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Category Archives: Award Bookings

American AirlinesAward Bookings

American Airlines Reduces AAdvantage Award Ticket Holds From 5 Days To 24 Hours

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 30, 2025April 30, 2025 5 Comments
American Airlines AAdvantage Award Ticket Hold

American Airlines has reduced the hold time on AAdvantage award tickets from five days to 24 hours, a move that is disappointing and yet very reasonable. American Airlines Reduces AAdvantage Award Ticket Hold Time By 80% Just yesterday, I...

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Award BookingsUnited Airlines

Bizarre: More United MileagePlus Partner Awards By Adjusting One Setting

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 22, 2025 13 Comments
United MileagePlus Settings

Upgraded Points notes an odd phenomenon on united.com: more United MileagePlus partner awards appear by making one small adjustment to the settings. Glitch? More Partner Award Space With United MileagePlus After One Easy Adjustment To Settings Partner awards are...

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Award BookingsTips

An Extremely Boring, Extremely Smart Award Redemption

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 3, 2024August 3, 2024 13 Comments
Boring Smart Award Redemption

Sometimes the best use of your miles is not for a luxurious longhaul first class flight but simply getting to your destination far more cheaply than paying cash. Boring? Yes. But smart? Yes, indeed. An Award Expert client in...

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Award BookingsDelta Air LinesNewsVirgin Atlantic

Virgin Atlantic Massively Devalues Transatlantic Premium Cabin Awards On Delta Air Lines

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 2, 2024July 2, 2024 6 Comments
Delta Awards Surcharges Virgin

Without notice, Virgin Atlantic spiked pricing and added exorbitant surcharges to transatlantic redemption awards on Delta Air Lines in business class. This move has Delta’s fingerprints all over it. Delta Air Lines Transatlantic Business Class Awards Now Priced Much...

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Award BookingsUnited Airlines

United MileagePlus Devalues Business Class Awards Outside USA

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 1, 2024May 1, 2024 25 Comments
United MileagePlus Devaluation Outside USA

Bad news for United MileagePlus members, with last week’s devaluation of premium cabin awards now spreading to regions wholly outside the USA. Business class awards are now absurdly more expensive and some economy class awards are more expensive too....

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Award BookingsTips

The Best Award Redemptions Are Often The Most Boring

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 21, 2024February 21, 2024 19 Comments
Brilliant KLM Award Redemption

The best award redemptions are often the most boring. I truly do make every effort to use my miles for aspirational business and first class redemptions that I would never otherwise be willing to pay for out-of-pocket. But lately,...

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Award BookingsHot DealsVirgin Atlantic

Travel From USA To London For 6,000 Chase Points Each Way

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 2, 2023November 13, 2023 3 Comments
a woman in an airplane

While not for everyone, the current Virgin Atlantic redemption sale stacked with the Flying Club transfer bonus from Chase means that economy class tickets are little as 6,000 Ultimate Rewards points each way or 27,500 points for business class....

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Award BookingsUnited Airlines

United Airlines MileagePlus Devaluation Spreads Worldwide

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 2, 2023November 13, 2023 31 Comments
a group of airplanes parked at an airport

After raising award redemption rates to Europe using MileagePlus miles, United Airlines has now raised prices for redemptions to all regions around the world, in some cases raising prices without notice by over 57%. It’s the latest sunset on...

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American AirlinesAward Bookings

American Airlines Restricts Changes On Partner Award Tickets

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 10, 2023November 13, 2023 36 Comments
an airplane parked at an airport

Multiple reports have surfaced that American Airlines no longer lets you add or modify AA segments on an itinerary with a partner award, which represents a silent but substantial devaluation of the AAdvantage program. Bad News: American Airlines Restricts...

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Award BookingsBilt

Cool: Free Point.Me Award Searches Via Bilt Rewards

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 26, 2023November 13, 2023 3 Comments
a close up of a logo

I’m a big fan of the point.me search engine for maximizing your points and miles and I am a big fan of Bilt, a loyalty currency that I find extremely valuable for its unique cadre of transfer partners. Not...

