Redeeming airlines miles for an award ticket is a difficult yet very rewarding task. You will find that although different airlines usually have different rules, they still share many similarities. In this post, we will introduce some basic knowledge on how to redeem miles for flights. As this is not the simplest of tasks, it will be extremely helpful to…
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American Express Gold Card Review Attention! This card is AmEx Gold Card Old Version which is already discontinued, the new AmEx Gold Card (formerly known as AmEx Premier Rewards Gold (PRG)) is here: AmEx Gold Card. ContentsApplication LinkBenefitsDisadvantagesRecommended Application TimeSummaryRelated Credit CardsRecommended Downgrade OptionsAfter ApplyingHistorical Offers ChartApplication Link Application Link This card no longer accepts new applications. Benefits Earn 25,000 Membership Rewards…
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Followed my experience in the Centurion Lounge in LAS, I, the fatty guy, went to SFO (San Francisco International Airport). Of course I cannot miss the opportunity to experience the Centurion Lounge in SFO. Centurion Lounge in LAS or in SFO, which would be the better one? SFO Centurion Lounge is across from Boarding Gate 74 and Boarding Gate 75…
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Amazon is one of my favorite online shopping website. It contains almost all you want, and its Prime membership are well worth its $99 annual fee. Contents0. Sign-up Bonus1. Introduction2. Amazon Student3. Suitable Credit Cards3.1. Discover it3.2. Chase Freedom3.3. Sallie Mae (SM) (Legacy)3.4. Citi Forward (Legacy)3.5. Citi AT&T3.6. Amazon Reward Card / Store Card4. Indirect Path4.1. Supermarket4.2. Gas Station (such as 7-11)4.3. Amex…
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I think you have experienced torture waiting for a long time in the airport lounge which is crowded and noisy, lacking of food and drinks. Actually, the waiting lounge is an annoying place when you arrive at the airport too early or you have to wait due to the delayed flight. At the same time, passengers in the first class…
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As a member of Star Alliance and a five-star airline, All Nippon Airways (ANA) is generally considered as one of the best airlines in Asia and among Star Alliance. ANA’s Frequent Flyer Program (FFP) is related to ANA mileage. TPG valuation of ANA’s mileage just amounts to 1.5c, maybe it’s due to it doesn’t like YQ or a round-trip flight…
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It will be heartache if the hard-earned miles get expired~ now we give a thoroughly introduction of the miles expiration policy of each Airlines.
Recently Amex introduced a new program, Plenti! The biggest feature of it is that it is an add-on program, and don’t have conflicts with any rebates, it is coming out naturally, return for free, so i call it the icing on the cake. Contents1. Brief introduction2. Application3. How to Earn Plenti Points3.1. Normal spending in your partner sellers3.2. Offer3.3. Household Offer3.4….
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Recently, American Express has had a lot of large sign-up bonuses offers and many of you have obtained or will obtain many Membership Rewards (MR) points. What is the best way to use those points? We will introduce how to use those points and hope you can find the best way to use yours! You can click Introduction to…
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One of the great perks of the Amex Platinum is the free entry of Amex Centurion Lounge. There are not that many Amex Centurion Lounge by now, but Amex will definitely try their best to build them as their benchmark products. But seeing is believing, let’s us have a look at the Centurion Lounge of the LAS Airport! The Centurion Lounge of…
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Three Major Airlines: UA,AA,DL. The mile guides for the former two have been introduced before, where goes the indispensable DL? Today in this post, we will introduce the elementary mileage knowledge of Delta Air Lines (DL). The previously well-know SkyPesos, can we get rid of it now? Contents1. How to Earn Delta SkyMiles1.1. Taking the flights1.2. Co-branded credit cards1.3. Transfer Points…
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We have covered how to earn Citi Thankyou Points (TYP) in our previous post Introduction to Citi ThankYou Point (TYP) I: How to Earn, and here we’re going to elaborate on how to redeem the points and recommend the best redemption options available. Contents0. Overview1. Redeem for flights at fixed value2. Transfer to airline and hotel loyalty programs2.1. Star AllianceSingapore Airlines…
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Flying Blue is a joint operational Frequent Traveler Program mainly by Air France and Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM), Both of them belong to SkyTeam. From the perspective of the author, this is a very nice miles system, you can redeem very nice free air ticket no matter departing from US or making Europe as the base. Same with the previous…
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Several days ago Amex finally introduced the 100k offer for the Platinum Card as well as ED and BCE’s 25k/$250, lots of people applied and were approved for these offers. At the same time, however, Amex strengthened their efforts on Financial Review and recent data points show many users going through this process. In this post, we will briefly introduce the…
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Korean Air (KE) has always been the desired airline of the author’s Sino-US round-trip. Compared with pit North America Airlines, KE fares much better in its comfort hardware and software and services.In this post, we will introduce how to use miles to redeem tickets in Korean Air membership Plan SKYPASS. Contents1. How to earn Korean Air SKYPASS miles2. Earn SKYPASS…
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