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DEAL: Singapore on Sale from $600 Roundtrip, Several US Cities!

by Gary Leff on June 29, 2016

Jun 29 2016

Star Alliance airlines including United, ANA, Singapore Airlines, and Air China are all running super cheap airfares roundtrip to Singapore. Fares are so low you’d almost think Singapore had just withdrawn from ASEAN!

The country a great jumping off point for travel throughout the rest of Southeast Asia and worth a trip of its own.

Fares are generally available September through March and from a host of cities including San Francisco, Chicago, Newark, and Los Angeles. What’s odd is that usually cheap airfares like this are dropped into competitor hubs but you can fly United from its own hubs.

Japan Airlines First Class Award Space to Australia for the Whole Family

by Gary Leff on June 28, 2016

Jun 28 2016

Japan Airlines has a fantastic first class product. Getting to Australia on miles, let alone for more than two passengers, is hard. So while there are only a subset of readers who will use this, it’s worth knowing when Japan Airlines award space becomes available for four or more passengers in first class between Tokyo and Sydney.

So This is Embarrassing — Trying to Give Away 3 Nights With Club Access at a Favorite Hotel

by Gary Leff on June 27, 2016

Jun 27 2016

Kuala Lumpur is one of my favorite cities in the world. It’s probably my favorite food city, from satay to prawn mee to amazing roti.

It’s an interesting city with good food — probably the most decadent breakfast buffets in the world — and some of the best deals on luxury accommodations.

Plane Caught Fire After Emergency Landing, Everyone Safe

by Gary Leff on June 27, 2016

Jun 27 2016

This morning’s Singapore Airlines flight SQ368 from Singapore to Milan turned around two and a half hours into the flight due to a fuel leak. The plane’s wing caught fire upon landing back in Singapore.

Giving Away 5 Nights in a Suite Plus Dinner and Massages

by Gary Leff on June 26, 2016

Jun 26 2016

I was back in Colombo earlier this year, and I’d go back in a heartbeat but want to spend more time outside the capital than I have so far.

One of my readers will get the chance before I will because I ran a giveaway for a 5 night stay in a suite at MAYA Sri Lanka with Sri Lankan dinner for 2, massages for 2, and cooking class for 2.

Review: Emirates A380 First Class, Dubai – Bangkok and Premium Arrival Service Bangkok

by Gary Leff on June 26, 2016

Jun 26 2016

The flight was sort of a ‘freebie’ since I was already booking Houston – Dubai anyway under Alaska Airlines’ pre-devaluation pricing it was only 10,000 miles more to go to Bangkok. And I was getting that in first class. On an A380.

I decided to test booking planeside meet-and-greet through Bangkok Flight Services with a golf cart from the plane to immigration. Here’s what they offer:

FARE ALERT: US-Europe from $442 Roundtrip ($70 Fares Each Way!)

by Gary Leff on June 25, 2016

Jun 25 2016

Here’s another phenomenal aifare sale: US – Europe from $442 roundtrip and available to several different cities!

Don’t be fooled, it’s not Brexit-related, it’s another in a continuation of incredible deals we’ve seen to Europe. Each one is short-lived, from a few hours to a few days, but these seem to keep on coming as airlines go after each other, as there’s too much capacity on European routes, and as we’ve seen low cost competition across the Atlantic from the likes of Norwegian.

Unlike the amazing $550 Asia fares which are being offered by United out of their own hubs, these are more traditional ‘fare war’-style offerings by Delta out of American Airlines hubs.

DEAL OF THE YEAR: JetBlue Will Match the Miles In Your Account

by Gary Leff on June 24, 2016

Jun 24 2016

You can imagine my excitement at the new JetBlue Pointmatch promotion.

JetBlue will match whatever balance is in your Virgin America Elevate account by July 4 (up to 50,001 points but and in some cases matched better than 1:1) if you take a single roundtrip with them by August 31.

Stacking Miles Offers and Discount Awards to Europe

by Gary Leff on June 21, 2016

Jun 21 2016

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.

Giveaway: 5 Nights in a Suite in Sri Lanka Plus Dinner and Massages

by Gary Leff on June 20, 2016

Jun 20 2016

I love Sri Lanka. And since I’ve been to the Maldives each of the past 5 years, it’s been easy to visit, as the capital Colombo is less than 500 miles away. There is no such thing as bad Sri Lankan food and I even go out of my way to stop for Sri Lankan when flying out of New York JFK.

A reader is going to win a 5 night stay in a suite inclusive of a dinner, massages, and even cooking class. And all you need to do to enter is comment in this post, see inside for details.