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Award BookingsSWISSUnited Airlines

SWISS First Class Awards Bookable With United Airlines MileagePlus

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 5, 2023November 13, 2023 30 Comments
a seat in a plane

UPDATE: Since late December 2022, SWISS first class awards have been bookable once again, though only as married segments and only with United MileagePlus or Lufthansa Miles & More, not any other Star Alliance currencies. For example, I have not...

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Award BookingsUnited Airlines

A Tale Of Two 1K Agents At United Airlines

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 18, 2022November 13, 2023 36 Comments
a woman wearing headphones and using a computer

Who you deal with on the phone when you call an airline matters greatly, even when you have elite status. A recent pair of interactions with United Airlines demonstrates this vividly. Two United Airlines 1K Phone Agents: Two Very...

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Award Bookingsemirates

Massive Emirates “Fuel” Surcharges Shows There Is Never A Better Time Than Now To Redeem Miles

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 22, 2022November 14, 2023 16 Comments
a woman in a suit and hat serving food in a plane

I always used to say that miles are like are a depreciating asset like used cars. With the price of used cars still surging, that’s not the case any longer. But points are still a depreciating asset and a...

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Award BookingsSingapore Airlines

My Singapore Airlines Suites Dilemma

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 21, 2022November 14, 2023 50 Comments
a woman standing next to a chair

I am facing a Singapore Airlines Suites class redemption dilemma that pits time and money against fairness, real or perceived. Singapore Airlines Suites Dilemma – To Push, Or Not To Push Before the pandemic in February 2020 I gleefully...

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Award Bookings

Saver Award Space Via Married Segment Availability

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 13, 2022November 14, 2023 20 Comments
a woman sitting in a chair on an airplane

Saver award space has all but dried up lately, with even last-minute seats no longer available. Even so, you may still be able to use married segment fare logic to find saver award space that would not be available...

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Award BookingsOneWorld

Oneworld Award Space Bonanza – Four Business Class Seats Per Flight

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 15, 2021November 14, 2023 6 Comments
Qatar New Business

Two of my favorite oneworld carriers have released a glut of award space for travel in early 2022 – many flights have four award seats. If you have the points, now is a great time to book travel for...

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aeroplanAward Bookings

Masterpiece: My Final Aeroplan Redemption

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 9, 2020November 14, 2023 9 Comments
a map of the world with red lines

With a new Aeroplan program coming that explicitly prohibits backtracking, I made one final odd but strategic redemption. This redemption demonstrates why I love Aeroplan (despite our troubles) and why I am officially crazy. My Beautifully Convoluted Final Aeroplan...

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Award BookingsUnited Airlines

United Airlines Increases Cost Of Nonstop Partner Award Flights

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 19, 2020November 14, 2023 21 Comments
a group of people standing in front of an airplane

United Airlines no longer publishes award charts so technically there is no longer such thing as a devaluation. Nevertheless, partner award space tends to follow a uniform price and I’ve noticed a disturbing new trend concerning nonstop flights on...

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Award Bookingsemirates

No Voluntary Downgrades On Emirates Award Tickets

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 15, 2020November 14, 2023 4 Comments
a woman sitting in a chair in a plane

Mixed cabin awards are a tricky proposition when it comes to Emirates Skywards bookings. As counterintuitive as it sounds, you may end up paying more for business class than first class. Mixed Cabin Emirates Skywards Bookings Can Be Pricey...

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Award BookingsJAL

Japan Air Lines Appears To Be Limiting First Class Awards Via Partners

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 15, 2020June 15, 2020 9 Comments
JAL First Class Awards

Japan Air Lines is one of my favorite first class products in the world. The service and food are over the top. Thus, it is with sadness that I share that JAL now seems to be restricting first class...

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