Buy Avios for 1.43 Cents Each with This One Trick
February 24, 2015
Through 11:59 PM tomorrow February 25, 2015, British Airways is offering a 50% bonus on the purchase of Avios. This is the biggest bonus ever offered on the purchase of Avios.
The maximum Avios you can purchase in a year is 35,000. With a 50% bonus, that means you can add 52,500 Avios to your account.
Easy Round the World with Miles on Luxury Products
February 12, 2015
We've been getting bad news in the miles world lately, so let me state unequivocally: miles still offer unmatched value to travel the world more, better, and cheaper.
Here's a round-the-world (RTW) trip you can take with miles that took me me about 10 minutes to find the award space for.
There's nothing particularly important about the cities or even the regions where this trip stops. It just shows an easy RTW award using one way awards.
Easy Round the World with Miles on Luxury Products
February 12, 2015
We've been getting bad news in the miles world lately, so let me state unequivocally: miles still offer unmatched value to travel the world more, better, and cheaper.
Here's a round-the-world (RTW) trip you can take with miles that took me me about 10 minutes to find the award space for.
There's nothing particularly important about the cities or even the regions where this trip stops. It just shows an easy RTW award using one way awards.
Sweetspot: New Iberia Chart Offers 34,000 Miles Transatlantic Business Class
February 4, 2015
Remember that Avios devaluation from last week?
Membership Rewards,Avios,Transfer Bonus
Ends Today: Membership Rewards 40% Transfer Bonus to British Airways Avios
January 31, 2015
Well, it's January 31. So today is your last chance to transfer. Since I posted this initially, I have two other posts on Avios:
New, Worse Avios Award Chart takes effect in April.
British Airways Buying Aer Lingus Would Be Terrible for Your Miles
January 26, 2015
Aer Lingus has decided to accept IAG's takeover bid, which would mean that one company would own the flag carriers of the United Kingdom, Spain, and Ireland, since IAG already owns British Airways and Iberia.
The deal is far from done because the Irish government owns a 25% stake in Aer Lingus and governments always seem to fear losing control of their home airline.
The Myth of the 10 Cents Per Mile Award and Why Miles Are Most Valuable to the Rich
January 8, 2015
The other day, I booked myself a direct flight from Tampa to Charlotte with 4,500 British Airways Avios and $5.60.
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Another Reason Miles Are Better than Cash: Free Cancellations
January 6, 2015
Using miles to book trips instead of using cash has tons of advantages:
Easier access to First Class and flat beds: An international First Class ticket can cost $10k or the amount of miles you can get from opening a pair of credit cards.
Better open jaw and stopover rules: Few revenue tickets allow you to stopover without increasing in price.
Take Your Whole Family to Europe This Summer
November 5, 2014
Aer Lingus, a partner of United MileagePlus and British Airways Avios, debuts a Washington-Dulles to Dublin route on May 1, 2015.
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Better Mile for South America? Avios or AAdvantage
November 3, 2014
Are you better off using Avios or American Airlines miles for a trip to South America?
I'm at the beginning of probably nine months of travel, with almost no flights booked and only the vaguest sense of where I'll head and how I'll get there.