Written by Drew Macomber @ Million Mile Secrets
I wanted to make this a great post on Hyatt suite upgrades. Whether it’s booking a suite with points, using a suite upgrade award on a paid stay, or using a suite upgrade award on a points stay, this post will help you find the best Hyatt suite redempt…
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How to book overwater bungalows with points
Written by Drew Macomber @ Million Mile Secrets
Overwater bungalows are staples in some of the most exotic and remote locations on Earth, particularly the Maldives and French Polynesia. These also happen to be some of the most expensive destinations. Did you know that you can book straight into an o…
Best use of Singapore KrisFlyer miles
Written by Drew Macomber @ Million Mile Secrets
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles are worth discussing — not just for the sweet spots on the award charts, but because of the abundance of ways to earn. Each of the five big transferable points programs convert to Singapore Miles: Chase Ultimate…
Everything to know about Copa Airlines status
Written by Drew Macomber @ Million Mile Secrets
Copa Airlines has a tight relationship with United Airlines and has even cloned many aspects of United’s program (like its award chart, before United decided to put theirs in the trash bin). When I realized that Copa Airline’s upgrade certificate…
Quick guide to Asiana Airlines miles
Written by Drew Macomber @ Million Mile Secrets
While working on other more common airline award charts, we decided to make another one, this time an Asiana Airlines mileage redemption chart. It may not be as important to you as our AA award chart or United Airlines award chart, but it’s worth a loo…
How to use hotel Best Rate Guarantees (A trick to getting cheaper hotel stays)
Written by Drew Macomber @ Million Mile Secrets
If you’re a savvy traveler, there’s no doubt you know to use one of the best hotel credit cards when booking your hotel stay. But have you ever booked a hotel room and realized later that you could have gotten a better price elsewhere? Most…
Keys to finding Star Alliance Award seats to Europe
Written by Drew Macomber @ Million Mile Secrets
Is summer approaching already? Time flies, and so does Earth’s population during summer vacation. It’s peak season for most everyone in the travel industry, and flight availability can stink. But there are a few solutions for finding better availabilit…
9 tips on how to best use Korean Air Skypass miles
Written by Drew Macomber @ Million Mile Secrets
You’ve seldom encountered an airline as persnickety as Korean Air. It’s got rules that make no sense and airline miles that aren’t exactly easy to acquire (they used to be a Chase transfer partner, but no longer). But with the eccentricities come some …
8 tips on how best to use British Airways Avios points
Written by Drew Macomber @ Million Mile Secrets
British Airways Avios points are likely the easiest frequent flyer miles to earn for free via credit cards. Not only is there a co-branded British Airways credit card, but it’s also got a laundry list of transfer partners that make it super effortless …
All Domestic Flights As Low As 5,000 AA Miles
Written by Drew Macomber @ Travel is Free
I was just looking at AA domestic flights and every route I’ve searched for so far has many days available for 5,000 AA miles. This goes as far as Oct 2020.
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Read MoreDrew’s $100 Bet With The Blog-Haters
Written by Drew Macomber @ Travel is Free
As of today: $0.00 has been claimed by haters. (I’ll update the dollar amount the minute it changes). To those who complain about bloggers killing your deals, I’ve got a $100 opportunity for you to prove that your deal was killed by one of those evil deal-killing bloggers. From discovering all of United’s routing […]
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Read MoreNick of FM on #40kFarAway [TIF Podcast]
Written by Drew Macomber @ Travel is Free
Nick of FrequentMiler talks about his experience doing the “40K To Far Away” contest, where all 3 FrequentMiler bloggers see how far they can get, each with 40,000 of a different bank currency. Nick, given Citi TY Points, found and used the deal of the year with 7,500 Turkish Miles to Hawaii. We discuss his […]
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Read MoreThe Extreme Maximizing of JAL Miles
Written by Drew Macomber @ Travel is Free
Whenever I’ve done posts comparing the prices across different programs I’ve already found that JAL Miles are among the lowest, but today I’ll show you how to potentially double the value of these already great miles. As you’ll see, I first try to figure out the rules preventing me from abusing maximizing this program […]
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Read MoreAsia Miles Award Charts & Routing Rules
Written by Drew Macomber @ Travel is Free
Once again, I realized that there was no published Asia Miles partner award chart (which is different than the OneWorld Multi-Carrier Award Chart), and so I decided to make and quick publish the Asia Miles Partner Award Chart, alongside the Cathay and OneWorld Multi-Carrier. Plus, I’ll briefly communicate routing/stopover rules for each award chart. Asia […]
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Read MoreBritish Airways Avios: Award Efficiency Rating
Written by Drew Macomber @ Travel is Free
Drew, what in the world is an award efficiency rating, and how does British Airways Avios have one? Did you just make this up?” Yes, I did. But get used to it! Because I’m going to be doing posts with efficiency ratings more often! And not just British Airways Avios, but for many programs. In […]
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Read MoreExplaining the 5+ British Airways Avios Award Charts
Written by Drew Macomber @ Travel is Free
To compliment the recent post on Iberia’s 7 Award Charts(!), I wanted to give all 5 of the British Airways Award Charts as well. Given that you can transfer between them, that’s 12 award charts you can “choose from”- (have to weed through). Plus, BA Avios is one of the easiest mileage currencies to earn: […]
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Read MoreThe 7 Iberia Avios Award Charts
Written by Drew Macomber @ Travel is Free
While I’m working on award charts, I wanted another preliminary post that tackles one of the oddest airline programs – the Avios family. Today I wanted to go over the 7 award charts for redeeming Iberia Avios, because the prices are often different than British Airways (BA) Avios. There are ample earning opportunities – You […]
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Read MoreRules For Japan Airlines (JAL) Miles Award Charts
Written by Drew Macomber @ Travel is Free
Right now I’m digging into JAL Miles and before I do a post on the best uses, I wanted to give an overview of their four award charts. I have made condensed, easier to read charts and a map for JAL flights, and will generally explain which award chart you use for which redemption. I […]
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Read MoreStarting A New Chapter
Written by Drew Macomber @ Travel is Free
I’ve got a big announcement… And I’m going to tell you about it, and I’m going to do it in my typical overly-honest way. In 2010 I started a wordpress blog. In 2011 Carrie and I took our millions of miles (and little else) and booked a oneway ticket to Asia. We really had […]
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Read MoreHitch-Hiking, Booking w/ ANA Miles, Cheap 5* Hotels [TIF Podcast]
Written by Drew Macomber @ Travel is Free
Quick plea: Help me get Dave on twitter (@BikeGuyAA) by tweeting him! Tweet hi, thoughts on the episode, favorite podcast, or anything really… Back to the show! What we discuss: Carrie getting engaged to homeless Drew How hitch-hiking (in Rarotonga, Cooke Islands) got us a 3-bedroom house for 3 weeks for $250. Dave shares the […]
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