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Star Alliance has announced that it is opening up its highly regarded branded lounge in Los Angeles (LAX) to paying customers. Late last year, the alliance started allowing travelers to access its branded lounge in Buenos Airlines and now it looks like…
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Pay to access the Star Alliance lounge in Los Angeles
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Star Alliance has announced that it is opening up its highly regarded branded lounge in Los Angeles (LAX) to paying customers. Late last year, the alliance started allowing travelers to access its branded lounge in Buenos Airlines and now it looks like…
Alaska’s Mileage Plan adds Malaysia Airlines awards…but it may as well not have bothered!
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In the past 24 hours, Alaska Airlines has added another oneworld partner to its Mileage Plan program – Malaysia Airlines – but now that I’ve seen the levels at which the awards have been set, I can’t help but wonder why the airline bothered.
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British Airways announces a new service to New York
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British Airways has announced plans to launch a new daily service between London Heathrow and Newark Liberty later this year as the airline continues to revive its long-haul network following two years in the doldrums.
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Ignore this terrible advice from a Twitter travel chat
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Yesterday, I happened upon a scheduled Twitter chat that was covering the miles and points world and I watched as various contributors answered questions that were designed to give less experienced miles & points enthusiasts some ideas on how to ge…
Chase Ink Business Cash Card review (2022) – A fantastic no annual fee card
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Generally speaking, if you want a credit card that offers impressive earnings power you have to be prepared to pay for it and, in a lot of cases, paying for it means taking on annual fees of at least $495/year. Not with the Ink Business Cash Card from …
It’s back (again): Buy Hilton Points with a bonus of up to 100% (Get 5 nights in the Maldives for $1,900)
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Hilton’s last points sale ended just a few days ago but the hotelier is already back with another points sale in which a bonus of up to 100% is on offer. Once again, members can buy Hilton Honors points at 0.5 cents each and used tactically, those poin…
United will resume its San Francisco – Melbourne route in May
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United Airlines hasn’t operated either of its routes between the United States and Melbourne since the pandemic put life on pause but in a move that appears to be aimed at getting a head start on Qantas, the airline has now scheduled the return of its …
Get A 50% Bonus When You Buy Marriott Bonvoy Points
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Marriott has brought back a similar points sale promotion to one that we saw around this time last year in which it’s offering Bonvoy members a bonus of up to 50% on purchases made in the next 6 weeks. For some, this will be a promotion that’s well wor…
The Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse at London Heathrow T3 – A Review
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The Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse at London Heathrow Terminal 3 is often talked about in the same breath as some of the best airport lounges around the world so as I was passing through T3 on a recent trip, I made some time to get some pictures of the Club…
Alaska Airlines introduces a Flight Pass for California, Nevada & Arizona
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Well, this is new! Alaska Airlines has announced that it is introducing a subscription-based product designed to allow frequent flyers to save as they use the airline to fly within California, Nevada, and Arizona. ‘Flight Pass’ is already live with sub…
Iberia confirms two new routes to the United States & returns to San Francisco
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Back in November, Iberia announced that it had plans to launch two new routes between Madrid and the United States from April 2022. The new routes were to serve Dallas and Washington D.C. but at the time of the original announcement no schedule informa…
Reminder: Marriott Bonvoy eliminates award charts & moves to dynamic pricing next month
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Towards the end of October last year, Marriott dropped the bombshell news that it was planning to make significant changes to how the Bonvoy program works, and now that we’re only a couple of weeks away from the month in which the changes will be made,…
The new Emirates lounge dedicated to unaccompanied minors
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In recent years, a number of airlines have stopped offering dedicated services for unaccompanied minors but Emirates appears to be bucking that trend with the announcement of a new Dubai lounge for the exclusive use of young passengers who are travelin…
Possibly just weeks left to lock-in a great IHG Rewards credit card pairing (select cardholders)
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ln a little over 6 weeks’ time, the IHG Rewards Club Premier Card will be getting refreshed and the good news is that the changes that are being made are almost entirely positive. The less good news is that it looks like once the changes go live, a gre…
Buy Flying Blue Miles from just 1.56 cents each (new 100% bonus)
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Flying Blue is running another mileage sale and the program appears to be keeping with its recent policy of offering a bonus of up to 100%. Before last year, the better points sales that we saw Flying Blue running only offered bonuses of up to 75% so t…
Hyatt’s category changes – a look at the numbers
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Yesterday, Hyatt announced its hotel category changes for 2022 and the headline news was far from good. The big takeaway was that a number of highly aspirational Hyatt properties will soon cost a lot more, in points, than they do right now and that Hya…
Aer Lingus is resuming non-stop flights to Miami (Business Class awards available)
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Aer Lingus has announced that it plans to restart non-stop flights between Dublin and Miami later this year and as long as this plan isn’t upended by an unexpected turn of events courtesy of the coronavirus, this should be good news for fans of Avios w…
Devaluation: Hyatt announces award category changes for 2022
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The World of Hyatt has just announced that 146 of its properties will be changing award categories in a little over a month’s time and while the changes are pretty evenly split between properties moving up a category and properties moving down, it’s in…
World of Hyatt is still offering points in exchange for expired certificates
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This is a post to remind World of Hyatt members that if you can’t find an economical or worthwhile use for a Hyatt free night certificate, there’s no need to make a booking for the sake of it or to watch the certificate go to waste – Hyatt will often b…