering 3 AAdvantage Miles Per Dollar on Gas, Groceries, and More. Targeted?

Many of the credit card offers below have expired, so their links have been removed. Click here for the top current credit card sign up bonuses. Yesterday I got an email with the subject line "Earn…

Six Countries, Seven Cities, Seven Flights, Six Days on One 12,500 Mile Award In Progress

One of my most popular posts was How to See Seven Cities in Europe on One 12,500 Mile Award. In that post from June, I explained how to use the 23-hour layover trick to see seven (or more) cities on…

Best of MileValue August 2013

August 2013 was a great month for me as a I saw seven countries on four continents, flew South African Business Class, the brand new British Airways 787 and A380 in Club World, and Malaysia Airlines…

Should You Convert Starpoints to Avios with a 56% Bonus through October 15?

Until October 15, you can convert 20,000 Starpoints to 31,125 Avios, a 56% transfer bonus. Ordinarily 20,000 Starpoints transfer to 25,000 Avios, the same 5,000 mile bonus you get on every 20,000…

United Allows Massive Backtracking on Awards. How You Can Maximize That Backtracking

You can take way-out-of-your-way stopovers on United awards that cause you to massively backtrack and add tons of increased flying to awards. For instance, you can fly from New York to London via Los…

Anatomy of an Award: How to Fly a Peak Time with Off Peak Pricing and Add Two Free Oneways

I recently booked my friends a roundtrip award to Chile and Argentina, so that they can explore Patagonia next January for only 50,000 American Airlines miles each. Lake District of Patagonia near…

Southwest Massively Devalues Its Rapid Rewards Points

Southwest Rapid Rewards points used to be worth 1.69 cents each. Starting March 31, 2014, they will be worth about 1.44 cents each. What is the exact devaluation? Among the Six Types of Frequent…

The Two Easiest Ways to Get Home for Free This Christmas (And the One Way to Avoid)

A card offer in this post has expired so its links have been removed. Click here for the top current credit card sign up bonuses. We're three months away from Christmas. If you know you want to visit…

How Far in Advance Should You Start Earning Miles? You Need to Get This Right

I get a lot of emails that start something like: "We want to take our dream trip in summer 2015 to _______. What type of miles should we be collecting?" While I admire that level of planning, there…

Which of My Personal Awards Could You Have Booked? Part 3

Today is the last part of my three part series on my personal awards for travel between mid-2012 and mid-2014. Which of My Personal Awards Could You Have Booked? Part 1 Which of My Personal Awards…

Which of My Personal Awards Could You Have Booked? Part 3

Today is the last part of my three part series on my personal awards for travel between mid-2012 and mid-2014. Which of My Personal Awards Could You Have Booked? Part 1 Which of My Personal Awards…

Which of My Personal Awards Could You Have Booked? Part 2

Yesterday I published the first part of a three-part look at 17 awards I've booked myself for travel between mid-2012 and mid-2014. Which of My Personal Awards Could You Have Booked? Part 1 Today…

Which of My Personal Awards Could You Have Booked? Part 1

Update: The offer to email me later in this post resulted in free drinks at the 2013 Chicago Seminars. The offer is now dead. I book frequent-flyer-mile awards professionally through the MileValue…

40% Membership Rewards Transfer Bonus to Virgin America

There is currently a 40% transfer bonus on Membership Rewards transfers to Virgin America.

New United Dreamliner Route to Europe Has Best Business Class Award Availability

According to Airline Route, United will fly its Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Houston to London from December 20, 2013 to May 5, 2014. I like to track the routes of Dreamliners that fly to the US…

75k Membership Rewards Business Gold Card Offer

Tahsir forwarded to me the following offer for the Business Gold Rewards Card that was emailed to his friend: 75k bonus Membership Rewards after spending $5k in the first three months all the…

75k Membership Rewards Business Gold Card Offer

Tahsir forwarded to me the following offer for the Business Gold Rewards Card that was emailed to his friend: 75k bonus Membership Rewards after spending $5k in the first three months all the…

United Dreamliner to Fly One-Off Domestic Route Over Thanksgiving

Update October 5, 2013: United has cancelled this one-off route, but there are other opportunities to get on this flight domestically. United's 787 Dreamliner will fly a single roundtrip from Seattle…

American Airlines Adds New West Coast to Brazil Flight in Time for the World Cup

American Airlines has announced a new route from Los Angeles to Sao Paulo starting December 16, 2013.

Anatomy of an Award: Booking Singapore Suites

Citi ThankYou Points now transfer 1:1 to Singapore miles! Earn 40,000 bonus ThankYou Points with the Citi Prestige® Card after $4,000 in purchases within the first 3 months of account opening.…

Review: British Airways Galleries Lounge North at Heathrow Terminal 5

I recently had a chance to relax and refuel in the British Airways Galleries Lounge North at Heathrow Terminal 5 before my Dreamliner flight to Stockholm. The lounge features incredible food, a wide…

Earn 18 JetBlue Points Per Dollar on Flights Booked by 9/10/13

JetBlue has announced a 5x points promo on flights booked by Tuesday. Ordinarily one earns 6 TrueBlue points per dollar on JetBlue bookings made online.

British Airways 787 Dreamliner to Fly Austin to London with Incredible Business Class Award Space Next Summer

Last week, British Airways announced a new, and surprising, route to be served by its Dreamliner 787: Austin, Texas <-> London-Heathrow, starting March 3, 2014. Image from gcmap.com The Austin…