United is offering a promotion on purchasing miles which other bloggers have talked about. However, since the bonus is now 60%, which makes the points just under 2.4 cents each to purchase, I thought it would be important to bring up a cheaper way to purchase United miles which I do not think the others…
Frequent Traveller Programs
Category Archives for Frequent Traveller Programs.
Redeem AA miles on TAM/LAN Colombia
This afternoon I just saw on twitter (and follow me if you haven’t) that you can now redeem AAdvantage miles on all eligible LAN Colombia and TAM Airlines flights. TAM I think is actually still in Star Alliance (but they should be moving to oneworld next year) so it’s interesting to now have an airline where…
AMEX Gold (Canada) 25,000 points signup bonus!!!
This morning American Express has raised the signup bonus to the very generous 20,000 (21,000) point signup offer with first year waived. Now AMEX has raised the bonus to 25,000 points!!! It doesn’t seem that this is a limited-time offer as there’s no mention of an expiration date, so this is absolutely fantastic! You earn…
25% Hotel Points to Avios Transfer Promo
Avios is having a promotion for miles transferred in from hotel programs, with a 25% bonus on most hotel programs until October 15. It’s very straightforward with all the hotel programs which are included (Club Carlson, Marriott, Hyatt, SPG, Shangri-La, and IHG). Again with hotel transfers the ratios are generally very poor so the only…
Great SPG + Aeroplan Promotion
There is a great fall promotion by Starwood similar to the one last year. Stay 5 nights and get 5000 Aeroplan miles Stay 2 more nights (7 total) and get 2000 more (7000 total) Stay 2 more again (9 total) and get 2000 more again (9000 total) You’re just a few short steps from up…
The most insane flight of my life
If you’re still awake at this time, you may have heard on the interwebs/twitterverse that there was a Thai flight that encountered some air turbulence: Well, I was on the flight. I can say definitely the most insane flight of my life. Definitely it was very dangerous. The period of time where I got freaked…
A few thoughts on Thai (old) First Class
Good morning from Sydney! I just got there on Thai First Class and as such I thought I’d write a few thoughts about it like I did with Cathay Pacific First Class. First of all Thai (Royal) First Ground services is epic. Also apologies for the more intermittent posting schedule. đ I’m sure you’ve may…
Accor Instant Platinum Status!
Via Loyalty Lobby, there is another Accor Instant Platinum signup link, which you can access here. Make sure that you’re signing up with a new email. Letâs connect: Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe
Another Big Devaluation to Air Canada Elites
I’ve quoted what the official representative on Air Canada has posted on Flyertalk and written a few sentences about each. This is a big devaluation in my opinion đ More miles with many Air Canada fares Starting tomorrow â August 20 â all members will earn more Altitude Qualifying Miles on many Air Canada fares: Earn…
Reminder: US Airways Purchase Miles Promotion (Signup for Accounts!)
Just a reminder that your accounts need to be at least 12 days old to purchase miles, so if you’re considering purchasing miles, you better sign up! You can do that here. You can purchase miles here. My post when the promotion started here. Letâs connect: Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe
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