The 5 Best Ways To Book American Airlines Awards Using Partner Miles by Ross Denkin March 15, 2025 3 American Airlines offers travelers an extensive route network within and beyond the United States. Because no transferrable points convert 1:1 to AAdvantage® miles, booking American Airlines flights via partner programs presents a super redemption opportunity. Knowing which partner program to use, and when, helps you get the most out of your points and miles.
A Premium Award Search Tool at the Perfect Price: A PointsYeah Review by Carissa Rawson and Ross Denkin March 13, 2025 1 PointsYeah is an excellent award search tool. It provides multiple filtering options when looking for flights and or hotels. Plus, it also has configurable alerts for your ideal travel itinerary and a daydream explorer that provides examples of places you can go! Check out why PointsYeah is a serious player when searching for award travel!
Today Only: Save Points on Award Flights With JetBlue’s Big Award Sale by Ryan Smith March 12, 2025 3 Looking for an easy way to stretch your TrueBlue points? JetBlue is running a limited-time award sale. But you'll have to act fast as this deal is only available for bookings made by March 12, 2025 for travel between March 19 and June 11, 2025. Here are the details.
Bilt Now Lets You Pay for Lyft Rides With Points — But Is It Worth It? by Cameron Laufer August 11, 2025 0 Bilt Rewards is expanding its Lyft partnership by now allowing members to use points for rides. Redeeming is simple through the Lyft app and offers members yet another way to use their Bilt Points. But should you redeem this way? Here's what you need to know.
How to Maximize Virgin Atlantic’s ANA Award Chart for Flights to Japan by Cameron Laufer March 11, 2025 0 Virgin Atlantic’s award chart for ANA flights to Japan offers exceptional value — especially for premium cabins. With the right strategy, you can book ANA for fewer points than other programs. This guide walks you through earning points, finding availability, and booking these coveted awards with Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.
Capital One Transfer Partners: Best Uses for Each Airline and Hotel Partner by Ashley Onadele and Caroline Lupini April 1, 2025 80 Capital One transfer partners give you the ability to book flights with dozens of airlines to virtually every destination in the world. Like other transferrable points currencies, the key to maximizing your value is to familiarize yourself with the strengths and weaknesses of each of the partner programs. In this complete guide, we break down all :cap1_partners_total: of Capital One's transfer partners.
7 Best Ways to Redeem Delta SkyMiles for Maximum Value by Tyler Glatt and Andrew Kunesh March 8, 2025 91 The Delta SkyMiles frequent flyer program is a hard one to love. But despite the devaluations and astronomically high award pricing on some routes, there's still plenty of hidden value in the program. With some research and a little bit of patience, you can redeem SkyMiles for a great value. Here are seven great options.
Hyatt’s 2025 Category Changes Hit Hard – 6 Properties I’m Sad To See Increase In Price by Mark Jackson March 4, 2025 0 Hyatt announces category changes to its properties each year, and some years are worse than others. 2025's category changes are an especially rough for some of my favorite Hyatt redemptions. Here are six properties that you might want to book before the changes, and two that I'm excited to see become cheaper later this month.
Fly Across Africa With Avios: How to Book Airlink Awards via Qatar Airways by Sam Helmy March 4, 2025 0 You can now use your Qatar Airways Avios to book flights on Airlink, the airline’s newest partner. This update follows the announcement of a partnership between Airlink and Qatar Airways. Here's what you need to know about this partnership and new redemption opportunity.
Best Western Pay With Points: How It Works, Plus Get 2,000 Points Back Per Stay by Skye Class March 2, 2025 15 Want to stay at a Best Western hotel but don’t have enough points for a full award night? Best Western’s Pay with Points feature lets you use points to cover part of your stay, starting with as few as 5,000 points. Here’s how it works — plus details on an ongoing promotion that lets you earn 2,000 bonus points every time you use Pay with Points.
