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United Offers Bonus for Premium Travel to London

October 10, 2012

Airlines love to mimic each other, especially when it comes to promotions targeting some of their most profitable customers: travelers paying for business and flexible coach fares. So it’s no surprise that after American and British Airways launched concurrent transatlantic flight promotions between the US and London where travelers in premium classes could earn huge [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Airline Menus by Celebrity Chefs

October 9, 2012

This week’s Travel Tuesday Top 10 list comes from TPG contributor Sarah Tomlinson, a travel writer who just happens to be a foodie and whose recent travels have included a trip to Bordeaux and the Armagnac region in France. Today she shares some of the exciting things happening in airplane galleys across the globe as [...]

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40% Bonus On Gift Card United Miles Exchange

October 3, 2012

One little known feature of certain mileage programs is the ability to exchange unused gift cards for frequent flyer miles. United’s MileagePlus is one such program, and right now the program is running a 40% bonus on the miles you receive for these exchanges. Your gift card must have at least $25 of value on [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Ways You Can Fly The Boeing 787

October 2, 2012

In contrast to Airbus’s strategy to build bigger behemoths like the A380, Boeing’s strategy with future long-haul aircraft flies a different direction – smaller, lighter, more efficient – starting with the 787, the so-called “Dreamliner.” Though its development has run late since even before the first one rolled off the factory floor back in 2007 [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: To Consolidate Frequent Flyer Miles or Not?

September 30, 2012

TPG reader Ryan asked a question this week about booking a family trip using miles and points: “My family and I are moving to London next year and I’ve been trying to build up enough points so that we can travel over on award tickets. By that time we will have easily built up enough miles [...]

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Saturday Recap: United, Aeroplan and Club Carlson Bonuses, 25,000 American Miles, BMI Closing, Fairmont Airline Partner Bonuses

September 29, 2012

Here’s a quick recap of the interesting points and miles news from the week. 40% Discount on Purchased United Miles: Like last week’s discount on purchased United miles, the airline is offering up to an extended 40% discount on purchased miles now through October 31. You save 20% on purchases up to 30,000 miles and [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Airline Credit Card Perks and Mileage Benefits

September 25, 2012

You don’t have to be a super frequent flyer to get special treatment from the airlines. These days most major airlines are partnered with a credit card company and if you are one of their flyers/cardholders, you can reap special benefits that make your travel experience markedly more enjoyable and your experience earning and redeeming [...]

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My Surreal Experience Redeeming United Miles on Swiss Airlines

September 23, 2012

If you follow me on Twitter, you already know that I had a… unique experience at Miami Airport last night. As I wrote about last week, a blog reader generously gave me a 4 night stay at the Four Seasons Provence, so I used 50,000 United miles to book a one-way business class award on Swiss [...]

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Tips for Searching Star Alliance Award Availability

September 17, 2012

With so many ways to earn and buy Star Alliance miles, like the current 100% US Airways buy miles bonus and the 40% United discount, I thought it would be helpful to summarize the best ways to search for Star Alliance award availability. I’ll be doing the same for Oneworld and SkyTeam in the near [...]

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Saturday Recap: US Airways and Star Alliance Promotion, Double Southwest Points, New Andaz Properties, 500 Free United Miles

September 15, 2012

Here’s a recap of interesting points and miles news and promos from the week. US Airways offering up to 25,000 bonus miles: Now through December 15, 2012, travelers can earn up to 25,000 bonus Divedend miles (in addition to any regular flight miles) when flying US Airways and any other Star Alliance member carrier. The [...]

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40% Discount on Purchased United Miles- Worth It?

September 14, 2012

United is currently offering a 40% discount on purchased miles through September 19, 2012. They’ve run this promotion in the past (and I’ve written with my thoughts on it),  but I’ll recap it again since I’ve been getting a lot of reader emails whether this promotion is worth it or not. Promotion Landing Page With Links [...]

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United Domestic First Class for only 50,000 US Airways Miles

August 29, 2012

This past Sunday’s reader question asking whether US Airways miles are useless got me thinking about the airline’s Dividend miles program and interesting ways that to pull value from them specifically as opposed to miles on any Star Alliance carrier. I remember reading a blog comment recently that the US Airways partner award chart lists [...]

