Miles

Quick Tips for getting an agent on the phone faster

Two quick and easy tips that’ll get you an agent on the phone faster Miles and I hate waiting through all the automated

Read More
Hotels Reviews

Flashback – The Peninsula Bangkok Review: Peninsula Suite – Best negotiated upgrade ever

The best upgrade I’ve ever negotiated! I’m new to the boardingarea.com family and thought I would republish the very first entry I ever

Read More
Hotels Reviews

Get this: American Express Platinum Mercedes Benz 75,000 offer

after just 3k spend. That’s the biggest ever for this card. Yes you can get it if you’ve had the Amex Plat before

Read More
Reviews

The 2015 Around the World Mega Trip Report: High Teas, World’s Tallest, Safari, Vic Falls, Jiro’s sushi all in Business and First Class.

Last year I organized a trip for my family and best friend around the world. We flew nothing but business and first class,

Read More
Uncategorized

How long does it take for 500 mile upgrades to post with American

I recently had two different sets of 4 – 500 mile upgrades post to my account. So how long does it take for 500

Read More
Uncategorized

Interline Agreement: How your bags get transferred across multiple carriers

So what is an interline agreement? Simply, an interline agreement allows a passenger to get to a destination using different airlines, change planes,

Read More
Reviews

Japan Airlines First Class Lounge Tokyo, Narita (NRT) Review

This is part of the Around the World 2015 Mega Trip Etihad Business and First Class Lounge Washington DC Etihad Business Studio –

Read More

Lots of Holiday biz/1st American award space to Brazil

There are tons of dates that you can search if you’re looking to get away to Brazil over the holiday season. Three of

Read More
Uncategorized

Why I’m sticking with American Airlines through 2016

It’s been a rough couple of days over here at the MonkeyMiles house. In case you hadn’t heard…American Airlines basically told anyone who

Read More
Airport Lounges Reviews

Etihad Business/First Lounge Washington D.C. (IAD) Review

This is part of the Around the World 2015 Mega Trip Etihad Business and First Class Lounge Washington DC Etihad Business Studio –

Read More