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United Manually Cancelling 4 Mile First Class Awards To Asia

A reader wrote in today to let me know he’s seeing a cancellation message from United for his 4 Mile First Class awards to Asia. Message From United Is Showing Cancelled 4 Mile Award Ticket Your itinerary cannot be retrieved because it has been cancelled. You may use the portion of your ticket that has…

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Delta Secrets – 20k SPG Point Business Class One-Way Award

The Delta SkyMiles program benefits provide real value for members. I’ve found value with award tickets to the Seychelles and Mauritius, Bora Bora, Italy, and a number of other places. But their benefits are not as great as other programs that have benefits such as confirmed upgrades (that you can actually use on an affordable…

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Delta Secrets – Free Checked Bags For Friends With Split Reservations

We checked our first bags in over a year this week and it wasn’t pretty. We checked three bags and incurred a fee for one of the bags since we were in a hurry. Had we known the entire rules about split reservation elite member benefits, we could have saved the $25 fee per checked…

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Delta Secrets – Check the upgrade list before you fly

One of the biggest benefits for Delta elite members is the complimentary domestic upgrade. On elite heavy routes Silvers and Golds have little chance for an upgrade. Even Platinum members can find their name way up in the double digits on the upgrade list. So make sure you remember to check a few things before…

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Faster Club Carlson Log In With AwardWallet + 138k Bonus Points

The popcorn is ready, the champagne is popped, and we are also waiting for the stroke of midnight (CDT) to get in on the 138,000 points from Club Carlson. But the saying goes, what is good for you is good for the family. So Mrs Weekly Flyer has also set up her own Club Carlson…

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Delta Secrets – Australia Low Level Business Class Availability

Delta’s low level business class award to Australia has been elusive. They hide that availability well, but it can be found. In this post, we’ll share a step by step approach on how we found a low level business class award on Delta from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia for only 150,000 SkyMiles. If you can’t…

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AA Expert Tip Promotion – 5,000 AA Miles Giveaway

American Airlines set up a Facebook page called the “Tips Tab” and ran a promotion to give away American Airlines miles for submitted tips. We asked each of you to help us help you win 5,000 American Airline miles. Entries had to be submitted by May 1, 2012 and now the results are in. The…

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Delta Secrets – Low Business Class Award To Shanghai

We are giving new meaning to the term SkyPesos today. I shared in my last Delta award booking secrets post a way to find low level business class awards to Tokyo. There are some ways to maximize award bookings to Asia using Delta SkyMiles. In this post, we’ll demonstrate how to save about 160,000 SkyMiles…

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Delta Secrets – Low Business Class Award To Tokyo

Delta won the best redemption promotion at the Freddie Awards but they are still one of the most difficult programs to find international business class low level awards. The program weakness is exacerbated when looking for business awards to Asia. But I will give them a nod for having good partners and plenty of ways…

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Flying With An Infant – Booking Ticket For Expecting Baby

As AAdvantagegeek mentioned a few weeks ago, we are all about the Points, Miles, Martinis and now Milk Bottles. Baby Weekly Flyer has arrived and we couldn’t be more happy to welcome the new Weekly Flyer family member to our traveling crew. With the new arrival, we’ve had to go back and modify a few…

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