The Chase Airtran Visa is currently offering 32 Airtran A+ credits for $2000 spend within 3 months. The normal offer for the card is 16 Airtran A+ credits for $1000 spend within 3 months. To put things in perspective, 8 A+ credits are good for a one-way capacity controlled award… Read More »Why the Chase Airtran Visa deserves a second look?
The Air Canada Aeroplan program used to be a fantastic program up until they devalued their award chart substantially in July 2011, and then started imposing fuel surcharges on award tickets later that year. Currently, there’s only a handful of Star Alliance airlines that they do not charge fuel surcharges… Read More »Convert Air Canada Aeroplan Miles to American AAdvantage Miles?
The normal version of the Bank of America Alaska Airlines Signature Visa comes with a 25,000 miles upon approval and a $75 annual fee. However, there is a new targeted link which offers the same mileage bonus and annual fee, but a $100 statement credit after spending $1000 within 3… Read More »Alaska Airlines Visa Signature with $100 Statement Credit
For those that don’t know, United has introduced FARELOCK, where you pay to hold a revenue or an award reservation. A few days ago, Milevalue showed that it was possible to avoid paying for holding an award reservation. The trick that Milevalue posted relies on the following facts: You must… Read More »Avoid Farelock: a BETTER Trick to Hold United Awards & Revenue tickets
I consider Ultimate Rewards (UR) Points from Chase to be one of the most valuable points currency as the points are extremely flexible and can transfer to multiple travel partners. Although these points can be redeemed for cash (1 point = 1 cent), the real value lies in the ability… Read More »Awesome redemption options if you have 25,000 or fewer Ultimate Rewards Points