You Can Book Etihad Business Class Through Flying Blue — Here’s Why It’s a Great Deal by Lauren Wynn February 28, 2025 0 If you’re interested in flying Etihad business class, Flying Blue now offers one of the best ways to book it. Award rates and out-of-pocket costs are often cheaper than Flying Blue. Here’s a look at the current award rates and how to earn the miles needed to reserve your flight.
World of Hyatt Category Changes for 2025: What To Book Before Award Prices Change on March 25 by JT Genter and Ryan Smith March 29, 2025 9 Few things in life are certain: death, taxes, and annual award category changes from World of Hyatt. Devaluations and changes are an unfortunate reality in award travel, and this year's iteration of award chart updates are coming to Hyatt hotels on March 25, 2025 at 8 a.m. Central Time.
Why I Speculatively Transfer Points During Transfer Bonuses by Ian Snyder February 19, 2025 4 Most advice you'll hear says you should never speculatively transfer points to airline or hotel programs. There are several reasons for this. While I agree with the common wisdom, I consciously break from time to time. My reasons are specific to my situation. You should always critically think about what works best for you when it comes to getting the most out of your points.
Best Ways to Redeem Amex Membership Rewards Points for U.S. Domestic Flights (From 3k Points!) by JT Genter February 1, 2025 29 American Express Membership Rewards are a notoriously powerful, transferable, loyalty currency. With generous category bonuses and periodic transfer bonuses, it isn’t hard to rack up Amex points. However, it can be difficult determining how to maximize Membership Rewards for simple U.S. domestic award flights. Thankfully by leveraging various airline alliances and partners, there are sweet spots for domestic travel.
JetBlue Adds Redemptions on TAP Air Portugal: Redeem TrueBlue Points for Flights to Europe and Beyond by Mark Jackson January 31, 2025 0 JetBlue just added a new redemption partner: TAP Air Portugal. We've uncovered new options for flyers to travel from the U.S. to Europe using their TrueBlue points, with some business class awards costing just 59k points. But there are even more route options that could be enticing for the world explorers out there. Here are the details we know so far.
The Best ANA Mileage Club Award Sweet Spots: Seven Great Ways To Redeem Your Miles by Dan Miller and Andrew Kunesh January 25, 2025 34 With the seemingly constant devaluations in U.S. frequent flyer programs, those looking to maximize their points and miles should look further afield. Foreign loyalty programs can offer tons of value if you know where to look. A great example is ANA Mileage Club, offering multiple sweet spots worth your hard-earned rewards.
From Miraval to Ventana: Our 7 Favorite Hyatt Award Sweet Spots by Mark Jackson and JT Genter January 21, 2025 43 Hyatt assigns each of its properties a category, then sets award rates for each. This makes it easy to spot sweet spot hotel redemptions that have high cash rates and low points rates. Check out our favorite Hyatt sweet spots.
See Two Places for the Price of One: How To Add a Free Stopover Using Alaska Airlines Miles by Jenna Hansen and Tyler Glatt January 20, 2025 11 You book a flight for almost free using miles, plus you get to add an additional stop in another city for free along the way. But that's exactly what Alaska Airlines lets you do when you book a qualifying award flight! Here's how.
Avianca LifeMiles Guide: Unpublished Award Chart and 11 of the Best Sweet Spots for Star Alliance Awards by Ajay Jain and Ian Snyder January 19, 2025 66 Using Avianca LifeMiles is a top choice for domestic and international travel on Star Alliance partners, due to the ease with which you can collect LifeMiles and the lack of carrier-imposed fuel surcharges. Discover our favorite LifeMiles award chart sweet spots and some great ways to rack up a ton of miles in this guide.
From Waldorf Astoria in Maui to a Suite in Puerto Rico: How My Family Saved Thousands by Buying Points by Sidharth Krishnan January 18, 2025 0 Buying points and miles can help you unlock luxury travel without juggling several credit cards. When discounts and bonuses come around , points can become a cost-effective way to save thousands on hotels and flights. Here's how I used this strategy to plan affordable, dream vacations in Maui and Puerto Rico — and how you can too.
