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Anatomy of an Award: Flights to Cuba with Miles
March 24, 2015
I just booked myself a trip to Cuba with miles. One direction I am flying on a single award from the United States to Cuba. On the return, I am flying two awards: Cuba to Colombia and Colombia to the United States.
I used American Airlines, Asiana, and Lufthansa miles, all of which are easily available to Americans.
Can Americans Travel to Cuba?
Here is the State Department's page on visiting Cuba.
I am going to travel to Cuba on a general license as a journalist.
Singapore Suites Class Awards Get Cheaper
February 26, 2015
Singapore Airlines has lowered the fuel surcharges on its flights, which means your Singapore Suites Class bookings are now cheaper. You know Singapore Suites Class as the only cabin that offers a double bed on an airplane (besides the three-room suite on Etihad's A380.)
Singapore Suites is the First Class cabin on the Singapore Airlines A380. The only way to book Singapore Suites or First Class on the Singapore 777 is with Singapore miles. Luckily Singapore miles are super easy to get as Singapore miles are a 1:1 transfer partner of Chase, American Express, Citi, and Starpoints.
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Best Ways to Get from South America to Europe
February 23, 2015
I'm intrigued by flights and awards that don't involve America. If there's a cool award to get from Australia to SE Asia, that can be integral to a longer, better, and cheaper trip.
My two favorite continents to explore are South America and Europe.
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Anatomy of an Award: Booking Domestic United Flight with Singapore Miles
January 27, 2015
Singapore miles are fantastic for booking domestic awards on United flights. Singapore has access to all the exact same Saver award space on United flights that United miles have access to (except extra space set aside for elites), and Singapore charges fewer miles on some routes.
Singapore miles are also easier to get than United miles.
Anatomy of an Award: Cancun, Panama, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo on One Singapore Award
January 22, 2015
My friend just booked a Singapore Airlines award with two stopovers, one destination, and one open jaw. He'll be hopping through the Americas for six weeks for 60,000 miles and $123.
I'm especially keen to highlight this award because:
it's interesting
easy to copy
similar to awards I've written about theoretically
Singapore miles are the easiest to amass. Singapore KrisFlyer is a 1:1 transfer partner of American Express, Chase and Citi.
Singapore Routing Rules
The type of miles you use determine the rules your award has to follow.
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The Cheapest Awards within One Region
September 15, 2014
If you THINK BIG, and take an amazing multi-destination trip, you'll need to book several tickets to hop between destinations.
In the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia, flights are fairly cheap because of the many competing airlines, including low cost carriers. In other regions, like Africa and South America, short flights can be exorbitantly expensive as a lack of competition drives up prices.
When ticket prices are expensive, that's the time to use miles. I've already laid out the cheapest intra-region bargain awards with American Airlines and United miles.
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Free First Class 2014: Basics of Redeeming Singapore, Aeroplan, Lufthansa, Avianca, ANA, Flying Blue, and Korean Miles
August 13, 2014
This is the twentieth post in a monthlong series that started here. Each post will take about two minutes to read and may include an action item that takes the reader another two minutes to complete. I am writing this for an audience of people who know nothing about frequent flyer miles, and my goal is that by the end, you know enough to fly for free anywhere you want to go.
I’ve covered how to earn miles and the redemption options for miles.
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Booking Two Tickets on the Same United Flight
August 12, 2014
Last year I wrote "How to Book Multiple Awards from Different Accounts on the Same Flights."
The idea is that you can never transfer miles from one airline to another, even if they are airline partners, but you can book two seats on the exact same flights with two different types of miles.
Last week I used 30,000 Singapore miles and 35,000 Lufthansa miles to book myself and a friend one way First Class flights on United from Honolulu to San Francisco.
United flies one flight a day from Honolulu to San Francisco on a 767-400ER with fully
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LifeMiles Blocking Lufthansa First Class Award Space. Back Up Plans
August 8, 2014
Lufthansa First Class is no longer bookable using LifeMiles.
For the past few years, Lufthansa has only released first class award space to its Star Alliance partners 15 days before flight departure.
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Save Singapore Miles with Hidden City Ticketing
July 30, 2014
Singapore Airlines' award chart has some phenomenal sweet spots, which I've covered extensively:
United States to Central America with free one ways to Hawaii
United States to South America with free one ways to Hawaii
Continental United States to Hawaii
Yesterday I published comparison tables of United's award chart for United flights versus Singapore's award chart for United flights.
While compiling those charts, I saw that Singapore has an incredible sweet spot from the United States to the Middle East.