Deals

Insane Deal: Etihad Business Class Europe to Australia $2500

Perfect Honeymoon Trip. Flying from Europe to Australia is long, long trip. You’ll need to transit via the Middle East or Asia, and one of the premiere Middle Eastern airlines has put together a fabulous offer to fly half way

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Act Fast! Great AA award space LAX-LHR-LAX in February/March

VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND I would recommend acting fast on this space as it won’t last. American rarely opens up transatlantic space on their own metal let alone the most coveted of them all: LAX to London and vice versa.

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Iberia is launching their new A350 – here’s how you can try biz for 15k points

Via Twitter, Iberia announced NYC as the A350’s first destination Iberia ordered 16 state of the art, jetlag fighting, Airbus A350s and via Twitter, Iberia let us know that New York would be the first destination serviced. In addition to

Hotels

IHG’s new PointBreaks are a big win. Start booking now.

5k, 10k, 15k offers are now live. That’s right, if you’re accustomed to the old 5k Pointbreaks that IHG used to run, whereby awards were super cheap, but rarely offered anywhere you’d like to visit other than making a roadtrip…things

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Down to the Wire: Re-qualifying for Alaska MVPG75

It was a photo finish At the end of 2016 I status matched my AA Executive Platinum Status to Alaska’s MVPG75. I valued Alaska’s miles and program much more than AA’s, and had been pleased with their communication regarding the

Hotels

Big Changes: Updated Hilton Honors Program Details

Major changes across the board. Enhancements for Gold and Diamond members. Yesterday I highlighted some of the changes that were announced regarding breakfast at Waldorf Astoria properties for Gold and Diamond members. No sooner had those been enacted, Hilton introduces

Hotels

Hilton increases Elite value, IHG imposes higher award prices

Award program changes abound. Hilton announced that, starting January 1st, Gold and Diamond members would receive free breakfast at Waldorf Astoria hotels. Hilton doesn’t streamline benefits across the board for all of its hotel brands. For instance, breakfast was already

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“Where do you want to go 2018” Instagram Winner post

Congrats Cpain99! Miles asked his Instagram followers to comment where they want to go in 2018, and the comment with the most likes would get a custom post. After 35 comments in just a few days, the winner, with 12

Hotels

Another IHG award devaluation – top tier now 70k

IHG DejaVu It was just last year that IHG devalued their program, and introduced a 60k level. Hotel chains change the price of independent hotels all the time, but what makes the IHG back to back devals extra painful has

Trips

2017. 14 days in the air. Over a dozen different Premium Cabins

Wow – what a year! I’ll be posting a more complete account of all my travel, including a video with highlights, but 2017 has been a pivotal year. In 2016, I flew a little over 100k miles and thought that