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How to Use the ANA Search Tool for Awards with United Miles
Yesterday I warned about the drawbacks of searching United.com for Star Alliance award availability Sometimes, United.com will display phantom award space. Seats will show as available but in reality...
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PointBreaks Hotels List Released Today. Summer Hotels from $35 per Night if...
If you buy IHG Rewards points for 0.57 cents each today (6/28/13) only instead of the 0.7 cent method in this post, PointBreaks hotels cost only $29! For more info, see IHG Club Points on Sale Today...
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How to Search for Nonstop Award Space on AA.com
American Airlines’ website is a great place to search for oneworld award space, especially on oneworld partners such as airberlin, Qantas, and Finnair. American’s site is also useful for searching...
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How to Transfer SPG Starpoints to Airline Miles
Update: My transfer took two days. I made the transfer on December 18 and received the miles on December 20. Yours may take more or less time. Starpoints (or SPG points) are the points earned from the...
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How to Get to the World Cup 2014 in Brazil for Cheap with Miles & Points
I just booked myself a roundtrip First Class award from Honolulu to Sao Paulo, Brazil during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. I also booked myself five nights at a hotel in Sao Paulo. Rooting for the Home Team...
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How to Request United to Manually Sell Award Seats
Here’s how I got United to “manually sell” me award seats for an itinerary. While this technique is not possible in most circumstances, in my case, it turned no award into my dream award! I was in the...
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How to Redeem Barclaycard Arrival Miles
TheBarclaycard Arrival PlusTM World Elite MasterCard® is a tool every frequent flyer should have in their wallet, especially big spenders and families. In essence, the card earns 2.28% back toward...
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Manipulating United.com to Save Miles
With this week’s United devaluation, the most popular award that the MileValue Award Booking Service books–premium cabin awards to Europe with United miles–went up in price as much as 63%. Last week,...
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How Long Does It Take Me to Manage My Credit Cards?
When you get deeper into the world of opening rewards cards to get free or luxury travel, there is an inevitable amount of bookkeeping that comes with managing your credit cards. You have to track:...
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How to Search for Award Space on Aeroplan.com
Aeroplan is Air Canada’s spun-off loyalty program. Aeroplan.com is an awesome search engine that displays award availability on almost all Star Alliance flights. You should know how to use aeroplan.com...
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How to Credit Your Miles to an Airline’s Partner
I earn a commission for some links on this blog. Citi is a MileValue partner. Every day people come to my Award Booking Service with a few hundred thousand Lufthansa miles and want to fly a Business...
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How to Use the ANA Search Tool for Awards with United and other Star Alliance...
ADVERTISER DISCLOSURE (click for more info). I use united.com for most of my award searches when redeeming Star Alliance miles because it shows most Star Alliance partners’ award availability, but it...
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How to Search for Nonstop Award Space on AA.com
American Airlines’ website is a great place to search for oneworld award space, especially on oneworld partners such as airberlin, Qantas, and Finnair. American’s site is also useful for searching...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Transfer SPG Starpoints to Airline Miles
Update: My transfer took two days. I made the transfer on December 18 and received the miles on December 20. Yours may take more or less time. Starpoints (or SPG points) are the points earned from the...
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How to Get to the World Cup 2014 in Brazil for Cheap with Miles & Points
I just booked myself a roundtrip First Class award from Honolulu to Sao Paulo, Brazil during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. I also booked myself five nights at a hotel in Sao Paulo. Rooting for the Home Team...
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How to Request United to Manually Sell Award Seats
Here’s how I got United to “manually sell” me award seats for an itinerary. While this technique is not possible in most circumstances, in my case, it turned no award into my dream award! I was in the...
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Manipulating United.com to Save Miles
With this week’s United devaluation, the most popular award that the MileValue Award Booking Service books–premium cabin awards to Europe with United miles–went up in price as much as 63%. Last week,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Long Does It Take Me to Manage My Credit Cards?
When you get deeper into the world of opening rewards cards to get free or luxury travel, there is an inevitable amount of bookkeeping that comes with managing your credit cards. You have to track:...
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How to Credit Your Miles to an Airline’s Partner
Every day people come to my Award Booking Service with a few hundred thousand Lufthansa miles and want to fly a Business Class award to Europe. Or worse, they come with 20,000 Turkish miles, 20,000...
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How to Use the ANA Search Tool for Awards with United and other Star Alliance...
I use united.com for most of my award searches when redeeming Star Alliance miles because it shows most Star Alliance partners’ award availability, but it does have some drawbacks. Namely, it doesn’t...
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