reward – Dots, Lines & Destinations

Singapore Airlines is out spending cash like it is 2019 again, so that seems to be good news for other airlines.

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DLD 376: Point.Me to the awards

March 10, 2022
Tagged as: award, awards, Cape Town, CPT, Delta Air Lines, dining, jetblue, merger, podcast, points, reward, rewards, Russia, special guest, Sunwing, ukraine, United Airlines, WestJet

A good award search tool is something of a holy grail in the miles & points space. Point.Me is pretty darn close, if not entirely there.

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DLD 375: Lasha Tumbai

March 3, 2022
Tagged as: AAdvantage, American Airlines, Avios, awards, Eastern Airlines, ETOPS, frequent flier, frequent flyer, podcast, Qatar Airways, reward, rewards, ukraine, Upgrade, upgrades

A bit of a challenge this week to get past the very real suffering of war and have a conversation about what it means in the context of aviation. But we’re trying.

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DLD 312: In search of inaugurals

October 8, 2020
Tagged as: AirAsia Japan, American Airlines, award, awards, frequent flier, frequent flyer, inaugural, podcast, reward, rewards, routes, Thai Airways, Trip Report, United Airlines

Booking inaugural routes is almost as fun as flying them, right?? Plus A321Ts parked, AirAsia Japan dying and United’s November growth plans.

More openings than closings should be good news for lots in the industry, though things remain precarious on many fronts.

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DLD 298: Mixed awards, mixed messages

July 2, 2020
Tagged as: Air Canada, Air China, award, awards, bankruptcy, cash & points, China, China Eastern, China Southern, jetblue, LIAT, Pakistan, podcast, refunds, reward, rewards, routes, TSA

When an airline says it is concerned about passenger safety and then increases the number of seats sold that can be hard to reconcile. But at least they’re leaving it members of their cabin crew to keep posting anti-mask FUD on social media, right??

PointsHoarder 23: Partners are your friends

April 4, 2013
Tagged as: Alaska Airlines, award, Emirates, frequent flier, frequent flyer, Frontier, narita, points, Qantas, reward, Tokyo

Partners are a key factor in maximizing value of points. This week’s episode talks about, among other things, two significant bits of partner news. First up, Alaska Airlines is finally offering one-way awards on partners;…

PointsHoarder 22.5: A decidedly Danish affair

March 21, 2013
Tagged as: AAdvantage, American Airlines, award, mileageplus, reward, United, United Airlines

Welcome to episode 22.5 of the PointsHoarder podcast. Why the half number? Mostly because I rounded up from where it probably belongs. One of the problems with a show about travel put on by folks…

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…

American Airlines announces Q1 '13 reduced mileage award destinations

December 11, 2012
Tagged as: airlines, American Airlines, award, Deals, points, reward

Got an American Airlines co-branded credit card? You might be eligible for up to 7,500 off on some award redemptions in North America. And the destinations for Q1 2013 were just released. There are more…

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DLD 412: Dollar dollar bills, y’all