Buy Up to 270,000 American Airlines Miles. Good Deal?

American Airlines and US Airways are both running sales on the purchase of their miles through January 30, 2015.

Link Your American Airlines and US Airways Accounts Now to Avoid Trouble Later

In one minute, you can link your American Airlines and US Airways accounts online.

Cathay Pacific Business Class Award Space is Wide Open

Aspire to Cathay Pacific Business Class.

It is one of the world's nicest Business Classes, featuring a fully flat bed on flights of up to 16 hours between the United States and Hong Kong.
It is dirt cheap at 55,000 American Airlines miles one way or 110,000 US Airways miles roundtrip. This is just 10% more than flying half the time in a far inferior product to Europe.
Award space is widely available.

Incredible Award Space to Europe for 30,000 Miles RT Every Day in February

US Airways off peak award space to Europe is wide open.

All the Places You Can Go with Just the US Airways Card Sign-Up Bonus

Not all miles are equal. My favorite miles are US Airways miles because US Airways has a cheap award chart and lax routing rules.

Buy Up to 250k AA Miles. Good Deal?

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American Airlines and US Airways are both running sales on the purchase of their miles through January 2, 2015.

For now, your American Airlines miles and US Airways miles will sit in separate accounts, and you can redeem them on separate charts, with different routing rules, and slightly different partners.

How to Earn and Spend 156,000 American Airlines Miles

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What timing rule should you follow on the applications?
What can you do with 156,000 American Airlines miles?
What is the one other killer benefit of the American Airlines personal card?

What Can You Do with 156,000 American Airlines Miles?
1. Take a Round-the-World Trip

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Master Thread: Off Peak Awards

Off peak awards allow us to stretch our miles further by booking discounted awards to select regions during certain pre-determined dates. Off peak awards are offered by several airlines, and this post will put all the off peak awards I know of in one place.

While off peak awards are often less desirable dates, there are some off peak dates that are actually my favorite times to visit a country.

DEAD: 6 First Class Seats on American’s Best Product

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American Airlines' best Business and First Class is on its new 777-300ERs.

Super Cheap, Super Luxury Award on Qatar A380

Qatar Airways has begun flying its A380s from Doha to London and will begin service to Paris and Bangkok soon.

There are a lot of luxury options between the Middle East and Europe, so I want to focus on the route between Doha and Bangkok that begins December 1.

from gcmap.com

Award space is wide open on the Qatar A380 between Doha and Bangkok for two people in Business Class.