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United & Star Alliance Mileage Upgrades with Partner Airlines (Including to United)
Image courtesy United Below are a variety of carriers with readily available mileage currencies that have options for Star Alliance...
Adam Garrett
Feb 23, 20241 min read
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Lifemiles Award Availability
Check for Saver Availability on United What if my Ideal Route Isn't Shown?
Adam Garrett
Jan 24, 20241 min read
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The Current 25% Transfer Promo from Chase Ultimate Rewards to JetBlue is the Best Option Since 2019 Among Transferable Currencies to JetBlue
I just transferred a few hundred thousand points from Chase Ultimate Rewards during the current transfer promo for a client. Some would...
Adam Garrett
Jan 2, 20241 min read
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2 for 1 Lifemiles Promo
Image courtesy FlightConnections Fantastic deal alert! 2 for 1 (4 for 2, 6 for 3, or 8 for 4) on almost all Avianca Lifemiles award...
Adam Garrett
Dec 27, 20231 min read
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Getting >$.09/Capital One Mile w/ Etihad Miles on AA Close In Flight <500 miles + 50% Transfer Promo
Image courtesy Etihad Despite a recent "devaluation", Etihad Miles are still a fantastic mileage currency, especially after adding...
Adam Garrett
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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Best Ways to Spend Lufthansa Miles & More
Perhaps the most valuable sign-up bonus on a US-based credit card at the moment with a low spend requirement is that of the Lufthansa...
Adam Garrett
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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Lufthansa Miles & More Credit Card
Perhaps the most valuable sign-up bonus on a US-based credit card at the moment with a low spend requirement is that of the Lufthansa...
Adam Garrett
Oct 29, 20231 min read
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United Airline Upgrade Awards
A commonly neglected option with airline miles and other points is upgrade awards. In the below example with United, one of the options I...
Adam Garrett
Sep 16, 20231 min read
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Why the Bilt 1:2 Transfer Promo to Hawaiian is Actually Viable if You Use it On Partners
Images above courtesy of Hawaiian Airlines, Virgin Australia, Jet Blue, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, & Virgin Atlantic. If you had options...
Adam Garrett
Jan 31, 20232 min read
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50% Off Award Flight Prices Using Virgin Atlantic Points through November 7th
Many redemptions using Virgin Atlantic Miles booked by Nov 7 for flights on Virgin to or from the US or Caribbean until March 25 are...
Adam Garrett
Nov 2, 20221 min read
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Optimized Strategy for Booking Avianca Lifemiles Awards for Domestic US Travel & US-Canada
Image courtesy The Globe Trotting Teacher In this post, I wanted to go over some tips on effectively using Avianca Lifemiles for travel...
Adam Garrett
Oct 14, 20221 min read
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Booking Domestic, Puerto Rico, & US Virgin Islands Flights on United using Turkish Air
What is Turkish Air Miles & Smiles: Turkish Air is a 1:1 partner of Capital One Miles & Citi Thank You Rewards. Turkish Air is based out...
Adam Garrett
Sep 2, 20222 min read
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New Orleans Cheap $ or Miles Flights Widespread as low as $121
Scott’s Cheap Flights, followed by TPG, have reported on a solid fare sale to New Orleans. As reported by TPG: "Deal Basics Airlines:...
Adam Garrett
Jul 11, 20222 min read
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My First Use of Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Miles: 5 Cents Per Amex Membership Reward
In Brief: While many have used Singapore Airlines miles for years, I did my first booking with them today, achieving 5 cents per Amex MR...
Adam Garrett
Mar 9, 20225 min read
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New 1 Amex Membership Reward Per 2 Dollars Debit Card
American Express® Rewards Checking Debit Card as reported on by TPG provides 1 Amex Membership Reward per 2 dollars spent. If you get <2...
Adam Garrett
Feb 8, 20221 min read
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Venture X 10x Points on Hotels
Image Courtesy Capital One. TPG produced a solid article on the Venture X's 10x points per dollar on hotel bookings via their travel...
Adam Garrett
Jan 16, 20222 min read
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How to spend 32000 Lifemiles
The above example shows a solid redemption of Lifemiles, at 32500 of them for five next day 1 ways from Richmond to Newark (1 of the 3...
Adam Garrett
Jan 5, 20221 min read
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How to Spend 80,000 Avianca Lifemiles
This Christmas/New Year, I'm doing a giveaway to past clients who I've helped purchase or sell a real estate property & present more...
Adam Garrett
Jan 2, 20227 min read
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Final Call for 12 Transfer Bonuses from Amex Today!
I'd like to share about the 1. 12 transfer bonus options from Amex going right now 2. How to determine which options to transfer to 3....
Adam Garrett
Sep 30, 202114 min read
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Deal Alert! Many Low Fares to Alaska, Even <$50 Net Round Trip East Coast to Alaska!
Deal alert for $ or points fares to Alaska! I saw a TPG post from yesterday that showed round trip flights to Alaska for <$200...
Adam Garrett
Sep 22, 20213 min read
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