For about two months now we've seen increased welcome bonuses on two of Citi's co-branded American Airlines credit cards. These bonuses offer 60,000-70,000 miles upon completing minimum spend, with the annual fees waived for the first 12 months. The…
Priority Pass is the world's largest network of airport lounges, with 1,200+ lounges around the world. Several popular premium credit cards come with Priority Pass memberships, including The Platinum Card® from American Express and Chase Sapphire Reserve®…
Last week I wrote about how T-Mobile announced some changes to their international plan. Now they're announcing a new international data option for customers, which I'm thrilled to see. Thrilled. T-Mobile changed the way I stay connected internationally,…
The Skytrax World Airline Awards were held in London today. Earlier I posted about how Japan Airlines was named the latest Skytrax 5-Star airline. This is separate from the actual awards ceremony -- the World Airline Awards are based on public voting,…
It’s Amazon Prime Day through midnight PT today, so there are lots of great deals to be had for Amazon purchases. It looks like there's now yet another way to get rewarded even more for Amazon purchases, which will extend well beyond Prime Day. There's…
Japan Airlines has just become the 11th airline to get a Skytrax 5-Star rating. 10 of the Skytrax 5-Star airlines are Asian (only Lufthansa isn't), and Japan Airlines also becomes the second Japanese airline to get the rating, after All Nippon Airways.…
Just under a month ago Iberia ran a promotion offering 9,000 bonus Avios for every ticket booked, up to 90,000 bonus Avios. Even cheap domestic tickets qualified, so many of us booked 10 one-way tickets from Malaga to Madrid for under $300, in hopes…
The LifeMiles program has just announced that they’re offering a 100% bonus on transferred miles between July 17 and July 24, 2018. This is only useful if you have an existing LifeMiles mileage balance, since you can’t transfer miles you don’t have.…
I read the Premium Fare Deals forum on FlyerTalk religiously, multiple times per day. I get extremely excited when a new thread is created there, because it means a new deal has arrived. But I only write occasionally about premium fare deals on this…
Wyndham Rewards is a unique program, ever since they had an overhaul in 2015. They charge a flat 15,000 points per night for an award stay, regardless of what hotel you redeem at. So whether you’re looking at their cheapest or most expensive hotel, a…
It’s Amazon Prime Day through midnight PT on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, so there are lots of great offers available through Amazon at the moment. As I wrote about earlier, one of the very best ways to save money on top of the Amazon Prime Day savings is…
Hyatt has just announced a fantastic promotion. Those with either of Hyatt's co-branded credit cards, including The World of Hyatt Credit Card, can receive a 10% refund on points redemptions for stays between August 1 and September 30, 2018. In order…
Here's another great deal that's part of Amazon Prime Day, that should be a no brainer for any regular Amazon customer. Amazon Prime members can receive a free $5 promotional credit when they buy at least a $25 Amazon gift card by 11:59PM PT on July…
This is a great deal that won't last. For Amazon Prime Day, it looks like you can buy Bose QuietComfort 25 Headphones for just $125. The normal price for these is $279. You can potentially save even more if you use the Amazon trick I shared earlier,…
I think hotel credit cards are among the most underrated out there. Understandably a lot of people get cards like the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card and Chase Sapphire Reserve® Card to maximize their spend, and that's a great idea. These cards offer…
At the beginning of the month I wrote about a great promotion that Amazon is running. Specifically, you can get 20% off when you use Amex Membership Rewards points to pay for at least part of your purchase. You'll want to redeem exactly one point to…
Ah, Emirates! It was so nice to be back onboard Emirates, especially on a flight this long. We boarded through the forward left door on the upper deck, where we were greeted by the purser and two flight attendants, and escorted left into the first class…
Emirates offers chauffeur service for first and business class passengers on paid tickets, as well as passengers on Emirates Skywards and Qantas Frequent Flyer award tickets (though not other partner award tickets), so we took advantage of that feature.…
Welcome to my next trip report, covering our big summer trip, which had us staying at some great hotels in Italy and Greece, and spending way too many hours in Emirates first class (if that's possible). The planning for this trip started with a great…
I won't be writing many reviews for this site, firstly because Ben has reviewed just about everything, and secondly because his reviews will probably be far better than mine, but I wanted to write about The Grain Store, because it is such a genius solution.…
Hong Kong Airlines just recently started flying to the US using their new A350s. As of now the airline flies to Los Angeles and San Francisco, and they plan to add flights to New York soon as well. Given that Cathay Pacific historically has a stronghold…
My flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles was scheduled to depart at 12PM. However, when reviewing lounges I always like for them to be as empty as possible so I can freely take pictures, so I decided to the airport shortly before the lounge was scheduled…
At the moment the AAdvantage eShopping Portal, Alaska Mileage Plan Shopping, and United MileagePlus Shopping are offering 15 miles per dollar spent at saks.com. These portals ordinarily offer five, four, and three miles per dollar spent for saks.com,…
Here's something that's a cute concept, though rich in irony. Loyalty programs are increasingly trying to engage with members in non-traditional means. We've seen this with programs like Starwood Preferred Guest, where SPG Moments lets you redeem points…
On the heels of their quiet devaluation of the Premium Select product earlier this month, Delta announced on last Thursday's earning call that they plan to expand their Premium Select cabin, with all widebody flights to Europe offering those seats by…
IHG acquired Kimpton several years ago, though until recently continued to operate these hotels completely independently. Then earlier this year, Kimpton joined IHG Rewards Club, meaning it's treated similarly to other IHG brands when it comes to earning…
For those of you not familiar with Amex Offers, it’s a program available through most Amex cards, where different cards are eligible for different savings and bonus offers. In many cases the offers can be huge, and more than offset the annual fee on…
United has announced today a purchase of 29 new aircraft, including 25 Embraer E175s and four Boeing 787-9s. While 29 planes is a lot, when you consider that 25 of them are regional jets going to their regional subsidiaries, that's not quite as exciting…
Online shopping portals can be a great way to pick up additional miles & points for purchases you’d make anyway. Just for following a specific link you can earn bonus points in addition to the ones you’d earn anyway for credit card spend. The number…
I'm unsure of how much attention this has received in the US, but in the UK and Australia at least, you would have to be living under a rock for the past few weeks not to have heard about the dramatic rescue situation in a cave in Thailand. We haven't…
On July 2 a cute-seeming story went viral, as someone named Rosey Blair live Tweeted what happened on her Alaska Airlines flight from New York to Dallas. I'd note that Rosey describes herself on Twitter as a "drama queen deep in the heart of Texas."…
While Qatar Airways has an excellent business class product throughout their fleet, they have very few planes with first class. The only planes to feature longhaul first class are their A380s. Qatar Airways has 10 of these in their fleet, and they each…
