iberia devaluation

Iberia’s 34,000 Mile Business Class Sweet Spot is No More

While short on time, this one devaluation caught my eye enough that I had to write a quick post. Loyalty Lobby reports in full on...
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United Kills Excursionist Award Perk

It's often been tough in recent years, after multiple MileagePlus devaluations, to justify earning or transferring to United's mileage currency when there are better...
bilt qatar

Bilt Adds Qatar Airways Privilege Club as 16th Airline Transfer Partner

As of today, you can now transfer your Bilt points 1:1 to Qatar Airways Privilege Club. Checking our master transferable point matrix, we know that...
Hermitage Bay - Courtesy Hilton

On Everyone’s Mind: Hilton Free Night Reward Certificates Post-Devaluation

Last week, Hilton raised the top pricing on its Standard Reward nights from 150,000 to 200,000. We (along with every miles and points blog in...
Marriott Kauai Resort & Beach Club

UPDATE: Marriott Platinum, Titanium, and Ambassador Elites Have ALL Lost Guaranteed Available Suite Upgrades

Yesterday, I wrote a rant about how Marriott changed the verbiage related to suite upgrades for Platinum members, changing the terms from guaranteeing an...
Waldorf Astoria Pedregal Plunge Pool

Hilton Increases Top Reward Night Pricing – Now 200,000 Points (!)

This really pains me to write. Ever since Hilton fantastically integrated SLH into its rewards program at the same time that Hyatt both lost SLH...

Capital One Shopping: Why I’m Done With It

When Capital One shopping came on the scene in 2022 it quickly became a sort of underground but highly lucrative shopping portal. I first discovered...
Ritz Carlton Marina Del Rey - Suite

Marriott Platinums Now Suite Upgrade Eligible at Ritz Carlton

One extremely interesting quirk since the launch of Marriott Bonvoy has been the one brand exception that does not require (and I know that...
japan airlines jal first class

JAL (Japan Airlines) Mileage Bank: How to Redeem, Sweet Spots, and Rules – Bilt’s...

Bilt Adds JAL Mileage Bank as Transfer Partner You have to hand it to the team at Bilt Rewards. I'm not talking about the greater...
Emirates A380 Business Class seat

Once Again, Qantas Retains First Class Emirates Awards

Again you ask? Yes. Again :) For context, early Saturday Emirates give notice that as of today, those without status would no longer be able...