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My United Platinum Status Match Outcome

August 22, 2012

In a previous post I discussed the different ways you can use your current elite status to get status on another carrier by simply asking or completing a “challenge”- a shortuct toward elite status that airlines offer to lure customers away from their competitors. Elite status is extremely valuable and generally when you request a [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: How to Use American Express Membership Rewards Points for United Flights

August 19, 2012

TPG reader Jennifer asks: “Do you know how to use Membership Rewards for flights now on United Airlines? I am having trouble learning how to use my AMEX points for this airline.” October 1, 2011, was a very sad day for American Express cardholders who valued the ability to transfer their points directly to Continental [...]

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Maximize Your Points With Back to School Shopping

August 16, 2012

Back to school shopping can be a major expense, but if you play your cards right (literally) you can rack up a ton of miles and points by leveraging online shopping portals. What are these portals? Basically online retailers pay a commission to websites to refer them business – so these portals are simply intermediary [...]

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Great United Thanksgiving Weekend Award Availability

August 15, 2012

Thanksgiving weekend may be one of the busiest and most expensive, times to travel, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use miles to save money and fly in style this holiday season. I recently helped several friends book saver level award on United from New York to Los Angeles and noticed a surprising amount of [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: Risk Of Losing Miles When Canceling A Card

August 12, 2012

TPG reader Grayson asks an important question about the risk of losing miles when cancelling a credit card: “Do I need to worry about losing the significant number of miles I have in my account if I want to cancel the United Explorer card? One stated benefit of the card is that miles won’t expire, [...]

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Free Hilton Gold Status and Up To 50,000 Points (Targeted)

August 11, 2012

Hilton HHonors has launched several different offers for members of their airline partners with bonuses of up to 50,000 HHonors points and Gold Status. Each offer is for a targeted group of members of the the following airline partners: American, Delta, US Airways, United, American, Jetblue and Virgin America. All of these offers  include instant HHonors [...]

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Milepoint Premium Membership: Worth it for the Points and Perks

August 9, 2012

Milepoint is an online frequent flyer community, similar to Flyertalk, but newer and with less attitude. While it lacks the content and history of Flyertalk, it’s a great community and I personally know the founders, who are all bonafide frequent flyers (including fellow blogger Gary Leff). They recently created a Premium Membership option for users [...]

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Thanksgiving Discounted Business Fares to Europe: From Less than $1,500 Total Roundtrip!

August 8, 2012

For the past several years, most major US airlines have heavily discounted business class airfares to Europe over the Thanksgiving holiday. Luckily, this year many have already loaded these discounted fares- with certain roundtrip business class fares from the East coast to Europe as low as $1,439 roundtrip. This is a great opportunity to plan [...]

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Saturday Recap: Rapid Rewards Sign-Up Bonus, Carlson Stay 2 Nights Pay for 1, 1,000 Miles Groundlink Promotion, Free Regus Gold Membership

August 4, 2012

Here’s a quick recap of the interesting points and miles news from the week. 750 Free Rapid Rewards Points for New Members: Southwest launched a sign-up bonus for new Rapid Rewards members in which they can earn 750 Rapid Rewards points through 3 different channels. First, when members enroll they will automatically receive 250 Rapid Rewards points. [...]

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Targeted Offer: Up To 10,000 Bonus American Miles for Dining Out

July 31, 2012

American Airlines launched a targeted new promotion for existing members of its dining rewards network called “10,000 Reasons to Party” where members can earn 1,000 bonus AAdvantage miles every time they spend a combined total of $250 at participating restaurants and complete dining reviews within 30 days of the meal now through December 31, 2012. [...]

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Transcontinental Series: United

July 30, 2012

This is a post in my new Transcontinental Series aimed at helping flyers choose the best options while flying coast-to-coast, as well as strategies on leveraging elite status and miles to get the most valuable upgrades possible. Other posts include: American Airlines, Delta, JetBlue, and Virgin America. Today I’ll be talking about United’s transcontinental routes to/from [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: Transferring Small Amounts of Points

July 29, 2012

This question came in from TPG reader Mark: “I have a Starwood Amex, and am also considering getting a Amex Premier Rewards Gold card. With both cards, there are ample opportunity to transfer points to partner airlines for flights. Being a bit new to this, my general  question is about whether transferring small batches of [...]

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