Buying points is often a tough value proposition to justify. For program where the redemption value is fixed (or relatively so) such as JetBlue‘s TrueBlue program it is even harder to realize good value from…
Did you know that there are only three ways to earn points? Reading a thread on MilePoint a couple weeks ago, that was one of the views presented. As Gary has listed, the three ways…
Nothing quite like a simple, comprehensive double points promo to get me excited. Southwest just brought one to the table and it is pretty darn juicy. Plain and simple, double points across the board from…
The month of February has US Airways back in promo mode on their Shuttle flights between Boston, New York City and Washington, DC. The carrier is offering double award miles for all Shuttle trips flown…
With the February 1 expected date for Malaysian Airlines to join the oneworld alliance rapidly approaching it looks like some of their future partners are getting around to posting earning rates for MH-operated flights. JAL…
From time to time the IHG group offers up deals on room redemptions known as Point Breaks. These are short-term sales for award nights at a limited number of properties. The site was updated today…
Seems that not only the major chains are in on bonus points for hotel stays this winter. Club Carlson, the loyalty program behind the Radisson, Park Plaza and Country Inn brands has a triple points…
JetBlue has had a promo running for the past few weeks for customers out of Boston but I just heard about it now. Still, it runs through February 13, 2013 so there is a chance…
Marriott’s Q1-ish MegaBonus earning promotion is decent enough, I suppose, if you have a lot of Marriott stays during the promo period. And, generally speaking, earning hotel points for hotel stays is a better deal…
We’re baaaaack! Sorry we missed an episode cycle a couple weeks ago; it turns out that coordinating a recording from Burma, Bali and the USA was just too much, even for us. But we’re back…
