Low cost transatlantic carrier Norwegian has fares between New York and Stockholm from just $253 roundtrip all-in, with all taxes: “Valid for travel from January, 2017 – February, 2017. November, December and March, 2017 for a little more.”
But there’s a trick to getting the fare to appear this low.
It’s been over a decade since I’ve regularly seen roundtrip coach fares to Southeast Asia for under $600. Now they seem to be popping up all the time. Sometimes they’re even under $400. I don’t even bother posting fares to Europe unless they’re under $500… preferably under $400.
Airlines have a hard time telling the difference between business and leisure travelers. Airlines are doing their best to figure out how to price in a way that picks up the cheap leisure travelers who won’t buy at a higher price…
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American Express is offering a 25% bonus on transfers to Virgin America through October 10. They’re also offering Virgin America Elevate Gold status for large enough Membership Rewards transfers.
In some ways Star Alliance frequent flyer program Avianca LifeMiles has one of the best offerings in the world.
There are a couple of major drawbacks: not all connections are bookable the website won’t show every possible itinerary and if you call agents are only going to see what you see online, and telephone customer service is challenging and not great English usually either. It turns out there’s a trick.
The new Ritz-Carlton Rewards® Credit Card gives you you tons of benefits from elite status to complimentary Ritz-Carlton nights.
Once you get it, there are (3) reasons why you should add an authorized user to your account.
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Delta SkyMiles is offering fantastic premium cabin award availability between the US and London. They’re doing it for at least 4 passengers on a broad selection of flights, and that’s true not just for one or two US cities but across their entire network — making it as easy as it’s ever been to get saver awards between the US and Europe out of SkyMiles.
5300 employees of Wells Fargo have been fired for creating fake accounts since 2011 in order to earn bonuses for hitting sales targets. In total over 2 million fake accounts were opened using made up PINs and bogus email addresses for current bank customers.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
