The best deals at any given time will change, and I always assume that the very best one won’t last. There’s a tendency in travel towards mean reversion, with outlier offers disappearing and new ones popping up. That’s alright — as long as you’re taking advantage of the best deals while they’re around.

Here are what I think are the 10 best deals in travel. What do you think?

1. Southwest Airlines Companion Pass. Arguably the single best benefit in all of travel is the Southwest Companion Pass which is earned after 110,000 points in a year – and credit card points (including signup bonus points) count. Southwest Rapid Rewards® Performance Business Credit Card is offering 80,000 Rapid Rewards points with $5000 spend within 3 months. Boom. [Offer expired]

   Your designated companion can fly with you for just taxes regardless of whether you’re traveling on a paid fare or points. While points transfers from hotel programs no longer counting towards your total, points from credit cards do — both bonuses and ongoing spend.

   

2. Best Signup Bonus to Boost Your Points Quickly. Ink Business Preferred℠ Credit Card has an 80,000 point signup bonus after $5000 spend within 3 months. That can even be enough for a roundtrip business class award ticket between the US and Europe. (Chase points are super valuable because they transfer directly to a variety of airlines and hotels.)

   It earns 3 points per dollar on travel — that’s airlines, hotels, rental cars, tolls, even Uber — and 3 points per dollar on shipping and advertising on social media and search engines, so great for anyone who advertises on Facebook or Twitter, or who spends money advertising with Google. It also comes with $600 protection against theft or damage when you use it to pay your cell phone bill with it.

   These points transfer to your choice of United, Singapore Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Southwest Airlines, Hyatt, JetBlue, and more.

3. Roundtrip first class between the US and Japan on ANA for 110,000 – 120,000 Virgin Atlantic miles

   From the West Coast it’s just 110,000 miles for first class (90,000 in business class). My last reservation was a Houston – Tokyo Narita first class roundtrip for 120,000 miles and $169.26 in taxes (no fuel surcharges) but sadly ANA has increased its surcharges.

   You can put the award on hold for 24 hours. Points transfer from partners instantly. Roundtrip travel is required, Virgin Atlantic awards have a $50 per passenger change fee, and a cancel/redeposit fee of $50 as well. No changes are permitted within 24 hours of travel.

   

4. Delta business class using Virgin Atlantic miles. Delta can charge 100,000 miles for a saver award between the U.S. and Europe. Virgin Atlantic charges just 50,000 miles for that same flight. They charge just 60,000 miles each way for Delta business class between the U.S. and Asia, India, or Africa. And as long as your ticket originates in the U.S. and avoids London as a destination you’ll avoid fuel surcharges as well.

5. Alaska Airlines $99 Companion Ticket. The Alaska Airlines Visa Signature has one killer benefit, but it’s one of the best benefits in travel. Each year you get a companion economy ticket that costs $99+tax just for having the card, and you can pretty much always use it because it books into the same revenue inventory that the paid ticket does.

   In other words the companion even earns miles. And you can use it for any itinerary bookable through Alaska. Book East Coast to Hawaii roundtrip if you want. And even book a Seattle stopover if you wish.

   

6. Bring 33 People into an American Airlines Admirals Club.

   Thirty three isn’t unlimited but the Citi Executive card has an interesting quirk. This is the card that comes with an American Airlines Admirals Club membership. Authorized users on the card have no annual fee. You can have up to 10 authorized users. Each one gets access to the Admirals Club on their own by presenting their card, and each can bring in two guests. That’s eleven total cards per account and a single annual fee, and each of the 11 folks can bring 2 guests. Consider splitting the cost of the card’s $450 annual fee with friends or family.

   
   American Airlines Admirals Club DFW A Concourse

7. Mideast – Southeast Asia for 50,000 AAdvantage miles each way in first class Fly Etihad Abu Dhabi – Singapore in first class for 50,000 miles, which is great value considering this is true international first class and an over 7 hour flight (not to mention access to Etihad’s first class lounge enroute).

   
   Etihad First Class Lounge, Abu Dhabi

   If the diplomatic row between Qatar and neighboring Gulf states ever subsides you’d be able to fly Doha – Abu Dhabi in Qatar’s regional first class, unlocking access to their al Safwa first class lounge and connect Abu Dhabi – Singapore in Etihad’s first class at the same time.

   
   Qatar Airways al Safwa Lounge, Doha

   It’s worth noting that you can actually fly Mideast- Asia 2 – Asia 1 and vice versa, more flying for the same number of miles provided you have an allowable route. So Cathay Pacific Tokyo Narita – Hong Kong – Dubai is the same number of miles as just Hong Kong – Dubai.

8. Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles for domestic United first class is just 12,500 miles — even to Hawaii, and even with connections (coach is just 7500 miles). Citibank lets you transfer points to Turkish Airlines. Find United saver award space, for instance using the Aeroplan website, and call Turkish to book.

9. Royal Air Maroc business class using 44,000 Etihad miles each way. They fly Boston, Miami – New York JFK, and Washington Dulles to Casablanca and beyond. You can include a connection in this price, but though I’ve seen claims of successfully getting a stopover I’ve never managed it. You can use this to go to Europe, the Mideast, pr North Africa for instance and award availability is quite good for two passengers.

   You can transfer American Express® Gold Card, Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card, or even Citi’s ThankYou points to Etihad and book this award.

10. Cathay Pacific US – Asia in first class for 70,000 Alaska miles each way… or add on Africa for no additional points. Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan allows you to book stopovers on one way award tickets, and charges just 70,000 miles each way for first class on Cathay Pacific between the US and Asia. Fly to Hong Kong, stop over, and continue to another Cathay Pacific destination in Asia.

    
    Cathay Pacific First Class

    The funny thing is that Alaska charges the same price for awards to Africa on Cathay Pacific as they do Asia. So you can connect (or stopover) in Hong Kong and continue to Africa without spending any more miles.

    Sadly Cathay no longer serves Johannesburg using an aircraft with a first class cabin, but Hong Kong – Johannesburg (a 13 hour flight) as a ‘free’ add-on in business class still isn’t bad.