During my recent stay in Maui, where I discovered that I really much enjoy staying at the Andaz in Wailea, I had three dinners interesting in their own right. I thought I’d share them here, in case they help folks deciding to eat – or not eat – at one of these places, since Maui is such a frequent tourist destination. Scott at Hack My Trip says the Andaz Maui is “one of the few hotels where I felt I could stay there all week and never leave the property.” I could stay on property, to be sure, but I prefer leaving the property when on Maui – there are close and far off foods, lots of variety (though not all of it good) and certainly at a lower price point. Only one of the…
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HOLY SMOKES That New Turkish Flight Is Giving Away Business Class Award Space
Last night I wrote that business class award space on the new Turkish San Francisco flight was wide open. And even so, at the time I wrote the post I didn’t even realize just how wide open it was. I showed that there were at least 4 business class seats available on every flight that Turkish would run on the route in April. They’ll begin San Francisco – Istanbul service April 13, 2015 — initially 5 days weekly. Here’s what availability looks like on those flights for seven business class seats: In other words, every single flight they’ve loaded has at least 7 business class seats available during that first month in which they’re operating. Remember, this is a business class cabin aboard the Boeing 777-300ER that only has 28 business class seats. This will…
Outstanding Award Availability for New Turkish San Francisco Flight
Chris McGinnis writes that Turkish Airlines is launching San Francisco – Istanbul service on April 13, 2015. Flights will initially be 5 times weekly, and then going daily May 11th. The Turkish 777-300ER has just 28 business class seats, so you’d expect business class awards to be difficult to get. Although right now — and this cannot last — business class award space is wide open.
Wide Open Award Availability: Japan Airlines First Class
Via Lucky, Japan Airlines is swapping out a Boeing 787 (angled business class, no first class) for a Boeing 777-300ER on their San Francisco – Tokyo Haneda route effective December 1. The Boeing 777-300ER has first class suites and true flat business class on this aircraft. And first class award availability is wide open from the time they make this switch through the end of the schedule.
American AAdvantage Revises Its Award Routing Rules with New Exceptions
Last month I wrote the Ultimate Guide to Constructing an International Award Ticket Using American AAdvantage Miles. It already needs to be revised!
Award Seats to Australia May Dry Up Afterall As the Best Option Ends a Route
Historically Virgin Australia has had amazing business class award availability to Australia. That’s been probably the best overall use of Delta Skymiles — searchable online, and without fuel surcharges — since Australia awards and especially during high season are one of the holy grails of mileage redemption. Space has been cyclical — 4 seats every day, then nothing, then wide open again. But will the space come back? Virgin Australia is cancelling their Los Angeles – Melbourne flight effective right as United starts up theirs. The North America – Australia and New Zealand route is served without a stopover in Tahiti or Fiji and without transiting Asia by: United Qantas Delta Virgin Australia Air Canada Air New Zealand New Zealand awards are harder than Australia awards. Air New Zealand used to open up business class…
New Points Earning Options for Booking Hotels
PointsHound now lets you choose to earn points or rebates for the hotel bookings you make for yourself or others in 18 different currencies. You can do bitcoin if you wish, basically just earning in a foreign currency. Or you can earn miles with a bunch of different programs. The newest options are Cathay Pacific’s AsiaMiles and JetBlue’s TrueBlue. I find the best rates of return to be Alaska miles and American miles (I generally choose to accrue with Alaska). You can sign up without a bonus, or the standard offer for being referred by an existing PointsHound user is 250 points each with your first booking. My referral link, though, ups that bonus to 1000 miles. My favorite things about PointsHound have been: That you earn miles when booking for someone else That they…
100 Free Aeroplan Miles
But you have to sign up to receive text messages from the program. Here is what you can expect from the Aeroplan Text Message Service No more than 2 or 3 text messages per month. Up-to-the-minute opportunities to earn more miles. Program news and information. If you’re willing to do this, here’s how to sign up. You can unsubscribe from text messages after the miles post in 3-4 weeks. Last year I called Aeroplan the most devalued program in North America. First there was the gutting of their award chart on July 15, 2011. For instance, my favorite award — first class to most of Asia — went from 120,000 miles to 175,000 miles (a 46% increase in one shot). Australia awards went from 75,000 to 80,000 in coach; 100,000 to 135,000 in business (35%…
The Missing Citi Points Transfer Partner
I receive compensation for many links on this blog. You don’t have to use these links, but I am grateful to you if you do. I do not write about all credit cards that are available — instead focusing on miles, points, and cash back (and currencies that can be converted into the same). The Citi Thank You Points program — which long ago used to be one of my favorites — breathed some new life into the offering today with the introduction of airline mileage transfer partners. Earlier today I listed (7) airlines that you can transfer points to: Cathay Pacific AsiaMiles EVA Air Infinity MileageLands Etihad Guest Garuda Indonesia Frequent Flyer Qatar Airways Privilege Club Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus Those are the seven listed as partner programs. But The…
Citi Thank You Points Just Became Really Useful Again!
Two-plus years ago there was much speculation about Citi introduces points transfer partners to the Thank You Points program. A year and a half ago they introduces transfers to Hilton HHonors. And that was it. Now they’ve gone ahead and done it!
