Anatomy of an Award: Using Singapore Miles to Save 20,000 Miles within South America
December 1, 2014
I recently redeemed 20,000 Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles and $45 for a one way trip in Business Class from Medellin, Colombia to Buenos Aires.
Avianca Business Class, not flat, but much better than coachThat's over seven hours of flying up front for only 20,000 miles. United would have charged 40,000 for me to book the exact same award space.
Free One Ways on Alaska Airlines Awards
December 1, 2014
You can add a free one way to one way awards booked with Alaska Airlines miles.
How to Maximize the National Car Rental ONE TWO FREE Promo
November 14, 2014
Disclosure: National offered me compensation to write this post, and a $200 gift card for MileValue readers. All views are expressed are mine and (other) Scott's, not those of National Car Rental.
National Car Rental's popular ONE TWO FREE has returned through January 31, 2015. For every two qualifying rentals, you earn one free* rental day for use on a future trip.
Games 4 and 5, University of Virginia Basketball in Spain
November 10, 2014
Regular MileValue readers: ignore this post. It’s about college basketball, not miles.
UVA fans: ignore this blog. It’s about traveling free (in first class if you want) by efficiently collecting and redeeming frequent flyer miles, hotel points, and credit card points. If you don’t want to ignore that, start here.
Series So Far
Who I Am & Game 1
Games 2 & 3
Games 4 & 5 (this post)
Game 4, 72-62 Win vs. Sant Julia All Stars
Game 5, 85-49 Win vs.
50 Free Award Wallet Upgrade Codes
September 17, 2014
Enjoy one of these 50 free upgrade codes to six months of Award Wallet Plus. Award Wallet is the free way I track my 35 miles and points balances and store my login information for those programs.
Read more about Award Wallet.
Sign up for Award Wallet.
Click "Continue Reading" to see the codes.
Basics of Cathay Pacific Asia Miles (ThankYou Transfer Partner)
August 18, 2014
Citi recently announced that ThankYou Points now transfer to seven airlines and one hotel chain.
Since you can earn up to 50,000 bonus ThankYou points with the Citi ThankYou® Premier Card, I've been looking into those transfer partners to find the high value redemptions that maximize ThankYou points.
Island Air Feat. Free Food, Massages, & Live Music at HNL
July 21, 2014
Island Air, a tiny airline with flights between Oahu, Maui, Lanai, and Kauai, is offering free Hawaiian food, massages, and live music at the interisland terminal at Honolulu International Airport until the end of August.
Island Air RoutesHow can you get in on the free?
Pacific Business News reports:
"Passengers will get [free] loco-mocos [Scott: hamburger patty, egg, and gravy over rice!] from Tango on Aug. 12 and Aloha Pops on July 29 and Aug. 19.
Each Wednesday until the end of August, passengers can get free chair massages from 2 p.m.
Free Giveaway Friday: Pair of United Club Passes
March 7, 2014
A generous attendee of the MileValue meetup in New York City donated a pair of United Club passes that expire March 31, 2014 to one MileValue reader.
Uncategorized,Devaluation,United
Breaking: United Award Chart Devaluation Begins February 3rd
January 31, 2014
Update: UA Insider on FlyerTalk confirms the delay in this post
The much-dreaded United award chart devaluation looks to be temporarily postponed until February 3rd.
Back in late October, United announced that they would be increasing the mileage costs of many awards, especially those flow in premium cabins.
United would also be splitting their award chart on February 1, 2014.
Uncategorized,Lufthansa,Trip Report
Trip Report: Lufthansa Business Class Frankfurt to Washington DC on the 747-8
January 2, 2014
The 50k mile bonus offer is back on the Lufthansa card mentioned in this post until 6/30/14.