Author Archives: Andy Shuman

Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Part 3: The Nitti-Gritti and Booking a LifeMiles Award

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 3 Comments

Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Offers Fantastic Values (That Many People Miss) Part 1 Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Part 2: Combine It With the Latest Avianca Award Sale for Unicorn-Grade Values The Avianca LifeMiles program is not extremely generous on its own. Sure, it doesn’t add any… Continue Reading

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My Review of the Latest IHG PointBreaks List (Valid Until 02.28.18)

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 0 Comments

Here is the latest IHG PointBreaks hotels list that’s valid until Feb 28, and it’s relatively decent. It also continues the common trend that’s been familiar to us since IHG introduced its new, 3-tier PointBreaks format. 5,000 points – nothing good 10,000 points – some are so-so, some are OK, 1-2 Great Finds 15,000 points… Continue Reading

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My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 4: Hard Rock Casino Wild Card Benefits and Summing Up

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 2 Comments

My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 1: What’s Still Working and What Is Not My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 2: Total Rewards Diamond Benefits IN DEPTH! My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 3: MGM M life Gold Benefits IN DEPTH! My next and last status match adventure… Continue Reading

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Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Part 2: Combine It With the Latest Avianca Award Sale for Unicorn-Grade Values

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 0 Comments

Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Offers Fantastic Values (That Many People Miss) Part 1 While I was working on the second part of my Avianca series, I’ve learned about an Avianca award sale on its Asian Star Alliance partners. Avianca does it from time to time, so there is nothing unusual… Continue Reading

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My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 3: MGM M life Gold Benefits IN DEPTH!

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 2 Comments

My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 1: What’s Still Working and What Is Not My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 2: Total Rewards Diamond Benefits IN DEPTH! Armed with my Total Rewards Diamond status, I matched my status to M life Gold at Borgata. As I mentioned in my first installment,… Continue Reading

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Citi 25% Bonus for Transferring to Avianca LifeMiles Offers Fantastic Values (That Many People Miss)

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 5 Comments

Citi ThankYou has a 25% bonus for transferring to Avianca LifeMiles until December 12, 2018. The news has come and gone without making too much of a splash, which is unfortunate because this is a fantastic deal hiding in plain sight. Normally, the Avianca chart is just OK – it’s not too generous – but… Continue Reading

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Capital One News: Airline Transfers, New Higher Bonuses – and Should You Even Bother?

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 0 Comments

The new Capital One Venture 75,000 miles and Spark up-to-200,000 miles offers are not the only Capital One’s recent newsworthy changes. The issuer has also added airline transfer options to its Venture and business Spark cards. The transfer rate is 2:1.5, and the partner airlines are as follows: Aeromexico Air Canada Air France and… Continue Reading

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Reminder: Book Your “Iberia Deal of the Year” Flight Before Your Avios Expire

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 0 Comments

If you “earned” up to 90,000 Iberia Avios during that “Iberia deal of the year” back in summer (and haven’t spent them yet), you might want to step on it because you only have until December 1. After that, the carriage turns into a pumpkin, and your 90,000 Avios into one fat zero, and… Continue Reading

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My Atlantic City Status Match Adventure — Part 1: What’s Still Working and What Is Not

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 0 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I matched my Marriott Gold status to Wyndham Rewards Diamond. Here is the offer, and, yes, it’s still available at the time of writing! I strongly recommend getting it. Yes, you’re getting it for 3 months only, but it might work out for you beyond that period (more about… Continue Reading

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Fly to Tahiti in United Business Class for 120,000 Miles

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Andy Shuman • 0 Comments

I’ll admit, I might be a bit obsessed with ANA Mileage Club, and it ain’t healthy. I’ve probably written more about ANA than any other airline. The reason for my obsession is very simple, though. While the walls are closing in on us from all directions (program devaluations, credit card restrictions, MS hardships, and,… Continue Reading

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