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30% Transfer Bonus From Amex to British Airways Avios December 3- January 14, 2013

November 13, 2012

Update: The current offer for the British Airways Visa is 50,000 Avios when you spend $1,000 in the first 3 months. While not as exciting as recent 50% transfer bonuses, Amex Membership Rewards will be launching a 30% transfer bonus to British Airways Avios from December 3, 2012 – January 14, 2013. No need to register as [...]

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Maximizing Iberia Flights With British Airways Avios

November 12, 2012

Update: The current offer for the British Airways Visa is 50,000 Avios when you spend $1,000 in the first 3 months. While Britishairways.com can be a good tool for booking award tickets, it also has a lot of bugs and makes searching for non-BA flights a pain. If you are flying anywhere that could possibly route through [...]

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(Canada) 50% British Airways Transfer Bonus From RBC Avion Points Is Back!

November 5, 2012

It has been about six months, but RBC is again offering a 50% bonus on Avion points transfers to British Airways starting today until December 31, 2012. The Royal Bank of Canada Visa Infinite Avion is one of the best Canadian credit cards for earning points and miles. You can read our Canadian contributor’s full [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: Credit Oneworld Miles With American or British Airways?

November 4, 2012

Update: The current offer for the British Airways Visa is 50,000 Avios when you spend $1,000 in the first 3 months. TPG reader Nachama asks: “I have a question about the Oneworld Alliance. I think I’ve mastered the Star Alliance, but haven’t spent a lot of time banking Oneworld points. Who should I make my primary Oneworld [...]

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(Video) Sunday Reader Question: Should I Redeem Amex Points for Travelers Cheques?

October 28, 2012

This week TPG reader Steven asks for advice on how best to redeem his American Express Membership Rewards points: “I currently have about 110,000 points in Amex. I am deciding between paying for a trip to Orlando with points or getting Amex Travelers Cheques. What is the best option, or are their other options that [...]

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Saturday Recap: Bonus Avios, Free Skype, New Priority Pass Lounges and Negative LAN Changes

October 27, 2012

Here’s a recap of the interesting points and miles news from this week: Up to 3,000 Avios for Hilton Stays: Members of British Airways’ Executive Club who are also members of Hilton HHonors and who stay once before the end of 2013 will earn between 1,000-3,000 Hilton HHonors points. The number of bonus Avios you [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: How Can Europeans Avoid British Airways Avios Fees?

October 21, 2012

A reader from Italy named Terry writes in this week asking: “I am based in Rome and now have 335,000 Avios in my British Airways Executive Club account. I already know that it is not a very good idea to route anything through London due to fees. I found some interesting deals to other destinations [...]

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My Chicago Seminars Presentation: Transferrable Points Programs and Credit Card Bonus Categories

October 15, 2012

Another year, another great Chicago Seminars! I had a fantastic time in Elk Grove, Illinois (about 20 minutes from O’Hare) meeting and greeting tons of other highly engaged (and slightly obsessed) frequent flyer and points hounds. My talk was on transferrable points programs and credit card bonus categories. In it I covered the big three: [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: Is It Worth It to Redeem for First Class Over Business Class On An Award to Paris?

September 30, 2012

TPG reader Jacob is in a great situation – he’s raked in a ton of American Airlines miles and wants to redeem them for a premium-class ticket to Europe. His question has to do with how to get the best value out of his hard-earned miles (and which airline to redeem them on) now that [...]

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How to Redeem British Airways Avios Without Huge Fees

September 26, 2012

Update: The current offer for the British Airways Visa is 50,000 Avios when you spend $1,000 in the first 3 months. Tomorrow marks the last day that those of us in the US with American Express Membership Rewards points can transfer to British Airways Avios at a 40% bonus, so I thought I’d remind people that it [...]

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100,000+ American Miles For Premium Fares To Europe

September 26, 2012

Similar to recent promotions from British Airways and American for European and UK residents, American has launched a promo Stateside that will award AAdvantage members with thousands of bonus miles for roundtrip flights from the US or Canada to Europe on American, British Airways and Iberia. Unlike those other promos, which were limited to 180,000 [...]

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Reminder: 40% Amex Transfer Bonus to British Airways Ends Thursday!

September 25, 2012

Update: The current offer for the British Airways Visa is 50,000 Avios when you spend $1,000 in the first 3 months. In August American Express announced a 40% bonus on Membership Rewards points transfer to British Airways Avios and for all of the procrastinators out there (myself included), Thursday is the last day to decide whether you [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: What is the best way to unload Membership Rewards points?

