A few weeks ago, I mentioned how the sky is not falling with the Chase credit card sign up bonuses. We shared how the New Ink Bold offer was staying at 50,000 points even though the Sapphire Preferred offer was being lowered to a 40,000 point offer. The current offer will be removed on Wednesday,…
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Using Wikipedia to book flights
I have been spending a lot of time lately booking tickets for clients. In doing so, I collaborate often with the The Weekly Flyer discussing our techniques. This week we were discussing using Avios for short haul American Airlines flights and he pointed out that I have quite an unorthodox way of developing routings so…
Mrs Weekly Flyer’s Next Credit Card And Reasoning
Mrs Weekly Flyer takes a practical approach to selecting her credit cards. I on the other hand, focus on getting it in and keeping it in my wallet. She knows that credit card sign up bonuses play a big part in our ability to take dream vacations to places like the Seychelles, Paris, Mauritius, Bora Bora…
How To Get A One-Way Coach Ticket For Only 3,000 American Express Membership Reward Points
For a limited time, you can transfer and redeem only 3,000 American Express Membership Rewards points for a free one-way coach ticket. I’ll illustrate the process to calculate the number of points required and transfer enough points to get a one-way coach ticket for only 3,000 American Express Membership Rewards points. How To Get A…
Fifty Free Flights To Great Britain With British Airways
British Airways and Visit Britain are giving away 50 flights to Britain over the next 5 days. They are running a promotion to make sure you know what makes Great Britain so GREAT. Each day up to 10 free flights on British Airways to Great Britain will be given away through this promotion. It’s simple…
Releasing My Returns – Points And Miles Game
Readers have called on me to release my returns for a while, so I’m releasing them just like Mitt Romney. But I’m not running for anything, except maybe just a mile or two. In an effort to provide transparency and allow readers to follow along as points and miles are earned, I’m releasing my points…
Earn 2,012 Delta Miles With Hilton Stays Through March 31
Hilton has teamed up with Delta to offer 2,012 Delta SkyMiles per 2 night stay at Hilton. Delta trumped the Hilton AA 1,000 mile promotion, but they only did it by 6 miles per night. With the Hilton Delta promotion, you must register before you checkout and all stays of 2 nights or more through…
Earn Lots Of One Way Coach Tickets With Marriott Stays Up To 50,000 Avios Points
Marriott has teamed up with participating airlines to offer the Mega Miles promotion until April 30, 2012 this spring. The promotion offers 2,000 airline miles with every Marriott stay starting with your second stay. I think one of the easiest ways to earn free coach tickets is by setting your earning airline to British Airways.…
Back From OWMD Early
Boy was that a fun trip. A big thank you to all of the OneWorld Partners, OWMD organizers, Hyatt Hotels, the AAflight crew, the sponsors, OWMDers, seat mates, drink mates and especially American Airlines. A trip from DFW > SEA > to LAX and all for a good cause, Fly For The Cure. Had a…
Earn Double Points Or Miles With Priority Club Rewards
I finally received my 2x points or miles offer in an email from Priority Club. I like staying at InternContinental hotels which is part of the Priority Club hotels program and sign up for all of their promotions. They also announced a Q1 promotion you can see here via DealsWeLike. Below is the double points…
Purchase Avios Points And Get 25% Bonus & Note About Guest Post
Purchasing Avios points and redeeming on short flights can be cheaper than buying a ticket. Yesterday I posted how I redeemed only 7,500 Avios points for a one way coach ticket that was selling for $350. On a side note, I hope you enjoyed the guest post from my friend Alex yesterday on his review…
My First British Airways Avios Redemption
British Airways recently changed their award structure and created Avios. Today, I was able to make good use of my newly minted Avios points with a low cost award redemption. At first I was skeptical that the change wouldn’t align with my use for the program. Afterall I did redeem British Airways miles for AA…
Buenos Aires Trip Report – Buenos Aires Activities
Four days in Buenos Aires was a perfect amount of time. Went spent part of each day exploring the culture and different neighborhoods in the city. This city was a perfect addition to our “Year of the B” travel theme. We used a large portion, 240,000 to be exact, of our British Airways miles earned…
Buenos Aires Trip Report – Palacio Duhau Park Hyatt Buenos Aires Review
This post will review the Palacio Duhau Park Hyatt Buenos Aires. Our stay at the Park Hyatt was part of a trip to Buenos Aires as part of our “Year of the B” travel theme. We used 72,000 Hyatt points for a 4 night award stay at the Palacio Duhau Park Hyatt Buenos Aires. I…
Buenos Aires Trip Report – AA First Class Review
Buenos Aires (Good Air) and the country of Argentina have always been high on our list of places to visit. With a country known for it’s beef, Tango, and great wine how could you not be hooked. The city of Buenos Aires was perfect for our “Year of the B” travel theme. We used a…
My 2011 Earning And Burning Review
Just like the US government, Mr. and Mrs. WeeklyFlyer ran a deficit this year. We burned more than we earned to the tune of 877k points and miles. Wouldn’t it be great if we could just print points and miles? We burned through a little over 1.734 million points and miles. We took in a…
Award Flights To French Polynesia With Chase Ultimate Rewards, Korean Air And Other Airline Options
Since I just posted my entire trip report on French Polynesia, I received many comments and emails expressing their interest and asking me the best way to redeem points for a trip. I guess those pictures looked pretty enticing! In this post I’ll demonstrate how you can book an award ticket to French Polynesia by…
New Ink Bold Chase Card Offers 60,000 Bonus Points And A Great Way To Get Points For A Honeymoon
Breaking: New Ink Bold Chase Card Offer. Earlier this month I mentioned how I was bulking up on Star Alliance miles this year. The new Ink Bold card by Chase is another way I’m implementing that approach. And for those of you looking for help with Honeymoon plans, you know who you are, these two…
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card Offers 40,000 Bonus Points – A Great Way To Bulk Up On Star Alliance Miles
The Chase Sapphire Preferred card is offering a signup bonus of 40,000 Chase Ultimate Reward points.  Signing up for this card, and meeting the spending requirements, is a great way to earn points that can be used for airline tickets or hotel stays. Once you earn the sign up bonus, you can transfer Chase Ultimate Reward…
Upcoming Delta And British Airways Award Trips
In the coming weeks I’ll detail award trips I have coming up in the next few months. I’ll detail trip reports and ways to book tickets to the following places: (1) Bora Bora – How I redeemed DL miles for business class for a trip on Delta and Air France. Trip report on the Hilton…