Written by Joseph Hostetler @ Million Mile Secrets
I’ve tried working outdoors in a lot of picturesque destinations around the world. It’s one of the idealized aspects of being a digital nomad. Work with your toes in the sand, they say. Work on your tan while sipping daiquiris from a furiou…
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25% transfer bonus: Brex to Avianca LifeMiles
Written by Greg The Frequent Miler @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
Avianca LifeMiles is offering a 25% transfer bonus on points transferred from Brex, or Capital One, until July 2, 2021. We reported the Capital One transfer bonus earlier here. Note that while Capital One shows the transfer bonus in their interface, Brex does not. You can see the details of the promotion, though, on the […]
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25% transfer bonus: Amex to Hawaiian Airlines’ HawaiianMiles
Written by Greg The Frequent Miler @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
Amex is offering a 25% transfer bonus from Membership Rewards to Hawaiian Airlines miles through June 30th, 2021. The Deal Through June 30th, get 25% more Hawaiian Airlines’ HawaiianMiles when transferring from Amex Membership Rewards. Note that Amex imposes a fee for transfers to U.S. based airline loyalty programs. Amex calls this a “federal excise […]
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25% transfer bonus: Capital One to Avianca LifeMiles
Written by Greg The Frequent Miler @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
Capital One is offering a 25% transfer bonus to Avianca LifeMiles until July 2, 2021. The standard transfer rate is 1,000 Capital One Miles to 1,000 LifeMiles, but with this promotion, 1,000 Capital One Miles transfer to 1,250 LifeMiles. This is nice to see so soon after Capital One added a one-to-one transfer tier in […]
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Hana-Maui Resort review: Why Hyatt’s newest Hawaiian hotel is a game-changer
Written by Joseph Hostetler @ Million Mile Secrets
I’ve once before visited the sleepy town of Hana — an extraordinarily remote farming village on the eastern shore of Maui. To get there, you’ve got to negotiate one of the most dangerous roads on earth: The Road to Hana. Hyatt recentl…
Best use of Flying Blue miles
Written by Joseph Hostetler @ Million Mile Secrets
I was a little down on Flying Blue early on because of their passing on fuel surcharges. But the reality is that they don’t pass on full fuel surcharges on all partners, and there are some great cheap redemptions — some of the best, in fact, to E…
Radisson finally extends e-certificate expiration to 12/31/21
Written by Nick Reyes @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
If you have free night e-certificates from spending on the the Radisson Rewards Visa cards, you’ll want to check your account: while in my own account this afternoon, I noticed that the expiration date on my certificates has been extended to 12/31/21. My three certificates earned in 2020 were originally set to expire in April of 2021 and […]
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United award sale: 4K each way domestic, 40K round trip international (must book 5/6)
Written by Nick Reyes @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
United is offering a one-day sale that is good for travel booked May 6th only. It’s late in the day already, but if you see this post in time, you can book some domestic flights from 4K each way and international routes from 40K miles round trip. These could make for good opportunities to plan a getaway […]
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Hilton adds new 150K tier for award redemptions (1 hotel so far)
Written by Nick Reyes @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
Hilton Honors got rid of its award chart years ago. In the time since, they have had an award calculator that purportedly tells you a range of prices for any particular property (but we’ve shown before that the calculator can’t really be trusted), but most properties have continued to top out at 95K points per […]
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Singapore adds “promo” award category (no changes / stopovers)
Written by Nick Reyes @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
Singapore Krisflyer has added a new “Promo” award category that can be accessed when searching for Singapore KrisFlyer award tickets. While some will be concerned that this is a signal of a coming devaluation, at this point it looks like this is just a way of breaking out short-time promotional awards that they long offered […]
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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…
New sweet spot: Radisson Blu Aruba (2-bedroom suite for 70K)
Written by Nick Reyes @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
If you’re looking to put your Radisson points to use, we got a tip this morning about a brand new Radisson Blu that recently opened in Aruba. The best part about this property is that the standard room is a 2-bedroom suite, which is bookable for 70,000 points per night (or book a 3-bedroom suite that […]
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Air France business class U.S. to Croatia from 30.5K miles
Written by Greg The Frequent Miler @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
During scattered dates in the late summer and fall, we’re seeing one-way business class flights from U.S. cities to Zagreb, Croatia for as few as 30,500 miles and about $250 in taxes and fees. The Deal Starting with dates in September (if not sooner), we’re seeing Air France business class awards available from various U.S. […]
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Booking ANA with Virgin miles: One of the best values in award travel gets even better
Written by Joseph Hostetler @ Million Mile Secrets
Do you know anything about Virgin Atlantic’s award sweet spots? There are several goodies in its award chart, but number one (by far) is the ability to fly to Japan in premium lie-flat seats for as little as 90,000 miles round-trip. As a referenc…
Why I’m collecting American Airlines and Delta miles shortly after disowning them
Written by Joseph Hostetler @ Million Mile Secrets
Remember in 2019 when we found out that legacy airlines were transitioning to “dynamic award pricing?” We all considered that to be an objectively bad move. And for most, it was. Dynamic pricing can be extremely inconvenient. When an airlin…
British Airways Avios points become easier to use for Alaska Airlines with Oneworld integration
Written by Joseph Hostetler @ Million Mile Secrets
British Airways is a member of the Oneworld airline alliance. There are 14 airlines in this alliance, and you can use British Airways Avios points to fly on these partner airlines. That means you can get just about anywhere with British Airways Avios! …
Alaska flights now bookable at BA.com
Written by Nick Reyes @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
Yesterday, Alaska Airlines officially joined the oneworld alliance. While Alaska has long had a partnership with British Airways that predates its decision to join oneworld, British Avios award tickets for travel on Alaska airlines have long required calling British Airways to book. That changed yesterday: Alaska Airlines award tickets are now bookable on BA.com. That’s […]
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Asiana merger with Korean delayed, frequent flyer program to stick around until 2024
Written by Nick Reyes @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
One Mile at a Time reports on an interesting development in the Asiana / Korean merger previously announced a few months ago: Korean expects to acquire Asiana by 2022 and integrate frequent flyer programs by 2024. That’s a much slower timeline than initially expected, which is good news on several fronts: it means that Asiana […]
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Buy Air Canada Aeroplan points for only 1.2 cents each!
Written by Greg The Frequent Miler @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
I don’t usually get excited about point sales, but I think this one is pretty good. Air Canada is offering up to a 100% bonus on purchased points through April 2nd. This makes it possible to buy Air Canada Aeroplan points for only 1.2 cents each. In this post I’ll explain why I think that’s […]
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25% Transfer Bonus: Citi ThankYou Rewards to Air France Flying Blue
Written by Greg The Frequent Miler @ Frequent Miler's Quick Deals
Citi is offering a 25% transfer bonus from ThankYou Rewards to Air France Flying Blue miles through April 16, 2021. Unless you have an immediate need for Flying Blue miles, I wouldn’t recommend transferring. Flying Blue miles expire after 24 months and can only be renewed with crediting paid flights to Flying Blue or putting […]
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