My First Non-Travel Mileage Redemption
My guiding principle with miles and points are that they should only be used for travel.
United would love nothing more than if you blew...
4 Days Left Until Massive Hilton Devaluation
I've never been a fan of Hilton points. The currency is not nearly as lucrative as other hotel brands like Hyatt (which can also...
Getting AA Benefits On A Flight Booked Using BA Avios
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AAdvantage Credit Card Reduced Mileage Awards For April-June 2013
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Vanilla Reloads Transfers To American Express Prepaid
Update: DEAD! Don’t miss it if this becomes alive again. Sign up for deal notification alerts here!
Singapore Airlines Also Not Charging Fuel Surcharges For Award Travel On United Or USAirways!
3 weeks ago DansDeals broke the news that ANA was no longer collecting fuel surcharges on United and USAirways award tickets. They have an...
Last Day To Transfer BOFA Worldpoints To Air Canada Aeroplan
Today is the last day that you can transfer Bank of America Worldpoints into Air Canada Aeroplan miles. It's the most valuable redemption that...
Is it Worth Transferring Membership Rewards Points To USAirways With A 16% Loss Of Points?
When American Express Membership Rewards lost Continental as a partner a couple years ago it lost the best gateway towards the Star Alliance. The...
ANA Not Charging Fuel Surcharges For Award Travel On United Or USAirways!
Update: Several commenters below have mentioned that they were told by ANA reps that I was wrong about the lack of fuel surcharges for...
Flying Round-Trip To Israel On Air Berlin For 40K Starwood Or 47K American Express Membership Rewards Plus $81 Tax: A Tutorial
Update #2: Commenter "Baruch" was able to call BA and get them to book a ticket to Israel with an overnight connection in Germany,...
Get A 30% Bonus When You Transfer American Express Membership Rewards Points Into British Airways Avios!
Update: This offer ends on Monday, 01/14. While there have been 40% and 50% offers in the past if you have a need for...
Convert 20,000 Starpoints Into 31,250 British Airways Avios
Update: This offer ends on Sunday, 01/13.
The following was originally posted on 12/13/12:
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-You can earn 10,000 bonus Starpoints for spending $1 and another...
Flying To Israel With The Current El Al Promotions
Update: DEAD! Don’t miss it if this becomes alive again. Sign up for deal notification alerts here!
Miles And The Gift Of Spontaneity
Airlines hate the spontaneous. Need to fly last minute to an engagement party, for a business meeting, or even for a funeral (G-d forbid)...
Tons Of Flying Blue Promo Award Availability To Israel…But Is It Worth It?
Related post: Which Miles To Use To Fly To Israel?
I've been blogging about about Air France/KLM Flying Blue's promo awards for many years...
Transfer Membership Rewards Into 2.7 Hilton Points.
Update: The Virgin bonus ends on 12/29!
Originally posted on 11/27:
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Starwood Advertises Just How Bad A Deal SPG Flights Is
Back in 2008 Starwood made a big deal about the introduction of SPG Flights. I panned it as a poor value.
Apparently not everyone got...
AAdvantage Credit Card Reduced Mileage Awards For January-March 2013!
Reduced Mileage Awards Linky
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BA.com Overhauls Their Award Search Engine!
Find more articles like this by clicking on the “Mileage Posts” tab on top of the DansDeals banner at the top of this site.
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Possible Bonus Miles With United Credit Cards?
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Like American Airlines And AAdvantage On Facebook And Get 500 Miles
Like American Airlines And AAdvantage On Facebook And Get 500 Miles
A short 1 page survey is required.
More importantly than the 500 miles for some...
Trip Report: United DO 2012 In Chicago
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I...
United: Fly To Europe For Just 48,000 Miles Round Trip Instead Of 60,000 Miles.
Update: DEAD! Don’t miss it if this becomes alive again. Sign up for deal notification alerts here!
American Airlines Double Mile Promotions!
For non-elite members:
-Earn double elite qualifying miles for all flights from 11/01-12/31.
-Earn double redeemable miles for flights between 11/16-11/26.
For elite members:
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Breaking Down Which Credit Card To Use.
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Get A 100% Mileage Bonus When You Share USAirways Miles!
Update, 10/28: Just a few more days to take advantage of this great offer!
Lie-Flat 3 cabin first class seats between JFK and LAX for...
500 Free Hilton HHonors Points!
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500 Free Hilton HHonors Points
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Get A 40% Bonus When You Transfer American Express Membership Rewards Points Into British Airways Avios!
Update: 40% promo ends 09/27.
Originally posted on 08/28/12:
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Getting To Israel On The Cheap With BA Avios And Air Berlin
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United Plan B For Business And First Class Awards Still Alive And Well!
Update, 09/11/12: Just wanted to share a success story. A friend of mine was booked on miles to fly on USAirways to Israel before...
35% Bonus For Transferring Membership Rewards Points To Flying Blue!
Fly round-trip to Israel for about 37K points with no fuel surcharges!
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4 Mile Island Saga Continues…
Update, 7:15pm: After greater than 100 hours after ticketing, United has just unilaterally cancelled most people's upcoming itineraries, violating their own promise to contact...
United Refuses To Honor 4 Mile (Hong Kong) Island Awards; At Least 1 DansDeals Forum Member Already Has Flown!
Sorry folks, no party in Hong Kong will be happening like there was in Las Vegas and in the Bahamas in the past when...
Chase Has A Great New British Airways Visa Offer, Though It’s Not Quite As Sweet As Last Year’s.
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Award Tickets To Hong Kong For 4 United Miles?
Update 2: Multiple DDF members are now on flights bound to Hong Kong for just 4 miles, follow their sagas on DDF!
Have fun guys!
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Which Miles To Use To Fly To Hawaii?
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The Hawaiian Islands.
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Incredible Singapore Airlines Award Availability!
Update, 07/09: The glitch has been fixed and business and first class availability on Singapore is back to nil. Congrats to those who booked...
Ending British Airways Avios Offers.
Updates:
-The AMEX transfer bonus is dead.
-The hotel transfer bonus must be initiated by today, 06/20!
-The BA credit card offer will end on 07/18.
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