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…
When does flying first class make sense?
Points Summary and One Mile at A Time posted about why to fly/not fly first class and since they are both awesome naturally I had to write a reply of my own. From a perspective of having flown some first class products and some business class products, I can see some definitely valid reasons for…
My New Mileage Run Page!
I’ve been looking for elite status this year thanks to the previous AA limited time status match (now expired) and so now I am looking for mileage runs. So I have decided to put up a mileage run page on my site which is now live (but still under construction). The cities where I will post…
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. 🙂 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. Let’s 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 🙁 More miles with many Air Canada fares Starting tomorrow – August 20 – 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. Let’s connect: Twitter | Facebook | Subscribe
What really is the value of a mile?
A few days ago I tried to talk about how it’s very difficult to value a mile especially with hotel redemptions. It will differ for everyone. I personally use the lowest price you would have paid on a redemption to evaluate the value of my redemption. I think miles sitting in your account is extremely difficult…
Air France Promo Awards Released for September/October
With Air France Promo Awards you can save 25% – 50% off the miles required for a redemption. Since they’ve raised the award price for business class from 100,000 to 125,000 miles it isn’t so great, but still at 31,250 miles for a one-way it might work if you can find availability on your dates.…
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