Miles make it insanely easy for points addicts to travel in comfort for free. But given the plentiful devaluations over the past few months, some of you must be thinking whether it’s worth going to 2% cashback. My answer to that question is that it’s complicated. That’s a horribly ambiguous answer, but it’s the truth. Using Cashback?…
Award Alert: Asiana Award Space over Peak Season!
Asiana Airlines is one of my favourite airlines as they have great food, great service, and a great First Class Suites product on their 777-200ER. As well, they’re receiving the A380 in a few months. They also have blackout dates during peak periods such as Christmas and the Lunar New Year which I’ve found annoying,…
Hyatt Targeted Stay Bonuses for May/June
It seems that Hyatt is sending out targeted stay offers for your next few stays, so check your email to see if you’re targeted. I received an offer for 5,000 bonus points for 5 stays between May 1 and July 31. Others in the FT thread have gotten anywhere from 2k points for one stay…
EVA Royal Laurel Pre-Order Meal Service
I’m flying EVA Royal Laurel (business class) and the Hello Kitty plane on a regional flight next month which will be pretty exciting as part of my ginormous May trip. This post talks about how I booked the trip. I’ve flown EVA RL and Business before but never managed to write a trip report about the flights,…
Last day for 100% US Airways Share Miles Promotion!
Last week I wrote about the 100% US Airways Share Miles Promotion. Here is the list of relevant posts I’ve written on the promotion, if you need a refresher: US Dividend Miles North Asia Devaluation Transferring Aeroplan to Dividend Miles Dividend Miles Share Promotion Strategy The promotion runs until 11:59PM Pacific on the 13th, so…
Credit Card Churning Basics
This is a touchup of a post I published over 8 months ago with more current information. Credit card churning, also called “app-o-ramas” are quite popular in the miles and points world. A one sentence definition of credit card churning is that it you are applying for multiple credit cards on one day. Your Credit Score…
AAdvantage Eliminates International Gateway City Stopovers and Explorer Awards
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…
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