How To Upgrade American Airlines Flights With AAdvantage Miles by Michelle Molloy and JT Genter January 18, 2025 2 You can use miles to upgrade your American Airlines flights, but how much will it cost? That depends on several factors. We'll show you how to upgrade with miles, how much it costs, and how to find upgrade space in this article.
Guide to Booking Budget Airlines With Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, or Citi Points by Ajay Jain and Andrew Kunesh January 17, 2025 50 Although points and miles are typically used on larger carriers, they can be redeemed for tickets on low-cost carriers as well. Find out how to use your Amex, Bilt, Capital One, Chase, and Citi points on low-cost carriers in this article.
Lie Flat on a Budget: 9 Business Class Flights You Can Book for 50,000 Miles or Less by Mark Jackson January 16, 2025 0 I love finding great deals, and flying business class for 50,000 miles or less is unbeatable. From Qatar Airways Qsuites to Aer Lingus business class to Dublin, here are nine sweet spots that make lie-flat travel more accessible.
65 Luxury Hotels You Can Book With Hilton or Hyatt Points: Which Option Offers Better Value? by Cameron Laufer January 16, 2025 0 We found dozens of luxury hotels that can be booked using both Hilton Honors points and World of Hyatt points. Here we compare points and cash rates at each of these properties to determine which provides a better value.
7 Top Alaska Award Chart Sweet Spots to Maximize Your Mileage Plan Miles in 2025 by Tyler Glatt and Ian Snyder January 5, 2025 38 In this post, we'll dive into Alaska's new award charts and highlight some of the best sweet spots for redeeming Alaska Mileage Plan miles for maximum value — including 4,500-mile awards to the Caribbean, 45k-mile business class awards to Europe, and JAL business class to Asia from 60k miles!
From Maldives in Qatar Qsuite to Sydney in First: My 9 Best Mileage Redemptions of 2024 by JT Genter January 1, 2025 0 In 2024, my wife and I redeemed over 1.5 million points and miles to travel around the world, mostly in business and first class. From Qatar Qsuite to Lufthansa First Class, here are our 9 best redemptions for 2024.
Aeroplan Extends HotelSavers Fourth Night Free Cardholder Benefit Through 2025 by Sam Helmy December 31, 2024 0 The Air Canada Aeroplan HotelSavers program lets you use your points to book hotels stays with up to a 30% discount at 35+ hotels brands worldwide. Furthermore, if you hold a Aeroplan co-branded credit card, you can receive a fourth night free on your award bookings through December 31, 2025. But is it worth it? Let's see.
Stretch Your IHG Points Further: 12 Best Redemptions Under 25k Points Per Night by Tyler Glatt December 26, 2024 0 IHG may be best known for its Holiday Inn Express hotels, but the hotel chain has plenty more to offer. If you're looking to stretch your IHG One Rewards points, here are 12 low-priced but high-value properties where AwardWallet users have gotten at least 0.93 cents per point in value.
Family Points Pooling: Combine Miles for Faster Free Travel by Jenna Hansen and Kennedy Miller December 26, 2024 1 Family pooling lets you combine miles into one account, making it easier for families (and sometimes friends) to reach award redemptions faster. Many airlines and hotel programs offer this for free, helping groups travel together using shared points. Here’s how pooling miles can bring your family closer to their next trip.
Maximize Your Singapore KrisFlyer Miles: 6 Award Chart Sweet Spots Worth Checking Out by Ashley Onadele December 25, 2024 4 When you think of Singapore Airlines, the first thing that might come to mind is the extravagant Suites Class featured on its Airbus A380. While Singapore's Suites are indeed fabulous (along with the standard first-class product and its business-class product on most aircraft), Singapore Airlines' award chart has other great redemptions too.
