After New York last week, John and I had to fly to Frankfurt to meet with a shipping transport company. We had planned to use miles, but Thursday turned out to be a particularly busy travel day so nothing...
United Discounts Award Tickets to Paradise
In celebration of 70 years of service, United Airlines if offering discounted award tickets to Hawaii. Just in time for Cyber Monday, United is discounting economy class award travel to Hawaii by 20%. Round-trip saver awards to Hawaii, normally...
My Favorite New United MileagePlus Redemption
Among the many higher prices rolled out today on the United Airlines MileagePlus award chart comes one superb reprieve. Direct flights 800 miles or less outside North America now cost 8,000 miles in economy class. In many cases, that’s...
Hours Left to Earn $50 Statement Credit on your Hyatt Card
Here’s an easy way to earn a $50 statement credit on your Chase Hyatt Visa card. But you need to register NOW. This deal will be gone in a few hours (it has been available all month). It’s a...
Free Espresso at LAX Today
If you’re at LAX today, stop by Klatch Coffee in Terminal 7 for a free shot of espresso. Klatch Coffee is one of my favorite Southern California coffee brewers. Sadly, the closest location to my house is at LAX,...
Buy an Actual Piece of a United 747!
As United Airlines ramps up for the final 747-400 flight on November 07, 2017, it is offering you the chance to take home a piece of 747 history. You can now buy a number of 747 hardware pieces. A livery...
Airline Offers Unlimited Business Class Flights for a Flat Fee
AtlasGlobal, a Turkish airline, is offering unlimited business class flights throughout its international route network for a flat fee. It’s a surprisingly compelling offer. AtlasGlobal is based in Istanbul and serves 50 cities in 35 countries. While its route...
Booked! Over 20K Miles in Qatar Airways Business Class for $672
I just booked an insane Qatar Airways Business Class deal…to connect with another insane deal I booked in Ethiopian Airlines Business Class. You see, that whole Ethiopian issue isn’t resolved yet, but I’m still banking on using my originally...
Hot Deal: Cheap Summer Tickets to Europe on American and Delta
Great summer and autumn fares on oneworld and Sky Team have popped up this evening to a variety of cities in Europe from cities (and smaller towns) across the USA. This comes from DealRay and I have not explored every...
20% Off Park Hyatt Bangkok + 3,000 Bonus Points
Earlier today I published a resoundingly positive review of the new Park Hyatt Bangkok. The one area of concern: price. As if reading my mind, the following email from Hyatt arrived just after the post went live: Dear Matthew,...
Hot Deal: United Airlines to Rome for $375+ R/T from Six U.S. Cities!
United Airlines has an incredible deal available now to Rome from six U.S. cities. Haven’t planned your summer travel yet? It is not too late. United has cheap tickets from six U.S. cities to Rome, Italy with space from August...
Hot Deal: USA to Singapore for $328 R/T
I will only post flight details, particularly economy class flight deals, if I consider the value to be exceptional. This is one such case. You can fly from the USA to Singapore for as little as $328 r/t on...
Air France: Cairo to Tahiti for $2K RT in Business Class
Air France has a great deal right now on tickets to Tahiti in business class. Yes, you must get yourself to Cairo, but I’ll lay out while this still may make sense. Cairo is one of the three C’s...
Huge Bonus Miles Offer for New York City Residents on United (Targeted)
United Airlines is offering select New York residents a huge mileage bonus for flying United thru the end of June. In an email that went out to select NYC-area travelers yesterday, United invited MileagePlus members to enter their MileagePlus number...
Overrated Avios: Why I WON’T Take Advantage of British Airways Promo
On the surface, the deal sounds great — 150 Avios per dollar spent to join a dating website. By maximizing the deal you can earn 82,285 miles for $548.57. No brainer, right? So why have I decided not to...
Déjà Vu: Free Vacation to Las Vegas!
I chuckled last night as I confirmed my second free mini-vacation to Las Vegas. Didn’t we do this six years ago? Six years ago Gary Leff wrote about a deal on Expedia’s Canadian site that offered C$300 off a vacation package....
British Airways AARP Discount Just Got Sweeter
If you plan to book a ticket with British Airways but have not joined the AARP, you, amigo, are missing out! British Airways just sweetened an already good deal with higher discounts for economy and premium economy tickets. I...
Two A380 First Class Flights for 40K AA Miles
AA is devaluing its award chart on March 22, 2016 but you’ve still got a week left to take advantage of the old chart. For 40K miles you can experience two of the world’s finest first class products on...
Take $40 Off Your $73+ Hotel Bill Instantly
MakeMyTrip, an Expedia-linked travel agency in India, is currently offering 2750 INR (~$40) off your hotel stay of 5000 INR (~$73) more. There is no minimum stay requirement, meaning this deal can be stacked quite nicely for a multi-night stay...
Yes, I Took Advantage of the British Airways Sale and You Should Too
When news hit about British Airways’ stellar business class fare deal yesterday, I had no intention of taking advantage – I already have a healthy supply of points to fund years of premium cabin award travel, am loyal to...
