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Best Practices for Searching Oneworld Availability
July 10, 2024
If you’ve ever been frustrated trying to figure out the best ways to search for awards on Oneworld airlines, keep reading for some guidance and tips. We’ll address approaches to make searching easier and find good uses for your points and miles.
Oneworld Alliance Overview
The Oneworld Alliance, along with SkyTeam and Star Alliance, make up the world’s three major airline alliances. Travelers have much to gain from understanding how these alliances function since they provide a global network of flights, allow passengers to earn and redeem miles across member airlines and provide elite benefits across the network.
Our Award Booking Service: A Case Study
December 31, 2020
Hey MileValue Family,
Many of you take the time to read each and every article we publish. For that, we are truly grateful. Some have even taken advantage of our free credit card consultations. But today I wanted to take the time to highlight one of our lesser known services, our award booking service.
One of the biggest challenges in points and miles is putting your miles to good use.
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How to Achieve Your New Year’s Travel Resolution
January 2, 2017
What are your New Year's resolutions this year? If you've managed to stumble upon this blog, chances are somewhere in your list of goals for 2017 you've got some dream trips lined up. If you don't, you should.
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How to Maximize Domestic Award Redemptions: Membership Rewards
August 12, 2016
Let’s talk about transferring Membership Rewards to airline partners for redeeming on domestic awards. This is part three in a series that will allow you to master redeeming awards within the United States, no matter what kind of points or miles you might have.
For those of you that have already read the first and second post in this series, you will notice repeat information at points in this post (as well as the rest of them to follow) because some of the airline partners overlap between transferrable points programs.
“How to Maximize Domestic Award Redemptions” Series Index
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Booking Last Minute Awards: Spreadsheet of Fees and Policies
July 13, 2016
This comprehensive spreadsheet details commonly used loyalty programs and their policies towards booking an award close to the travel date.
To see how much you might have to pay for booking a last minute award, look up the loyalty program whose miles you will use on the chart (which might not necessarily be the airline you fly).
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Will You Find Last Minute Award Space? Here’s How to Estimate Your Chances.
July 8, 2016
I received the following email from a reader.
Dawn writes:
I wanted to ask a question that I didn't see an answer for on your site or clearly on the interwebs.
I am hoping to do a trip this winter to India.
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Which Is The Best Amex Partner from Here to There?
May 31, 2016
I get questions all the time like this:
Hi, I have a million American Express Membership Rewards/Chase Ultimate Rewards/Citi ThankYou Points, what is the best transfer partner to go from [here] to [there.]
There are basically two ways to answer the question:
Look at award charts of all the points' transfer partners and then look for award space using the cheapest miles. I used this method to suggest to my friend that he transfer his Membership Rewards to Flying Blue miles to get from Denver to Tel Aviv.
Around the World for 137,500 United Miles (Some First Class!)
May 23, 2016
I know most people just want to go somewhere and come back with their miles, but I am biased toward BIG trips. For the most part, the best way to book such big trips is as a series of one way awards with many different types of miles, taking advantage of the sweet spots with each program.
The Beginning Section of a Manual I Created for Award Booking
May 9, 2016
A few years ago, I created a manual for award booking. I thought the best way to organize it was to explain the key concepts of all awards in the beginning, and then explain each major program in detail afterwards. Here is the first section of the manual--nine key concepts of all award bookings. I've edited it slightly today to make sure it is up to date.
Are there any other key concepts you would add to a manual of award booking?
Key Concept 1
Each type of miles has its own rules.
Booking American Airlines Awards to Indian Subcontinent via Asia: Availability Forecast
May 2, 2016
As of a few weeks ago, you can redeem American Airlines Miles to the Indian subcontinent via Hong Kong!
Why is this exciting news?
Before, you could only connect in Europe or the Middle East on the way to the Indian Subcontinent, and more routing options means more award space.