United Ends Free Holds Online, But You Can Still Use This Trick
Update 3/6/14: This post is outdated. See Master Thread: Holds on United Awards In What You Need to Know about United Award Holds, I ran through the two ways to hold a United award online: Any award...
View ArticleMaster Thread: Holds on United Awards
Two weeks ago, I wrote that United had ended free holds online for award bookings. Luckily, JB from the MileValue Award Booking Service came up with an extremely simple hack to regain all of the lost...
View ArticleI Changed a United Award to Lufthansa First Last Week at the Old Price
The 50k mile bonus offer is back on the Lufthansa card mentioned in this post until 6/30/14. Get it now! Earn 20,000 award miles after your first purchases or balance transfer Earn an additional 30,000...
View ArticleHow Did I Just Learn This Awesome Trick To Get More Space in Coach
I fly a lot of flights in economy class. While all my longhauls are in business or first, when I fly domestically or hop around Southeast Asia, Europe, or Australia, it’s almost always in coach. It’s...
View ArticleMy Second Best Travel Tip (Don’t Get Lost Abroad)
I actually haven’t ranked my travel tips, but I love this one because it’s super simple and saves me from getting lost all around the world. But it’s not my #1 travel tip, which would probably be “use...
View ArticleReminder: You Can Still Book United Awards at Pre-Devaluation Prices
You can still pay United’s award prices from January 2014 and before for premium cabin awards. The catch is that you need to be changing an existing award that you booked February 2, 2014 or earlier....
View ArticleHow to Get Your Own Row in United Economy
A few days ago I flew from Honolulu to Guam in United economy and got myself five seats in a row, so I could sleep during the flight. Even at 6’4″, I only needed four consecutive seats for sleep. I...
View ArticleFive Tips I Shared at the MileValue Dinner
On Sunday, I hosted a MileValue dinner in Los Angeles. Unfortunately there was a “Korean Agriculture & Marine Product Expo” across the street, which severely limited parking and caused some people...
View ArticleDon’t Pay the $75 Close In Fee on United (Trick!)
As I led a session at the Chicago Seminars this weekend on “Special Awards,” someone chimed in with an intriguing tip: There is a simple method to avoid the $75 “close in ticketing fee” on United...
View ArticleGet Virgin Australia Status and Miles by Flying Delta Award Ticket?
I met the author of Don’t Call the Airline (great blog name, right?), a Canadian frequent flyer miles blog, at the Chicago Seminars. He came up to me and told me about how he had earned 20,000+ Virgin...
View ArticleTwo Tricks I Used on My Last Award Booking
As you read this, I’m 35,000 feet up on my way to Medellin, Colombia. I was in Tucson over the weekend for a tennis tournament, and I didn’t have any exit flight booked. I really wanted to return to...
View ArticlePower Point Slides from Chicago Seminars about Trick Awards
I gave a well-received presentation on Trick Awards at the Chicago Seminars in October. The presentation dealt with free one ways, negative price one ways, open jaws, stopovers, avoiding fuel...
View ArticleBook Tickets from Fake Location to Save Money
A friend passed along an article from Time.com that advocates doing something I’ve done a few times, but not described: You can often get a cheaper price on a cash ticket if you book the ticket in...
View ArticleTwo Tricks When United.com Isn’t Working
United.com is convenient to use, but doesn’t work very well. I ran a simple search the other day, and got a different problem with a different solution for the outbound and the return. The Plan I was...
View ArticleHow to Dump Fuel Surcharges on Delta Awards Originating in Europe
Delta awards that originate in Europe have big fuel surcharges, but they can be dumped fairly easily. The fuel surcharges weren’t much of an issue for most Americans in the past when Delta required...
View ArticleHow I Saved 47% on My Last Flight with a Fake Location
Last month, I wrote about saving money on paid tickets by using a “fake location.” The idea is that airlines charge different amounts for the same ticket depending on where you’re from or where you say...
View ArticleHow the Last Night Free Benefit on the Club Carlson Card Works
The Club Carlson Premier Rewards Visa Signature Card offers 85,000 bonus points after spending $2,500 on the card in the first 90 days. After meeting the minimum spending requirement, you have enough...
View ArticleBuy Avios for 1.43 Cents Each with This One Trick
I earn a commission for some links on this blog. Citi is a MileValue partner. Through 11:59 PM tomorrow February 25, 2015, British Airways is offering a 50% bonus on the purchase of Avios. This is the...
View ArticleThe Map that Shows You All Your Options with Avios
I earn a commission for some links on this blog. Citi is a MileValue partner. Wandering Aramean writes a Boarding Area blog and also has created a suite of tools that can be used for free by anyone....
View ArticleMy Trick to Avoid a $150 Cancellation Fee on My American Airlines Award
I earn a commission for some links on this blog. Citi is a MileValue partner. Here’s how to cancel an American Airlines award without paying the $150 fee to reinstate your miles and cancel the award....
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