Brandon Asks: Help me Decide How to use Membership Rewards points July 23, 2018 This week’s Brandon Asks comes from Ray who asks: I’m fairly new to points and miles. I don’t travel a lot, but I want to travel…
Using Great Circle Mapper to Find Flight Distances June 30, 2018 Today I’ll expand on a site that everyone needs to get familiar with for booking award travel. Great Circle Mapper (www.gcmap.com) is a site so…
You (and I) Have Probably Been Valuing Miles All Wrong. April 19, 2016 Quick recap: Miles are dead, yadda, yadda, yadda… — What’s the value you earned from using your miles instead of buying a ticket in…
Over the River and Through the Woods–To Grandmother’s House (With Avios) We Go February 5, 2015 I’ve been told I sometimes fall into fits of hyperbole, so I’ll be cautious when I say this: By far, the absolute biggest news…
Eliminate Specific Carriers With Restrictive Award Searches on AA.com October 7, 2014 Today we’re going back to the basics, and reviewing how to search for award tickets. I’ll be highlighing AA with this post and showing…
Suspension of the Rules: Burn Your Avios for Any Upcoming AA flights NOW. August 24, 2014 Update: It seems that the sky is not falling. The info about a BA devaluation seems to be not true, but still this is as…
Award Booking Tips for All Three Major Alliances June 4, 2014 We’ve covered a lot of ground in our back to basics introduction to the Milenomics Universe. Today we’ll continue with award booking tips for…
Partners, Alliances and Why Partner Awards are So Confusing May 2, 2014 Last week we discussed Spending our Miles, and the basics of what ever award booking cost: Miles and Money. We’re continuing our introduction series here on Milenomics,…
An Introduction to Spending Miles on Award Flights April 22, 2014 Last week we introduced some of you to Milenomics, and what makes it different. We also discussed the basics of earning miles for different levels…
How to book AA flights with Avios on Britishairways.com March 5, 2014 This is a Rookie Booking post, and targeted squarely at #101 Level Travelers. Today I’ll step through exactly how to book AA flights with Avios…
