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One great perk that American Express has long offered on its premium products is the annual airline fee credit. Although you have to select an airline to use the credit with each year, you can actually change it quite simply. Here's how to change your preferred airline for the Amex airline fee credit.

Avianca now offers an early mileage discount on Avianca-operated award flights. Flights booked more than 30 days in advance qualify for this discount, which is a helpful way to conserve LifeMiles. This once-temporary promotion is now permanent. Here's all you need to know.

United Airlines' expert mode is an incredible tool that allows flyers to access helpful fare class details about their flights directly from United. This information is incredibly useful in understanding when flights can be booked with partners or when confirmable upgrades are available. And it's very easy to use.

One of the most powerful tools available to frequent flyers, ExpertFlyer offers dozens of features and resources. Using this site, you can view flight availability, upgrade, and award space, and much more. Here our guide on how to get the most from the platform.

American Express Travel is a convenient way to book flights, hotels, rental cars, and cruises through American Express. In this post, we walk you through how to book with Amex Travel, the questions you should ask before booking, and the value you'll get for your Membership Rewards when you redeem them in the portal.

This article gives you the step-by-step process for using AwardWallet to track rewards programs promotions. These are things like extra elite nights, points-buying incentives, transfer bonuses, and more. AwardWallet makes sure you never miss out on a great deal.

Redeeming miles for partner award flights is a great way to increase the value of your frequent flyer miles. Unfortunately, it’s also misunderstand and can be a daunting task for first-timers. How do you know which airlines you can book, and how do you find the flights? We cover all of this in our guide to partner award availability.

Marriott Bonvoy has an excellent points transfer policy between members. You can send up to 100,000 points per year and receive up to 500,000. This makes it easy to move points between friends and family for specific redemption opportunities. Even better, Marriott has launched an online points transfer tool that is much better than calling them to transfer points.

Fixed-value points and miles don’t get nearly as much attention as their transferable counterparts, but they form an essential part of any solid points-and-miles strategy. These points work just like cash, allowing you to redeem for any flight without having to worry about blackout dates or award charts. In this post, we cover our favorite types of fixed-value points and how to decide when to use them.

AwardWallet tracks more than just points and miles. Want to track gift cards or vouchers all in one spot? Are you overwhelmed trying to keep track of your hotel free night awards, upgrades, and other loyalty program rewards? Learn how to use AwardWallet to track all of these things and more in one place.