What’s the easiest way to book flights with miles?
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Booking flights with miles is easiest when you use flexible transferable points or partner airline programs that allow online booking with real-time award availability. FrequentMiler +4
Use Transferable Points for Maximum Flexibility
- Transfer points from cards like Chase Ultimate Rewards, Amex Membership Rewards, or Citi ThankYou to airline programs like United, Aeroplan, or Alaska Mileage Plan.
- These programs often offer better award space and lower rates than booking directly with the airline.
Book Through Partner Airlines for Better Availability
- Aeroplan and United are top choices for award bookings due to strong partner networks and reliable award space.
- For international travel, use Qantas Frequent Flyer or AsiaMiles to book with OneWorld or Star Alliance partners.🔗
Use Tools to Simplify the Search
- Use Google Flights to filter for nonstop, OneWorld, or Star Alliance flights, then check availability on the airline’s award site.
- Tools like the one mentioned in can automate search and booking steps.🔗
Book Online When Possible
- Search directly on the airline’s website or transfer partner site using flexible date searches.
- If booking with American Airlines miles, call to hold space if needed—online tools may not show all options.🔗
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Earning miles is as easy as eating dinner. In fact, you should always be earning miles when you are eating dinner. Since the “earning” part is so easy, it’s really all about the “using” part. You know, the bit where you go to a webpage looking for answers, end up with more questions, don’t find seats and then question why you bother earning miles at all and never end up taking that amazing free flight you dreamt of. Here are a few tips and tricks of the trade which will make redeeming the miles almost as easy as earning them…
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Award Alert: Business Class for 4 To Europe, 55,000 Points Per Person
On Straight To The Points, I share great business and first class award flight opportunities via my private Award Alerts newsletter. Today, I wanted to share my most recent alert with the God Save The Points audience as we know business class to/from Europe is very popular. To receive alerts about premium cabin award space for 4+ people, make sure you sign up for Award Alerts. Right now, these alerts are focused on awards to/from the U.S. and Canada. Now, let’s get into it! Here’s a fun one for those looking for a great way
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Best Miles for Visiting Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand are dream destinations for many. Australia with its cool cities and amazing wildlife, and New Zealand with its variety of amazing landscapes (and Hobbiton, for Lord of the Rings geeks like myself). Getting there can be a challenge, though. Flights are long, and prices can be high. That’s why I want to explore the best miles for visiting Australia and New Zealand. If you were unable to jump on the 6k AA miles deal to Australia in October 2019, I’m here to tell you that there are still plenty of other miles for traveling to
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122,000 Citi ThankYou Points For Business Class Around The World…
If you’ve been hoarding Citi ThankYou points, it’s all about to feel worth it. While many people will part ways with these points for something fairly unremarkable, there’a magic window at hand, allowing you to fly around the world in the complete and utter comfort of business class. This special kind of magic won’t last forever, so here’s a step by step guide to booking the trip of a lifetime, without a lifetime worth of points. Citi is currently offering a 15% bonus when you transfer your U.S. based Citi ThankYou points to AsiaMiles, the Cathay Pacific points program.
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Getting (Almost) Free Travel To The Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon is coming up quickly! All of you who are running it have either started your training program already or are itching to get started! With the training part of the marathon firmly in your grasp, many are starting to look to how you are going to get there. It is said that the average cost of traveling to the Boston Marathon can be around $1,500. That is a lot of money and certainly much more than needs to be spent! In this post, we will look at how you can fly to Boston for the marathon
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The easy foreign airline frequent flyer programs you should be using
On Monday, I published a post arguing that a popular transferable currency is relying too much on a single domestic hotel transfer partner. In the spirited response in the comments, a few people mentioned valuing familiar domestic frequent flyer miles over foreign programs. It was implied by some that domestic programs like United MileagePlus are easy to use and that foreign programs involve difficult hoops to jump through. While there certainly are some foreign carriers that make redemptions particularly challenging (which I’d argue isn’t always a bad thing as the sweet spots that require more effort are often more available!),
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Must Try: The “Google Flights” Of Booking With Points
Points have come a long way, but many of the best ways to get from one place to another remain cryptic. Like — why would someone hoping to fly from the US to Japan in comfort ever think of transferring their credit card points to a British airline, to book flights on their Japanese partner airline, because that combo will provide the best comfort for the least amount of points? You just wouldn’t, unless you’re a regular forum or blog reader. In response, many tools were invented over the years to make finding seats easier for those with
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Award Alert: JAL Business Class For 4, 60K American Miles Per Person
To receive alerts about premium cabin award flights for 4+ people that you can book with miles, make sure you sign up for Award Alerts. Right now, these alerts are focused on awards to/from the U.S. and Canada. Now, let’s get into it! Well, it sure has been awhile since I sent an Award Alert newsletter. Forgive me, I was hopping around Asia for a couple of weeks and have been in the process of moving since I returned. Hopefully, you haven’t missed me too much in the last few weeks! Fortunately, just as I was about