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I’m just back from two amazing weeks in Europe – two nights in London at the Hotel Xenia (charming little boutique hotel with small rooms but a great quiet location in Kensington/Earls Court), two nights in a castle in Beaujolais, France,…
I sure do love it when a “transferable currency” program such as Citi’s ThankYou has a transfer bonus on. It’s as if you were awarded a huge bonuses on your earned points – if you have a use for the…
Bookmark this page. Refer to it the next time you are wondering if X transfers to Y. I love “transferable currency” credit cards like the Chase Sapphire Reserve / Preferred / Unlimited, the Citi Prestige / Premier, the American Express…
American Express is currently offering a 25% bonus when you transfer Membership Rewards points to Flying Blue. This can be great IF you have a redemption in mind. Generally, I would fund my Flying Blue needs via Ultimate Rewards, but…
FlyingBlue has released their next wave of promos and, while on the less generous side, may be of some value to those headed to Europe. New York JFK to Paris Orly is 93,750 miles round trip (or 46,875 one way)…
OK, first, what is “dynamic award pricing?” That’s the term for tying the cost of an award ticket tightly to the cost of the equivalent revenue ticket – generally at around 1 cent per mile. So a $500 ticket…
A couple of deal alerts for you today: 1) Air France’s Flying Blue released their new award discounts today. It’s a smaller than normal list but if you are based in or near NYC, you can fly coach from NYC…
It was reported yesterday that there is a new joint venture seeking approval in Europe that involves AirFrance/KLM, Delta, Virgin Atlantic and Alitalia if it isn’t bankrupt by then. The details are: * Air France-KLM will acquire a 31 percent…
In case you have been in a cave all week, there is a massive business class sale happening now that will end at any time. The best fares are into Istanbul at under $1,100 and then much of Europe (especially…
I was already ticketed for November to fly JFK-WAW-DUS (New York – Warsaw – Dusseldorf) and then return DUS-LHR-JFK (Dusseldorf – London – New York. I booked the tickets using two programs. Outbound was on United flying LOT for 70,000…
