Miles & More Program Primer & Six Great Uses of the Lufthansa Miles
May 7, 2013
The Miles & More® Premier World MasterCard® comes with 20,000 bonus Lufthansa Miles & More miles after first purchase.
The card comes with an annual companion ticket for paid economy class tickets on Miles & More airlines.
The card earns 2 miles per dollar on ticket purchases made directly from Miles & More integrated airlines and 1 mile per dollar on all other purchases.
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The Two Best Ways to Use the Lufthansa Miles & More Card’s 50k Mile Bonus
May 5, 2013
The cards mentioned in this post have had their links removed because the offers listed have expired. Click here for the top current credit card sign up bonuses.
The 50k mile bonus offer is back on the Lufthansa card mentioned in this post until 6/30/14.
How to Get the 35,000 Mile US Airways MasterCard
March 31, 2013
Update 1/17/14: 35k offer is dead, but the 40k offer is alive!
FlyerTalkers are reporting success getting a 35,000 mile bonus and no annual fee for the first year on the Barclay's US Airways MasterCard.
United,US Airways,American Express,Barclay's,LOT Polish
Easiest Way to Get on a Dreamliner to Europe in Business
January 14, 2013
LOT, a Polish airline that is a member of the Star Alliance, flies several Boeing 787 Dreamliners to North America with incredible award space in business class.
The Dreamliner is a technical marvel, a plane I am dying to get on.
LOT's business class on the Dreamliner is up to international standards--a fully flat bed with a big TV monitor at each seat.
LOT flies to three North American destinations, all with the Dreamliner.
New York (JFK) <-> Warsaw (WAW)
Chicago (ORD) <-> Warsaw
Toronto (YYZ) <->
United,US Airways,American Express,Barclay's,LOT Polish
Easiest Way to Get on a Dreamliner to Europe in Business
January 14, 2013
LOT, a Polish airline that is a member of the Star Alliance, flies several Boeing 787 Dreamliners to North America with incredible award space in business class.
The Dreamliner is a technical marvel, a plane I am dying to get on.
LOT's business class on the Dreamliner is up to international standards--a fully flat bed with a big TV monitor at each seat.
LOT flies to three North American destinations, all with the Dreamliner.
New York (JFK) <-> Warsaw (WAW)
Chicago (ORD) <-> Warsaw
Toronto (YYZ) <->
Virgin Atlantic,Virgin America,Barclay's,Virgin Australia
Virgin Atlantic Upper Class for 35k
December 17, 2012
Virgin America might have the best award chart in the world. Last week I covered the amazing deals to, from, and within Hawaii on Hawaiian Airlines using Virgin America points. See 20k Points Roundtrip to Hawaii, 45k Roundtrip to Asia, 55k Roundtrip to Australia.
That discovery made me investigate Virgin America's partner award charts more closely. Virgin America lists two other partners on which you can redeem: Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Australia.
Yes, the Virgin A's are three separate airlines that have all licensed the Virgin brand name.
Virgin America,Hawaiian Airlines,Barclay's
20k Points Roundtrip to Hawaii, 45k Roundtrip to Asia, 55k Roundtrip to Australia
December 13, 2012
Reader @bitachu gave me an incredible tip the other day--at trivia night in Honolulu of all places--check out Virgin America's award chart for flights on Hawaiian Airlines.
Basically the chart is incredible and presents huge opportunity for mainlanders and Hawaiians alike whether they want to go to Hawaii or beyond.
Instead of just listing the chart, they have you type in your departure and arrival cities and spit out the number of Elevate points you need to book the award.
Nonetheless, I think I've figured out the underlying chart. Basically, it's a chart-plus-segment mechanism.