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Can You Turn Amex Points Into American Miles? Can You Use Amex To Book Etihad Awards?

May 26, 2013

This reader question comes from TPG reader Steven, who asks: “Can you turn Amex points into American Airline miles? I want to use them to fly Etihad from the US to the Middle East.” The answer to Steven’s first question about converting Amex points into American miles is: yes, but it’s at a terrible conversion [...]

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Overview of ANA Award Taxes and Fees: Part 4 – Non Star Alliance Partners

April 23, 2013

This is Part 4 of my series calculating the cost of award tickets using ANA miles. In Part 1 I priced out itineraries on Air Canada, ANA, Lufthansa, Singapore, SWISS, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines, United and US Airways. In Part 2, I looked at Adria, Aegean, Air China, Air New Zealand, Asiana, Austria, Avianca, Brussels [...]

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In-Flight WiFi Roundup – Which International Airlines Keep You Connected

March 27, 2013

While kicking back and catching up on trashy TV and Oscar-nominated movies during long-haul overseas flight is always enjoyable, sometimes jetsetters have work to do, and some airlines have it covered. A few weeks ago I discussed the in-flight WiFi options aboard the major US domestic carriers. Today it’s time to look overseas to which [...]

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Mandarin Oriental Offers Bonus Etihad Guest Miles

January 23, 2013

In a move that I hope signals more and more luxury hotel chains entering into the loyalty and points game, Mandarin Oriental has teamed up with Etihad’s Guest Programme to offer Guest members 500 miles for each eligible stay in a room or 800 miles for each eligible stay in a club room or suite [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Airline Chauffeur Drive Service

July 10, 2012

A ticket in a premium class on an international flight means a rarefied experience in the air complete with fine dining, personalized service and comfortable seats. However, several airlines offer a taste of the luxury that awaits even before you set foot on the plane with chauffeur service – either to and from the airport, [...]

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Tuesday Travel Top 10: How to Use Miles for the Best First Class Products

May 8, 2012

On Friday, CNN published a list of the best first class cabins in the sky with contenders from all over the world. Interestingly enough, no US airline made the list. But what good is a list of amazing first class cabins if you don’t know how you can fly in one of them without paying [...]

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The Basics of the Etihad Guest Programme

May 3, 2012

TPG contributor Mark travels the Middle East and India for his work and has the inside scoop on the frequent flyer programs for several airlines based in that part of the world. Whether you decide to join one of these programs or not, it’s an interesting look at how frequent flyer mile programs vary by [...]

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Hyatt Summer Promo: Up To 5X Airline Miles

April 28, 2012

Most hotel programs give you the option to earn airline miles instead of hotel points, however I never really take them up on that offer since I usually have way too many airline miles and not enough hotel points. Having miles is great, but people always underestimate the costs of hotels and especially if you [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: What To Do with Leftover Etihad Miles

November 27, 2011

TPG reader Chris writes: I have 18,520 miles on Etihad that I accrued flying roundtrip Chicago to India. I have no future plans to travel on routes that Etihad offers so am at a loss as to what to do with these miles. I know that one can book flights on Etihad with American miles [...]

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Etihad Awards Now Bookable With American Miles

October 22, 2011

I know many TPG readers have amassed nice sums of AA miles through the many Citi deals and I suspect many more will be accrued as we approach December 1, which is the last day to accrue miles from non-flying methods for Million Miler qualification. That said, this week AA announced that you can now [...]

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