September 23, 2012

Limited Time Offer: The British Airways Visa 100,000 Avios sign up offer is back until February 27, 2013. Update: The offer for the British Airways Visa looks to be still available publicly for the moment, though we cannot verify it since it is not one of our affiliate links. This week TPG reader Dawn asked for advice on how she should [...]

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Help Me Plan My Upcoming Trip to Provence and Monte Carlo

September 20, 2012

As a member of the frequent flyer community, I’m always amazed at how much the community gives back to each other. I’ve had the great fortune to be able to give away some fun things like trips on the last Star Alliance and Oneworld Mega Dos and even got to take TPG reader Daniel to [...]

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Qantas to Team Up With Emirates, Drop British Airways

September 6, 2012

Qantas announced some interesting news yesterday: the Australian airline will be terminating its joint business with British Airways starting March 31, 2013, and beginning a new global partnership with Emirates. The Qantas-British Airways partnership has been in place since 1995, and the two airlines will continue to operate some bilaterally codeshared flights – and Qantas [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Ways You Can Fly the A380

September 4, 2012

With a range of 9,600 miles, a cruising speed of 560 miles per hour, 240 feet in length, 80 feet tall, a wingspan of over 260 feet, and over 5,000 square feet of floor space spread out over two full decks, the Airbus A380 is the largest jumbo-jet in the skies, and an aviation enthusiast’s [...]

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Saturday Recap: Bonus Avios, Hilton HHonors, Priority Club, Amtrak, AAdvantage Miles and More

September 1, 2012

Here’s a recap of interesting points and miles news and promos from the week. Hilton HHonors Giving Away 25 Million Points and Other Prizes To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hilton HHonors, the program is giving away 1 million HHonors points each to 25 grand prize winners. To enter, you need to “like” Hilton HHonors [...]

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40% Bonus on Amex to British Airways Transfers Until September 27, 2012

August 28, 2012

Update: The current offer for the British Airways Visa is 50,000 Avios when you spend $1,000 in the first 3 months. Today American Express Membership Rewards will start offering a 40% bonus on transfers to British Airways Avios points until September 27, 2012. The bonus will be hard-coded into the transfer ratio, so 1,000 Amex points = [...]

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Saturday Recap: Alitalia Fare Sale, Up to 180,000 Bonus American Miles, Bonus Avios, Priority Club and Hertz Points

August 25, 2012

Here’s a recap of the interesting points and miles news from this week, as well as some great airline and hotel discounts. 15% Off Alitalia Sale This Weekend Alitalia is running a weekend sale of 15% off airfares (including taxes and surcharges) on all destinations in the Alitalia network for travel in Classica (economy), Ottima [...]

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Saturday Recap: 50,000 Marriott Points Reminder, Up To 48,000 Wyndham Rewards, 1,000 Free Avios, Flying Blue Promo Cities Announced

August 18, 2012

Here’s a quick recap of the interesting points and miles news from the week. Reminder: My 50,000 Marriott Points Giveaway Ends Tomorrow! This is just a quick reminder that I’m giving away 50,000 Marriott Rewards points, but in order to get in on the contest, you have to play Marriott’s “What’s Your Travel Type” Facebook [...]

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Using British Airways Avios To Book Domestic First Class Flights

August 2, 2012

Update: The current offer for the British Airways Visa is 50,000 Avios when you spend $1,000 in the first 3 months. I recently had to book a last-minute ticket from Miami to Los Angeles and not surprisingly, fares were astronomical at over $519 for the one-way flight. Booking a roundtrip could have brought the price down some, [...]

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Destination of the Week: London

July 27, 2012

In honor of the commencement of the 2012 Olympics, for today’s Destination of the Week, we visit the city where it’s all taking place: London. GETTING THERE London is less than seven hours from New York, and under eleven hours from the west coast, and is serviced by five airports—though you’ll likely pass through just [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: What is the Best Strategy for Domestic Travel?

July 22, 2012

TPG reader Mike writes: “What is the difference in strategy in reward cards and programs to sign up for if your goal is more domestic travel vs international travel. A lot of articles I see you write explain how to maximize the benefits of international travel since it can be so expensive. But for myself, [...]

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Sunday Reader Email Question: Which Program To Choose For Low Award Ticket Fees?

July 22, 2012

TPG reader Margit writes in with a question about which travel rewards credit card that won’t cost you an arm and a leg for airline tickets. “I currently have British Airways Visa card but wonder about other programs that have lower fees attached to redemption of miles for business class tickets from San Francisco to [...]

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