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With American and Etihad in a political spat, American killing their codesharing with Etihad, it’s unclear how long this partnership would last. However it remains one of the best uses of miles in the world. First class is 115,000 miles each way between the US and Mideast or “Indian Subcontinent” which includes the Maldives. Get booking using this trick for sure!
After American Airlines moved to revenue-based mileage-earning for flights you had 3 choices where the cheapest American Airlines tickets still earned 100% of flown miles. Last spring we lost Cathay Pacific. Now we’ve lost Etihad.
But the other side of the Etihad trick is still valid, and there’s one frequent flyer program that does still award full mileage for discount American Airlines tickets.
United MileagePlus devalues awards November 1.
There are several awards whose prices go up enough that you’ll want to hurry to make your bookings before Wednesday if possible.
Lucky Air, part of Hainan Airlines group, offers four-times weekly Anqing to Kunming Airbus A320 service. Last week one of those flights was cancelled because planes are not wishing wells.
Singapore Airlines just signed a firm order for 20 Boeing 777-9s and 19 Boeing 787-10s. It had been announced with a letter of intent back in February.
Now it was made firm at a signing ceremony at the White House “witnessed by US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong.” This makes me greatly concerned about the future of American business.
Flights from Newark, Washington Dulles, Los Angeles, Denver, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City are available to Kuala Lumpur starting at $364 roundtrip (Los Angeles).
Newark and Los Angeles fares appear to be available January only, while other cities may have availability in April or May as well.
Cathay Pacific launched its new US credit card back in February. It’s issued by Synchrony Bank — and any mileage-earning credit card not issued by Chase, American Express, or Citibank is worth looking at.
Two months ago they bumped the bonus to 50,000 points after $2500 spend within 90 days. The bounty went up without a concomitant increase in spend required to earn it.
Here are the 5 largest air routes in the world, all domestic and not a single one in the U.S. All are in Asia Pacific, four are in North Asia. And Vietnam is a notably fast growing market with potentially much more headroom.
I’m surprised that Rio – Sao Paulo and Beijing – Shanghai don’t make the list.
A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips.
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 »
