I was saying a couple of weeks ago how I did some research on booking Etihad Apartments with AA miles and found that I was unable to do so. See: What I Learned: Booking An Award For Travel On Etihad But after some more exploring, along with guidance from experts, I found that I was able […]
This Week in Bank Points: Booking El Al Business Class Flights
I recently spent some time learning about El Al’s award scheme while helping a family member book roundtrip flights in Business Class. I thought I’d summarize my findings here in case you find yourself interested in visiting Israel and booking El Al Business Class with points. Want: Boston to Tel Aviv round-trip in Business Class […]
What I Learned: Booking an award for travel on Etihad
I ended up going down quite a rabbit hole recently while trying to figure out the best way of booking an award for travel on Etihad – using their miles or that of a partner airline like AA. I was exploring options from Boston -or- New York to Southeast Asia and ultimately decided on Phuket, Thailand […]
You Can Now Earn Airline Miles for Shopping at GiftCards.com
Online purveyor of gift cards GiftCards.com is now appearing in airline shopping portals. Judging from Cashback Monitor‘s handy rate history functionality, this appears to be a new development. Best Options for GiftCards.com Cashback Of late cashback portals rates have hovered in the 1-1.25% range. A couple of portals not listed on Cashback Monitor still pay […]
A Sign of Hope for Saver Level AA Award Space?
I was doing some award searches for our February 2019 school break and found a surprising amount of Saver Level award availability for four people from Boston-LAX in First Class: If I narrow the search to include just non-stops there was still pretty good availability for four. So I booked the morning outbound for 100,000 […]
[Targeted] Amex Delta Credit Card Offers without Lifetime Language
Targeted Amex Delta offers are being sent out via email: Gold: $95 fee waived the first year, 60,000 + $50 Delta statement credit Platinum: $195 fee not waived the first year, 50,000 miles + 10,000 MQMs + $100 Delta statement credit Reserve: $450 annual fee not waived the first year, 70,000 miles + 10,000 MQMs The same offers are […]
Everything I Wanted to Know About Hawaiian’s New Boston Service
Hawaiian Airlines announced direct service to Boston starting in April 2019. With flights 5 days a week on A330s equipped with 18 lie-flat seats, this will be by far the most comfortable and direct way to get to Hawaii from New England. The 11h 35m flight will be the longest regularly operating US flight in history. […]
This Week in Bank Points: Booking AA Flights on Short Notice
We decided a week ago to take a short-notice trip from Boston to Washington DC this weekend. Since AA and JetBlue serve the BOS-DCA direct route, the conventional wisdom is that this would be a great use of British Airways Avios. Well, AA award availability being what it is I’ve rarely found Avios useful for […]
Business Class for Four to Italy Using Delta SkyMiles
A trip to Europe in April is on our Family Demand Schedule for 2019. I haven’t been able to find award availability until just recently. Here’s how I booked it, using Delta SkyMiles to Italy. Parameters Departing out of Boston Fly into/out of “somewhere” in Italy (Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Bologna) Want to go during April […]
This Week in Bank Points: Stacking AmEx Insider Fares, 35% Rebate, 4x and more for Flights
Quick Summary: Flexible bank points (Chase Ultimate Rewards, AmEx Membership Rewards, Citi ThankYou Points) are often a better way to pay for flights than traditional airline miles. With bank points you don’t have to contend with award availability and you earn miles since they are considered paid tickets. In this post I’ll stack AmEx Insider […]