Today has been an AAwful today with multiple devaluations from US Airways and American. With what I’ve read on the blogosphere, they’re “bundling” this devaluation with other changes to checked bags and elite status changes, but these don’t concern me for the most part. There have been three negative changes to AA’s award chart as…
US Airways Dividend Miles Devaluation!
US Airways has uploaded a new award oneworld/partner award chart effective immediately. Revised Award Chart This is the old award chart. This is the new award chart. I’ve highlighted the devaluations in red: You can see the full chart here. US Airways Devalues North Asia Redemptions This is a really significant devaluation, in my opinion,…
US Airways 100% Share Promotion Returns!
US Airways is running a 100% promotion on shared miles until April 13! This is my FAVOURITE promotion by far as it allows you to generate points at 1.15 cents each. The promotion runs as follows: The bonuses max out at 100% only between 30,000 and 50,000 miles. Transfers which aren’t that amount aren’t such…
MY USDM OW Redemption
As you may or may not know, US Airways joined oneworld just a few days ago. This meant that you can use your Dividend miles on oneworld partners. They retained the same award chart price levels as their previous star alliance awards, which had several very good redemptions. This is their award chart: US Airways…
US Bank Korean Air Skypass Visa 30,000 Points Signup
This counts as one of the 17464726 times I wish I had a green card and a US credit history. Anyways, US Bank is offering a 30,000 point signup bonus with their Korean Air Skypass Visa Signature with first purchase. Generally the regular offer for this is 15,000 points, although there some of my BoardingArea bloggers…
Star Alliance Status Matchs and Sales
With US Airways and TAM leaving Star Alliance, several airlines have offered status matches to retain existing customers: Air Canada matching US Airways Elites Air Canada has offered to match status from US Airways Elites with a qualifying flight before May 31. You have to submit your request between March 15 and April 30, 2014…
Avios raises Cancellation Fees
British Airways has just increased their change and cancellation fees for Avios award tickets. Change/Redeposit fees have now gone up from 40 USD all the way to 55 USD. It’s not significant, although this does make it a bit more painful to cancel flights though. I also don’t like that there was no advance notice. Existing…
American Express Platinum Canada Worth It?
Update: The Platinum Card is now offering 75,000 Points as a Signup Bonus! In my opinion, the American Express Platinum Canada Card is the best card out there for travel benefits. As long as you travel at least once a year and manage your credit well, I think it’s a must have in your wallet,…
Vancouver Miles/Points Meetup this Sunday!
A reader sent me an email asking me to have a miles/points chat on Sunday. So I thought, why not make it a group thing? I’m thinking of hosting something downtown on Sunday at 3pm. A few people have already given me a tentative yes, so shoot me an email (canadiankilometers <at> gmail.com) if you’re…
Marriott Rewards Category Changes 2014
Marriott has just released a document containing the category changes for 2014. Award Devaluation The current award chart is as follows: There are no new creation of award categories (unlike last year). Marriott says: 73% of the properties remain unchanged. 66% of the programs properties will remain in Categories 1-4. 27% of the hotels are…
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