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Revisited: Booking a Transatlantic Flight on Aer Lingus with British Airways Avios

BySean November 18, 2014January 1, 2024

The cheapest way from the USA to Europe is by using British Airways Avios for a flight on Aer Lingus from Boston to either Dublin or Shannon. At 12,500 Avios for economy or 25,000 Avios for business, this redemption is one of the best mileage values out there!

United Club Giveaway Winner

BySean November 17, 2014November 17, 2014

And the winner is Suril from DC! The winner was selected randomly from the 64 entries into this contest who either subscribed to my blog, followed me on Twitter, and/or re-tweeted the contest. Suril plans on enjoying the United Club prior to a flight over the holidays out of DCA or IAD! Congrats, Suril,…

Revisited: How to Book an Around the World Trip with US Airways miles

BySean November 15, 2014November 15, 2014

Due to a ton of comments, questions and general interest on my last few posts about my First Class award flights around the World, I’m going to re-post the below post from a couple months ago where I detailed how to book one of these de-fact around the World tickets using US Airways miles (…

2015 Combined AAdvantage Loyalty Program Announced

BySean October 28, 2014January 1, 2024

This morning, American Airlines announced its 2015 AAdvantage Loyalty Program for the combined American and US Airways. As an American elite, the program remains largely un-changed, and that’s a great thing! With that said, there are a few changes to the program that I’ll highlight in this post. The theme of the whole deal is that…

Weekly Round-Up in the World of Points

BySean October 26, 2014October 26, 2014

Well, it’s been an insanely busy week for me, as I got back into the swing of things at work, and in life in general. As such, I didn’t get to write as much as I wanted to, so here is a weekly round-up of some of the goings-ons in the World of travel, points…

An Around the World Trip — Introduction

BySean October 1, 2014December 19, 2014

As I previously wrote, I will be embarking on a two-week journey around the World starting tonight. While I’m meeting twelve other friends in Munich, two of them will be joining me for our exploits in Asia. Though we all have somewhat different flights, we all did manage to get on the same THAI flight…

How to Book an Around the World Trip with US Airways Miles

BySean September 29, 2014September 29, 2014

US Airways Dividend Miles are some of the easiest miles out there to accrue, and at least for now, the airline has a very rewarding award chart with several awesome hot spots that one can exploit to derive maximum value from their miles. Perhaps no award on the US Airways chart has more value than…

Around the World with US Airways Miles

BySean September 24, 2014January 1, 2024

A week from today, I will be embarking on another around the world adventure — this time it will include a stop at one of my favorite places in the World — Munich during Oktoberfest. The Oktoberfest trip is one that I’ve taken the past four years, so it was a no-brainer to book a fifth…

Vegas Baby! For BAcon!

BySean September 18, 2014September 18, 2014

I’m writing this post from about 35,000 feet on a US Airways flight somewhere in between Washington’s Reagan National Airport and Phoenix en route to Las Vegas! I’m heading out to the desert with my girlfriend in tow for this weekend’s Boarding Area blogger Conference… better known as BAcon! The primary reason for the…

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Revisited: Where to Find the Best Deals on Airfare

BySean September 15, 2014January 1, 2024

Last year when my blog was in its infancy, I posted about where one should look to find the best airfares. Some of my suggestions ring true today, but it’s time we re-visited this and update the post a little, because people ask me this question literally every day. Where to Hunt Deals: If you…