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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…

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…

The Shortest Distance Between Two Points is Not Always a Straight Line

August 8, 2014

Yesterday we discussed a complex and risky strategy to earn miles while paying an American Express card. Today we’ll look at a way to…

How to Use flightconnections.com to Find Award Routes

May 25, 2014

Today we’re continuing our Milenomics basics series. We’ll be talking about airline routes, and how to find/figure out who flies where. We’ve talked about…

How to Book Low Level Delta Awards (without going crazy)

May 6, 2014

Today we’ll use some of the tools we’ve been covering in our back to basics series. What follows is a real booking I’ve made, from…

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,…

Rookie Booking–How to Book Award Flights on United.com

April 4, 2014

Note: Today’s post is targeted to #101 level Milenomics. There may be cheaper and easier ways to book some of the flights discussed below…

Reader Help: Booking to Machu Picchu & the Galapagos Islands

March 11, 2014

Today’s post is written in response to a reader’s question. Hi, I am wondering if you can give me advice on how to use…

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…

Using ANA Miles in Smaller Cities; Stopovers, Free One Ways and More

February 24, 2014

Here at Milenomics we always want to spend as few miles as possible to travel as much as possible. We’ve covered the idea of…