Here’s Why We’re Seeing More Deep Discount Airfare Flash Sales Than Ever Before

by Gary Leff

Sep 10 2016

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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The Book Your Award By Email Trick for Space You Can’t See Online

by Gary Leff

Sep 09 2016

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.

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Delta Opens the Award Availability Floodgates to London from Nearly All US Gateways

by Gary Leff

Sep 08 2016

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.

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