Broken Blog Sorry for being out for so long. Had a technical problem with the blog. After upgrading WP to the latest version, I lost the ability to type new posts. I almost plucked whatever hair I had left trying to figure out what was going on. I deactivated all plugins one by one, edited my… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Miles and Points
Would You Give Money to a Blogger to Fly in First Class and Tell You How Nice It Was?
And here I was, thinking nothing could ever surprise me about our hobby. Ben Schlappig AKA Lucky who is running One Mile at a Time, has started a Kickstarter campaign. He’s asking for $25,000 to finance his 7-hour trip from London to Abu Dhabi in a new Etihad First Class suite called The Residence by Etihad. If… Continue Reading
Earn’n’Burn or Keep’n’Reap? You Decide!
I have the news for you. Earn and burn is not a good strategy for most people. For some power bloggers and spenders yes. But for most of you, no. This new slogan that has taken deep roots after the series of airline devaluations sounds catchy, but the question is, what’s next? You burn all your miles on a… Continue Reading
Melia Rewards: Incredible Bonus Offer That Has Nothing to Do with a Credit Card
HT to MrsGuin from Fat Wallet Update: All in all, it appears this offer is not as exciting as I thought it was. 1. It appears that the bonus points cannot be transferred. Bummer! 2. The booking must be made by April 30th. The language states the points must be “used” until April 30,… Continue Reading
Fantastic Value of Avios in Brazil. Oh, and I Am Going to the World Cup.
OK, I have finally booked two AA award tickets to Rio for my cousin Timmy and me. Haven’t gotten game tickets yet, or a roof over our heads. That’s fine. We’ll just wing it. We’ve done it before. For those of you, folks, who don’t know yet, AA opened up a lot of Saver inventory… Continue Reading
Massive AA & Azul Award Availability to World Cup in Brazil
OK, I know I might be obsessed with the World Cup in Brazil, as I have written about it multiple times, here, here, and here, and perhaps somewhere else too. My point has always been that good things come to those who wait, and indeed during the last few months, we have witnessed sporadic emergence… Continue Reading
World Cup 2014: Saver Award Flights to Brazil Are Opening Up
It’s not the first time that the saver rates to Brazil have been bookable: I wrote about it here and here, but this is the first time the flights have appeared on American. The uniqueness of this situation is that the most of the availability is on US Air (although, some are on TAM and American), and… Continue Reading
Interesting IHG Point Breaks Options: March 24-May 31, 2014
New IHG PointBreaks list features 140 hotels around the world that you can stay at 5,000 points a night until May 31, 2014. IHG PointBreaks List May 24 – May 31, 2014 If you are an adventurous type who doesn’t mind visiting a place not too popular with tourist crowds — although you can find a… Continue Reading
A Few Afterthoughts for the New Marriott Changes 2014
OK, so I’ve had a chance to play with new Marriott changes a little bit longer. I was mostly interested in determining whether or not the value of the program has been considerably reduced in 1-4 categories. Not only because redemptions for these categories doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, but also because the… Continue Reading
Aftermath of Big Marriott Rewards Devaluation 2014
People tend to divide others into two groups, pessimists and optimists. You know, those who see the glass half-empty and those who see it half-full. I’m neither. I usually wait with a great patience until the glass gets drained, and then I happily smash it against the wall. I don’t think that’s classifiable. Or… Continue Reading
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