Tag: British Airways Avios
Round trip to Hawaii for $125!
How I plan to turn the Nordstrom 36X opportunity into cheap travel. I’m sure that most readers know of The Point Guy’s recent...
Weekend Update
Aadvantage eShopping Mall For quite a while Sears has offered 10 miles per dollar for purchases made through Aadvantage eShopping, but I found today...
Hawaii round trip for $182.24
A reader challenged me recently to help him find a way to quickly earn more Membership Rewards points. He’s planning on taking advantage...
The final word on Hawaii for $182.24
A few days ago I published a complicated scheme that I thought could get you to Hawaii round trip for $182.24. Then, the next...
Buying Platinum and a million miles: 6 month update
I’ve met only one out of two goals, but have managed to rake in over 1 million points and miles anyway… In...
Where to?
This weekend, long-held vacation plans were thrown out the window. Not one, but two itineraries now compete to replace the original. Months ago,...
I get by (and to Alaska) with a little help from my friends
In my recent post “Where to?” I mentioned that my family had scrapped plans for Paris in favor of either an Alaskan cruise or...
Points for domestic travel
Arguably, the best use for frequent flyer miles is long haul international flights in business or first class. This is the only way many...
Airline devaluations, convoluted awards, #milemadness, Serve on-again, and Staples gift cards
AA and US Airways begin their merger devaluations
The following bullet points are borrowed from One Mile at a Time:
American has eliminated distance based oneworld...
Airlines with multiple transfer partners
I’ve always been a big proponent of points programs that let members transfer points to their choice of multiple airline loyalty programs. The best...
Big Wins
In my recent post “Easy Wins,” I described a number of easy tricks that result in free or improved travel. Many are also “big...
Surviving the new Iberia Avios award chart
Iberia and British Airways share the same miles program called “Avios”. Recently, Iberia published a partner award chart that is quite different from British...
Office supply 1X, Devolvolution, FlexPerks minus AA, and more
Miscellaneous thoughts and happenings… Online Office Depot and OfficeMax not posting as office supply A reliable source has informed me that all of his...
Bet You Didn’t Know: What to do when British Airways doesn’t show partner availability
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
Greg has written before about the incredible value in British Airways awards, including them as one of his Big Wins....
