You can get Hilton Gold for $49.95. How? Through milepoint premium membership. I am assuming it’s for a full year so it should last through March 2015. Even if you only plan to have one or two stays in the next year, you’d probably reap the value back from the membership. Hilton Gold includes point earnings…
UA P.S. J LAX-JFK/AC Executive First for $310 + tax!!!
Update 3: This is now dead, unfortunately. Melia is devalued the transfer ratio now to 6:1, which makes it rather economically unfeasible. Update: Commenter Alice says “Just got off the phone with Melia Rewards and they told me that the promotion for “buying” points is only good for hotel stays NOT for transfer to an…
Messed up BA Fuel Surcharges on Award Tickets?
I like to window shop sometimes when I look for award redemptions. I do think I learn a lot from doing that although most likely I could use my time better… Anyways, I was looking around BA First tickets on their A380 (to HKG and LAX), and I was checking out the fees breakdown. As…
300 Free La Quinta Points
Very straightforward as title of the post suggests. Free points are always good. You cannot earn these if you’ve seen a video like this before. Link to watch the video here. Fine Print: Offer is valid for a one-time bonus of 300 La Quinta Returns Points upon meeting the following qualifications: view the Travel Advisor video,…
How do you track your mileage balances?
Note: This style of writing is intended for long time readers and miles/points addicts who follow the blogs in this space. Readers not familiar with this crazy hobby should skip this section! Yesterday I was cleaning up my Awardwallet account. For those of you who aren’t aware about Awardwallet, they are a fantastic website which…
Alaska adds Emirates Award Redemptions to Europe
I’m pretty sure this is new as I didn’t see this when Alaska first released award charts for Emirates redemptions, so I thought I would give it a mention (since I didn’t even know that this was possible until when I checked yesterday). As well as allowing redemptions from North America to the Middle East,…
Award Alert: Qatar Airways Award Space SEARCHABLE ONLINE!
Yesterday morning ba.com started showing Qatar Airways award space online. Why is this important? I am assuming this should be the same award space available to redemptions with American miles, so this is a great way to check Qatar Airways award space without calling the AAdvantage center. I wrote about Qatar Airways award space with…
Lufthansa First Class Available more than 2 weeks out!
Update as of 5:30 Pacific: Looks like space has been pulled. 🙁 If you liked my post on how to get first class for 10,000 miles per segment I’d suggest you sign up for my mailing list as subscribers will get exclusive access to future juicy secrets coming soon. This is crazy but it seems like there are seats on…
How to Maximize the US 100% Shared Miles Promotion
Yesterday the online travel community was abuzz with excitement over the 100% share miles promotion. The most important question I’ve got was how do I leverage this promotion if I have no miles in my account? Let’s look at how the share promotion works in the simplest terms. Say you have a friend (acc #1)…
100% Bonus on Shared US Airways Miles!!!
YAY!!! US Airways is having a 100% promo on shared miles. Share miles from October 1 to October 15, 2013 and your friend or family member will get 100% MORE in bonus miles – up to 50,000 miles. This means miles are sold for 1.13 cents each. The best way to do this is to…
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