Yesterday United Airlines announced a coming change to its MileagePlus program, which will apply for travel during 2014 in order to qualify for status in 2015. Nothing has changed for those who have status now or are earning status toward next year, but it is worth considering... Read more

As the title says, United has changed its award fees, not for the better. This is really horrible, after what happen with PQD’s (Premier Qualifying Dollars) being implemented for US residents (luckily we Canadians are not affected by this). United previously allowed... Read more

Starwood Preferred Guest, the loyalty program of Starwood hotels, has offered via a tie-up with MasterCard for Asia Pacific card members, SPG Gold status for one year just on completing one stay in the past. This promotion has just returned for the period till 12 July 2015. Here... Read more

Welcome to a weekly feature on the Delta Points blog. Each week this series covers in a “rookie” way either a Delta or travel related theme and attempts to break down to a basic level each topic. You can read up on all the previous posts HERE. Now on to this... Read more

Jet Airways has sent out emails to select members offering them 3x miles on their flight between June 18, 2013 to September 17, 2013. It is a sort of a welcome back offer, and offered only to members who have been sent out the emailers. The Triple miles offer is on the base... Read more

Talk about a day of United devaluations! It’s still June 18th on the west coast, but I noticed that United has changed its award fees for non-Premier members on tickets issued on or after June 19, 2013. Details in the screenshot below. Premier members are not affected by... Read more

It’s been 3 weeks since I wrote my last post. By most blogs’ standards, that’s pretty crap.  But as I’ve tried to state in the ‘about’ page, I’m building a career outside of blogging, and I’m fully committed to it. Over the last... Read more

The 2013 Skytrax World Airline Awards were announced at the Paris Air Show on the 18th June 2013.  Travellers from over 160 countries review over 200 airlines in a passenger satisfaction survey that measures passenger satisfaction across 40 plus performance indicators from... Read more

You can now you your Aeroplan miles to book EVA Air flights. As I mentioned yesterday these flights were already bookable with Lifemiles. It really is a great source of TPAC space, although you should really start booking now, as the space is going quite fast. This morning, I... Read more

Saudia is a tough sell for many. Setting aside religious and political issues, the assumption of many travelers is that they are not allowed or not welcome to fly Saudia. It is more accurate to say most travelers are not welcome to Saudi Arabia, and getting even a transit visa... Read more

Update: This deal is over but stay tuned for Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays flash sale. Club Carlson just launched today’s flash sale where you will get a 75% bonus on purchasing miles. This is available until 9:15pm EST. You can purchase up to 40,000 points per calendar... Read more

In case you hadn’t already heard, the third week of Daily Getaway deals has been announced.  There is one Week 3 deal in particular that I think can be a very good value.  Remember, these deals go on sale at 1PM Eastern each weekday for five weeks from June 10 –... Read more

Via AirlineReporter.com: A United Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner (Flight 139) going from Denver to Narita in Tokyo, made an emergency landing today at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) at about 4:15pm PST. The aircraft was met by fire crew, was inspected and allowed to... Read more

Yes, I know I am not the first, or even the 31st blogger to post about this today, but I could not let the sun go down without saying something. United’s announcement that it is instituting a revenue requirement to maintain elite status in its MileagePlus program in... Read more

Y’all, I have been gone a lot lately. In the last 12 weeks I’ve been to Vegas, Colorado, Nashville (twice), Toronto, south Texas, Manila, Connecticut, New York, and Dallas. Whew! I’m finally home for a few weeks, and I am very excited to spend time with my baby and... Read more

Well day two of the Paris Airshow has been and gone, so lets look at the big stories of the show today Boeing takes top billing as it confirms it will launch the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. Image – The Boeing Company This aircraft is a double stretch from the baseline 787-8... Read more

Chris R. emailed me this morning to bring a Milepoint.com post to my attention where United announced changes to elite status qualification beginning in 2014. The following revenue requirements — in addition to the standard mileage or segment flying to reach status —... Read more

Not too long ago I posted about a cheap way to travel from NY to London for just 13K miles and $98, which is an awesome redemption on Virgin Atlantic. Since that post, several readers have emailed me asking for the best strategy to get back to the states, while avoiding the... Read more