Easing the United upgrade search a wee bit
Thanks to the rather customer-unfriendly move this weekend by United Airlines it is rather more difficult to identify flights with upgrade inventory available. The good...
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Bonus Avios on transfers from from AmEx Membership Rewards
The American Express / British Airways Avios transfer bonus is back. A promo like this runs once or twice a year, it seems. Last time...
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Reintroducing the ANA partner search link
Back in early 2010 ANA changed their website a bit, removing access to partner award searches for members without points in the ANA Mileage Club...
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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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Winning “best price” game, even when they cheat
When every online booking site is offering a "best price guarantee" of one sort or another is it really worth checking them all? According to...
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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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US Airways adds earning rates for Avianca/Taca and Copa
The US Airways Dividend Miles earning charts have been updated to include rates for travel on their new Star Alliance partners, the Avianca/Taca group of...
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Dark days in the fare search world
It is generally hard enough to figure out if you’re getting a good deal on airfare or not. Figuring out if any particular fare really...
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Ethiopian Airlines joins Star Alliance
Ethiopian Airlines became the third African carrier to join the Star Alliance network this week, growing the alliance to 28 carriers. Of those 28, 16...
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Comparing Round-the-World (RTW) fares and options
Every now and then I find myself wondering if there isn’t a better way to get access to some nugget of data related to travel....