Tag: Sweet Spot Spotlight
Aeroplan / Etihad first class sweet spot: US to Australia & how to do...
Yesterday, Greg covered the news about the Etihad and Aeroplan partnership. In that post, Greg noted some of the potentially interesting opportunities with Aeroplan...
Searching for Emirates sweet spots with non-flight awards
Even if you've never flown Emirates, chances are good that you have easy access to Emirates Skywards miles. You have access to these miles...
Around the world in business class for 115K [Sweet spot spotlight]
Flights crossing either the Atlantic or Pacific ocean usually cost in the neighborhood of 60K miles one-way in business class with most award programs....
[Update: Price increase 7/30] Luxury in Budapest starting at 8K per night, and suites...
Update 7/17/19: Today World of Hyatt has announced that this property will move up to Category 5 at 10:00am CT on July 30, 2019. That...
7.5K miles each way to Hawaii: Turkish Miles & Smiles sweet spot
Our #40Kfaraway challenge has led me to more closely study the award charts of all of the Citi Transfer Partners. I recently stumbled on...
Fly around Japan for 5K each way, and add a free Excursion [Sweet-spot spotlight]
Nick previously published a similar post: Fly around Japan for 4.5K each way with British Airways Avios . But then the BA devaluation happened...
Finding extreme luxury in Hyatt Premium Suites
How would you like to book a 3,294 square-foot Presidential Suite for 16,000 points per night? How about a two bedroom, 3 bath Diplomat...
Free hotel breakfast & dinner at Nordic Choice Clarion Collection [Sweet-spot spotlight]
Tonight's sweet-spot spotlight is on the Choice Privileges hotel loyalty program. Specifically, the standout value in the Choice Privileges program comes from Clarion Collection hotels...
ANA business class awards to Japan [Sweet-spot spotlight]
ANA Mileage Club is an Amex transfer partner and offers some of the hands-down best deals on premium-cabin travel to Japan (and other parts of...
Business class for 44K: pick from 3 continents [Sweet-spot spotlight]
Update: Etihad has changed its policy and this sweet spot is no more: you must now pay for each segment separately on Royal Air...
Free stopovers on one-way awards w/ Alaska [Sweet-spot spotlight]
Today's sweet spot spotlight is on Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan since they offer a free stopover on one-way award tickets, which can be a great deal when...
Fly around Japan for 6K (prev 4.5K) each way with British Airways Avios [Sweet-spot...
Update: British Airways has changed their award charts. Now, the flights described in this post cost 6,000 Avios each way (previously 4,500 Avios). For...
37.5K transatlantic biz class: Use BA Avios to fly Aer Lingus from Montreal to...
Recently, Aer Lingus announced a new route from Montreal to Dublin, Ireland beginning service on August 8, 2019 that makes for a nice sweet spot on the...
Round trip biz class to Europe for 80K Korean miles; and a trick for...
In this article I show you exactly how to find and book the cheapest business class awards to Europe and without the usual fuel-surcharges. Despite what you might expect, the real secret to finding cheap business class awards to Europe is actually all about how y...
