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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

Update 11/12/13: The current best deal is this offer for the Gold Delta SkyMiles® Credit Card from American Express: Earn 30K bonus miles after you make $1K in purchases on your new Card within your…

Most of this post was written in August as I left Buenos Aires, but I've edited it today. Thus the perspective is a mix of my perspective as I was leaving and my perspective as time has passed. I…

Update: The response has been overwhelming. The slots are all gone. In fact, I have the sad task of having to email some folks now and say they weren't in the first 30. I'm very excited to announce…

There were some great deals this week: US Airways Share Miles with 100% Bonus = 1.13 Cent Dividend Miles Citi Offering 3 AAdvantage Miles Per Dollar on Gas, Groceries, and More.

There are currently four stackable promotions related to US Airways 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…