PointsHoarder Podcast: The tools we use
So, what’s the best tool for finding award seats? If I could answer that in a single line then this wouldn’t be quite as fun...
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Searching for SkyTeam awards to Asia
Earning the miles for award travel is only half the fun. Once you’ve got all those points redeeming them for a trip is both a...
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This week on PointsHoarder: Comparing United and US Airways for award travel
The latest episode of the PointsHoarder podcast is now online. This time around Stephen, Fozz and I are discussing the United Airlines and US Airways...
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Who took “the” from Ukraine?
I have no idea why, but Ukraine used to be The Ukraine from what I can remember. I don’t know when that changed or what...
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United responds to “lifetime” benefits lawsuit
Sometimes the wheels of justice grind slowly. In other cases things can progress quite quickly. In the case of a United Airlines MileagePlus member seeking...
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Oneworld award alerts now available!
Looking for a free and easy way to monitor award availability for flights on oneworld partner airlines? Look no further than the new oneworld award...
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Is there such a thing as too much consumer protection?
In many ways this seems like a silly question. How could it be possible that customers can be protected too much from companies they do...
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Following the revocation of the United 4 mile awards the crazies come out
Mistake fares are a fickle beast. There’s always an awkward period of time waiting to see if they’ll be honored or not. Even when they...
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And so it goes; the 4 mile awards are to be revoked
Just posted by United Airlines officials on both Milepoint.com and Flyertalk.com: Hi Everyone, over the weekend, we discovered a united.com programming error that allowed customers...
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Closing a huge booking loophole – going nuclear
With the 4 mile award redemption deal to or from China consuming many folks this afternoon I’m not all that in to pontificating on whether...