What would you do with 5 million award search data points?
I love good data. Taking huge chunks of information and trying to distill trends, patterns and links has always been interesting to me. And so...
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Delta plays favorites with their partners; customers lose
Man do I hate being right on this one. I’ve been saying for nearly a year now that the three major global alliances are losing...
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Hyatt, MGM announce huge new partnership
Today is a major day in the world of hotel loyalty and Las Vegas. In short, 12 properties – all part of the MGM portfolio...
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Another option for Hawaiian Airlines partner award searches
Looking to find award seats on Hawaiian Airlines flights? So long as you’re redeeming partner miles for the trip I’ve got a new option available...
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Where to credit a one-off oneworld flight??
Last week I was facing a bit of a conundrum: I had an upcoming flight on an alliance I don’t bank a lot of miles...
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Award ticket surcharge arbitrage: Aussie style
Want to save hundreds of dollars in fuel surcharges on Qantas award flights between Australia and Europe? Turns out it is a trivial task. Thanks...
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United gets down to business with new MileagePlus network for companies
For most airline loyalty programmes the only way to be a member is to be a person. Some recent news stories have highlighted how musical...
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Double Up points earning at more than 3200 hotels via PointsHound
When hotel booking engine PointsHound started up late last year there were some notable limitations to the service. Most significantly, like other OTAs, bookings made...
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Changes to change fees on JetBlue; Mosaic members win big
‘Tis the season for changes to flight change fees, it would seem, and JetBlue got in on the action this week. Yes, the change fees...
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Mileage earning coming to Norway
For nearly the past decade earning points for flights within Norway was not possible thanks to laws designed to encourage competition and prevent one airline...