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Two Negative Changes to Korean Air’s Program Show Why They’re the Most Absurdly Generous in the World

Apr 28 2016

Korean Air has the easiest first class award availability in the world. It’s the most generous program if you want to redeem first class awards for a family and not just for two passengers.

They have great partner awards — 80,000 miles in business class to Europe and cheap Hawaii awards to. And they have some of the lowest fees and most generous award hold policies of any airline.

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American Express Membership Rewards Gets More Valuable With Etihad as New Transfer Partner

Apr 19 2016

American Express Membership Rewards announced the addition of a new points transfer partner today: Etihad Guest. Transfers to Etihad are already live.

In fact, Membership Rewards is now a transfer partner of Etihad across many international markets such as Australia, Canada, and the UK.

American Express joins Citi ThankYou Rewards in offering transfers to Etihad, and Etihad is already one of my favorite Citi partners.

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American Has Improved Its Award Rules: Now Allows Cathay Pacific Routings to Indian Subcontinent

Apr 13 2016

Back in the fall I spoke with AAdvantage President Suzanne Rubin and suggested that with their higher award pricing (since March 22), they could loosen their routing rules somewhat. She indicated they were looking at that.

And it appears they’ve started to because they now allow flying Cathay Pacific or American Airlines to Hong Kong, and travel beyond to India and the surrounding region on Cathay Pacific, as a single award — instead of requiring you to fly via the Atlantic.

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Here’s How to Save Money on Your Next Airline Ticket

Apr 06 2016

There’s no magic bullet day of week to book, but there are general rules for how far in advance to book. Know what tickets usually cost for your route. Learn airfare routing rules and how to search for discount inventory, and then piece together actual flights that have the lowest inventory buckets available. Buy one seat at a time even if you’re traveling as a pair.

Here’s what you need to know.

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Alaska Airlines Changed Their Mind About Why They Devalued Without Notice

Apr 03 2016

Mid-last week Alaska Airlines made no-notice changes to their Emirates award charts for business and first class travel, raising prices by as much as 100%. Overnight the price of business class and first class awards went up — a lot. A first class roundtrip between the US and Africa on Emirates went from 200,000 to 400,000 miles.

Alaska offered an explanation. It turns out that Alaska Airlines has changed their mind about why they did it, and is offering a new and different explanation.

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