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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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.…

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…

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.

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…

The Business Gold Rewards Card from American Express OPEN is one of the best credit cards on the market with 30,000 bonus Membership Rewards after spending $5k in three months, several lucrative…

I recently had a chance to fly both a British Airways A380 and a British Airways 787 on intra-European flights in fully-flat business class beds for peanuts. The circumstances of the flights and some…

I recently booked two flights for only $102 total on Asian low-cost carriers. Asian low-cost carriers are so cheap that there are effects on United and American awards you might be considering…

American Airlines' AAdvantage eShopping mall just sent me the following: If I spend $35 of more, I get 2,000 bonus AAdvantage miles on top of the normal mileage earning from the mall. Since I value…

Royal Jordanian award space is now searchable on aa.com. You can now search the following airlines' award space on aa.com: American Alaska British Airways Hawaiian Qantas Royal Jordanian…

US Airways emailed me the following yesterday: It's some slick marketing, but I won't be taking advantage of any of the "new" benefits. I have a US Airways Premier World MasterCard, so you'd think…

You get unlimited stopovers on awards booked with British Airways Avios But you can't get any free oneways on awards booked with British Airways Avios. Huh? How can that be? For some people, those…

Yesterday I booked an award with United miles from Los Angeles to Phuket, Thailand with a later free oneway from Los Angeles to Newark. The award illustrates last-second award searching, problem…