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American Airlines AAdvantage sent out emails to select members last week for complimentary elite status through May 15, 2019 when you register for an elite challenge. These are targeted member offers. I received an email on January 8 offering me complimentary Platinum Pro elite, normally requiring 75,000 EQM and $9,000 EQD. This offer requires registration…
LAX is the low fare airport for travel to Australia for flights from February through September 2019. One of the unusual aspects of these low fares is availability of tickets in low $500s for California summer departures in late June with Melbourne priced as low as $529 with Qantas nonstop flights, Sydney at $535 with…
British Airways has Las Vegas to London on sale for $400 to $450 round trip for travel January to May 2019. The best itineraries for nonstop flights are winter dates. Most itineraries involve BA nonstop to London Gatwick outbound, then a combination of BA and AA flights inbound with either two stops or a long…
World of Hyatt has a points and miles offer available for stays at Hyatt House and Hyatt Place February 20 to June 30, 2018. Members can register to earn 1,000 bonus American Airlines AAdvantage miles per stay, in addition to base points for hotel stay spend. Alternatively, members can choose to earn 1,500 AAdvantage miles…
Best Western Rewards has three promotions happening for stays over the next two to three months. There is a $10 Best Western Travel Card per stay offer from February 12 through April 30. This promotion offer has been repeated now for more than one year. There are two miles offers for triple AAdvantage miles (750…
My last two flights on American Airlines in 2017 as an AAdvantage Platinum elite member were Christmas Eve flights San Jose SJC to Los Angeles LAX and LAX to LHR London Heathrow, arriving in London Christmas Day. Two 500-mile upgrades placed us in First Class for the short SJC to LAX flight segment. The bad…
Earn 1,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles this summer (until Aug 15) or 1,000 Air Canada Aeroplan miles (until July 31, 2017) for each Choice Hotels stay. This can be an economical route to earning frequent flyer miles now that 2017 American Airlines tickets result in far fewer AAdvantage miles. This a Choice Privileges 4x miles…
Best Western stays normally earn 250 miles when you have your Best Western Rewards account set to earn AAdvantage miles instead of points. Best Western stays from May 1 through July 2 earn 1,000 miles in AAdvantage with no earning limit Registration and account earning preference set for AAdvantage miles are required for this offer.…
I lost a big chunk of travel planning expert credibility with my wife when my wife found herself stranded at London Gatwick last week, after missing her flight connection for Norwegian Airlines to Oakland, California. I was on a plane to Sofia, Bulgaria. We left each other four hours earlier in Amsterdam. I sent her…
The potential to earn American Airlines AAdvantage or British Airways Executive Club elite status through BA Premium Economy fares is a strategy I am still exploring for 2017 flights. The BA Premium Economy route I found at a great price is Stockholm to Los Angeles or San Francisco for $606 round trip. The only way…
