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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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Targeted Offer: 100% Bonus on Purchased US Airways Miles

August 2, 2012

US Airways is currently offering select Dividened Miles members a 100% bonus on purchased miles now through August 31. To see if you are eligible, go to the Buy Miles page at USairways.com, enter in your Dividend Miles number and name and see if the 100% bonus shows up. Sadly I was not targeted, but [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Travel Points and Miles Business Credit Cards

July 31, 2012

Credit cards are the quickest and easiest way to rack up miles and points, especially if you open business credit cards in addition to personal cards. Most issuers will let you get a business credit card (often on the same day as a personal card, which means no extra credit inquiry) by applying with your [...]

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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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$30 US Airways Fares From DCA To 6 Cities in September

July 25, 2012

US Airways is offering a limited-time sale of $30 fares from Washington National Airport (DCA) to six cities. Here are the details: Book today by 4PM ET. Travel between September 4 – 13, 2012. There are only 30 seats each way in each market! Tallahassee (TLH) Fort Walton Beach (VPS) Pensacola (PNS) Little Rock (LIT) [...]

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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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Destination of the Week: Pittsburgh

July 20, 2012

In light of the amazingly low $137 roundtrip fares between the west coast and Pittsburgh on Delta from earlier this week, we decided to head back to my college town for today’s Destination of the Week. GETTING THERE Pittsburgh International Airport is located about 16 miles west of downtown. It operates 155 non-stop flights a [...]

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US Airline Status Match and Challenge Information

July 10, 2012

As I’ve written in the past, status matching and challenges can be the quickest, easiest way to achieve elite status on a new airline. For anyone unfamiliar, a status match is when an airline will comp you elite status if you have elite status on a competing airline. A status challenge is when they make you complete a [...]

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Saturday Recap: Chase Spend Bonuses, BMI and Avios Transfers, American, Delta and US Airways Miles Bonuses

July 7, 2012

Here’s a quick recap of the interesting points and miles news from the week. Freedom Card Third Quarter Bonus Categories July 1 marked the start of Quarter 3 of 2012, and with it, the 5 points per $1 up to $1,500 spending bonus categories on the Chase Freedom card changed over. This quarter the bonus [...]

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US Airways Double Miles Out of DCA & 30 Days Promotion

July 7, 2012

US Airways recently acquired a bunch of new gates at Reagan National airport as part of the slot swap that gave Delta more space at LaGuardia. To celebrate, they are offering double miles (regular, not elite) for all flights to/from DCA. Details: Book July 7 – August 5, 2012 Travel July 7 – September 30, [...]

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Airline Companion Upgrade Policy Overview

July 6, 2012

I recently wrote about my experience with Delta Companion Upgrades and many of you asked about the policies of other airlines. While I have the most personal experience with Delta, here are the basic details on how some of the other airlines handle companion upgrades. The main differences among these airlines is whether a companion gets upgraded [...]

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US Airways 50% Miles Transfer Bonus Until July 31, 2012 – Worth It?

July 3, 2012

Fast on the heels of the recently ended 100% bonus on purchased US Airways miles comes another promotion, this time for a bonus of up to 50% on shared or transferred miles. This offer is good until July 31, 2012 and accumulates in the following increments: Miles : Bonus 1,000-9,000 miles : 10% 10,000-19,000 miles: [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: Best Ways to Get to Australia Using Miles and Points

July 1, 2012

TPG reader Ryan has Australia plans and wants to get the right credit cards to get his flight Down Under as cheaply as possible: “I’m looking to book a flight to Sydney, Australia, in the coming months, and rather than pay for it I’d like to use points. I am due for a new round [...]

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Reminder: US Airways 100% Bonus on Purchased Miles Ends Today

June 30, 2012

Turns out June 30 is a big day for promotions to end. Today is the last day to take advantage of the 100% bonus on purchased miles through U.S. Airways.  Unlike some past promotions, this one isn’t targeted and there is no need to register as you will receive the 100% bonus miles automatically when [...]

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Amazing Deal Alert: 10,500+ Airline Miles for $32 With Netflix Subscriptions

June 29, 2012

Netflix is aggressively seeking new customers and currently has sign-up bonuses with the four major US airline frequent flyer programs .The great thing about signing up for Netflix is that you don’t need to enter much information at all – pretty much just an email address and a credit card. What this allows you to [...]

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Saturday Recap: $10 Amex Credits and Bonus Miles On American, Delta, US Airways

June 23, 2012

A few interesting deals and news items came up this week so I wanted to put them into a tidy wrap-up this Saturday. $10 Small Business Amex Credits American Express is giving cardholders in Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia a $10 statement credit when they spend $10 or more in a single purchase at a qualifying [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Best Airline Elite Status Perks (And How to Get Them Without Being Elite)

June 19, 2012

I’ve had elite status for so long, that it’s sometimes hard to remember what life was like before being showered with endless perks. While pre-elite life is a distant memory, I do recall it being a lot less enjoyable. While some airlines are scaling back on elite benefits, like United recently did with stripping lower-level [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Best Credit Card Companion Tickets Deals

June 12, 2012

In addition to earning cardholders frequent flyer miles or points, several travel credit cards offer another valuable perk: airline companion tickets and passes. To qualify for one of these tickets or passes, it’s usually a matter of meeting a certain spending threshold within a year, or just outright purchasing a pass that’s good all year [...]

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Sunday Reader Question: How To Get 20,000 US Airways Miles Quickly?

June 3, 2012

TPG reader Vishal has a question about the current US Airways 100% bonus on purchased miles: “I am trying to get my father a ticket to Mumbai (India) from Atlanta. I have 0 miles in my US Airways account. The miles required for a roundtrip ticket is 120,000 for business class. With this 100% bonus, [...]

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US Airways 100% Bonus on Purchased Miles Through June 30, 2012 – A Good Deal?

June 1, 2012

US Airways is known as the official liquidator of cheap Star Alliance miles and they are back at it again this June with a 100% bonus on purchased miles now through June 30, 2012. Unlike some past promotions, this one isn’t targeted and there is no need to register as you will receive the 100% Bonus [...]

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US Airways New Elite Upgrade Enhancements

May 31, 2012

Don’t worry – these enhancements are actually good ones! US Airways just sent out an email to Preferred (elite) members of its Dividend Miles program announcing the airline has revamped its Preferred Upgrade procedures “to increase your chances of an upgrade,“ by using “new technology” that checks for upgrades several times a day (presumably instead [...]

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Travel Tuesday Top 10: Ways to Get Access to Airline Lounges

May 29, 2012

Airline lounges are becoming more and more sophisticated by the day, and are one way the major airlines try to build brand loyalty in an increasingly competitive marketplace, so I thought I’d take a look at the ten best ways you can get access the next time you’re flying without having to pay the annual [...]

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(Video) Sunday Reader Question: What Are Stopovers and Open Jaws?

May 27, 2012

TPG reader Amy asks: “My husband and I have tried to accumulate miles so we can head to Europe next summer.  I am reading about ‘open jaw” flight and am clueless.  Could you possibly explain in an entry how to maximize miles on these flights?  We’re looking at booking on Delta; when I input our [...]

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Updated Airline Award Charts and Partner Lists

May 24, 2012

The past year has seen some major changes in the airline world, especially concerning frequent flyer programs. New airlines have joined alliances, formed non-alliance partnerships with each other, and even introduced all-new mileage programs like British Airways Avios. So I thought it was time to update my consolidated list of airline award charts and partner [...]

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