American Airlines Adds Online Award Booking for 20th Partner Airline by JT Genter June 3, 2020 22 Over the past few years, American Airlines has added new partners, strengthened partnerships with existing partners, and made it easier to search and book awards online. On Wednesday afternoon, American Airlines added the ability to book award flights online for yet another partner. You can now search and book awards for 20 different partner airlines on AA's website.
Elevating Your Car Rental Experience With Silvercar Premium Rewards by Joe Petrovic May 31, 2020 7 Sick of the typical rental car experience? I have found that Silvercar offers an elevated rental experience, and its Premium Rewards program is simple to use and can save you money. Plus you can now track your points right in AwardWallet! Here's what you need to know about Silvercar.
IHG Rewards Launches Dynamic Award Pricing in the U.S. and Beyond by JT Genter May 29, 2020 36 After testing dynamic award pricing with a small set of hotels earlier this year, IHG Rewards confirmed to AwardWallet this morning that it has expanded dynamic award pricing to more hotels around the world—including many regions here in the United States. Dynamic award pricing is usually bad news, but we are surprised to be finding some great deals using your IHG Rewards points now!
Last Chance to Transfer Your Miles: Capital One Losing Two Transfer Partners by Patrick Stouffer May 12, 2020 19 Capital One has quietly shared the loss of two mileage transfer partners—Hainan Airways and Qatar Airways—effective May 13, 2020. If you've been meaning to transfer Capital One Miles to either of these partners, you'd better do it right away!
AA Adds GOL Airlines as a Mileage Earning, Redemption Partner by Patrick Stouffer May 9, 2020 24 American Airlines has just added GOL Airlines—Brazil's largest domestic carrier—to its AAdvantage® partner airlines, opening the door to earning and redeeming AAdvantage® miles on GOL itineraries. But now that you can use AA miles for flights with GOL, the question is: should you?
American Airlines Moves Morocco To Europe, Decreasing Award Prices and Increasing Routing Options by Ross Denkin April 28, 2020 29 Overnight, American Airlines moved the entire country of Morocco from Africa to Europe—at least for the purposes of award travel. Believe it or not, the impacts of this change are largely positive for award travelers traveling between many regions—including from the U.S. to Europe. Read more about the impacts on mileage costs, possible routings, and award ticket taxes and fees.
What Award Travelers Should Do Now as LATAM Leaves Oneworld, Partners With Delta by Ross Denkin April 21, 2020 37 LATAM is approaching its accelerated departure of the Oneworld airline alliance on May 1, 2020. However, its partnership with Delta began effective April 1, 2020. That makes now a great time to book a South American adventure since you can use either American Airlines AAdvantage miles or Delta SkyMiles to book your award flights. Here's what you need to know now about this transitional time.
