There’s a pretty incredible Iberia offer right now, where you can earn 90,000 Avios for a bit more than $300. You can use these to book yourself trips to faraway places at incredibly cheap prices. But, maybe you shouldn’t.
Cheap flights for summer travel (and through the end of the year) from major cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Miami and more to a handful of European cities. A quick connection gets you anywhere else in Europe.
The Best of the Rest is my effort to summarize all the travel/miles & points stories that interested me on a daily basis but didn’t have time to write about in length. Culled from over 100 blogs/authors I follow, some are passed along without comment, while I add my analysis to others. This is your shortcut to find out what’s going on in the travel world without having to read dozens of travel blogs to get all the best info.
American Airlines is aligning their AAdvantage program earning rates with recent British Airways changes on similar fares. See how this impacts you for travel starting next year.
If you don’t have a BusinessExtrAA number, you should have one. There’s no cost and you earn extra points for purchases you influence along with earning miles. American Airlines is improving the program and giving away some free tickets to celebrate.
Are you an American Airlines AAdvantage member? How about a Business Extra member? Business Extra is a program American has had around for quite some time. 16 years, to be exact (more on that in a minute). Essentially, you apply for a Business Extra…
I got an e-mail from one of my friends a few days ago. She had just returned from an overseas trip and wanted to send me a quick note about the miles she earned for her trip. It turns out she registered for the…
No doubt, this isn’t a slam dunk to 200,000 miles. At 2 cents a piece, the miles are worth about $4,000, so it’s not a mileage run opportunity. But, if you have some travel scheduled on any of these joint venture airlines (American Airlines,…
This is good, though not monumental news for American Airlines. The joint venture (JV) with British Airways and Iberia helped them become more profitable by being able to coordinate their schedules. As a result, certain routes, such as JFK-LHR, saw their frequencies even out…
Each to his own, but I always look for new ways to travel in comfort with my family. American Airlines has carried me for a number of those trips, along with United, Lufthansa, Japan Airlines and a few others. I’m loyal to American, so…