Let me get this out of the way up front: there are very few cheap eating options in Bora Bora. I’ll touch on some ways to save money on food in a later post, but this post is going to focus on the eating options in the Intercontinental Thalasso. When you stay at a resort in Bora Bora – odds are you’re going to spend a lot of time eating the food there, so hopefully this will help if you’re trying to make a decision!
Great Deal: Business Class Fares to Europe – Don’t Snooze, You’ll Lose
Update 1220 pm, looks dead at least from what I can search on phone. Hope you got in!
Update: still alive 845 am eastern 4/2!
Better act fast on this one. I saw Lucky post this a couple hours ago, but for some reason there are a bunch of sub $1500 business class fares to Europe between a bunch of random city fares. Translation: You can get yourself to Europe in business class this summer for the price of an average coach ticket (in many cases, probably cheaper). Anyway I’m just posting this for anyone who doesn’t read One Mile at a Time – don’t want you to miss out. Note that Sunday stays are required and since this might be a mistake fare, don’t call the airlines and alert them to it – book online or let it go. Since I live in Boston, I’ve only searched Boston fares. Here are some examples I’ve found:
The Chase Priority Club Visa Gives You a 10% Rebate on Award Stays
Well, I guess I forgot about this benefit or I never knew of it – but Chase Priority Club Visa cardholders receive a 10% rebate on points used for award stays! I didn’t realize this until I logged into my IHG account yesterday – when I was surprised to find out I had received 20,000 points after my stay at the Intercontinental Thalasso (and Jess received a 10,000 points rebate for the nights we redeemed from her account). Here’s what I’ve learned since then!
Cheap(ish) flights to Brazil for the World Cup (~$1200)
Update: Looks dead as of 5:00 PM Eastern. Hope you got in!
This morning, The Flight Deal posted a cheap fare to Rio during June. The cheapest ($640) only works for specific dates, but I was messing around on the Cheapo Air website and was consistently finding flights for less than $1200 round trip all throughout the month of June. My guess is most people are going to pay $1600-$1800. You can only book these cheaper rates through Cheapo Air, and I only had time to check JFK-GIG on alternate dates from The Flight Deal’s original post. Personally, I think $1200 is a good rate – I’ve attached a screenshot of an example fare. Note it’s unclear whether you will earn miles on this – I’d book this solely to save money if you’re going to the World Cup. Even if you don’t live in NYC, you would probably save money overall if you bought a separate flight to JFK.
For example, if you book the $1100 flight above, and book a $300 domestic RT, your total ticket cost to Brazil is $1400 round trip. I think that’s a good price any summer, let alone during the World Cup. Cheapo Air only has a 4 hour cancellation policy if you change your mind, and you have to call, so bear all that in mind. Good luck! And again, hat tip to The Flight Deal! Great site that I recommend RSSing.
Getting Better Flights After a Schedule Change to an Award Ticket
If you’re like me and schedule award travel many, many, months in advance, there are bound to be schedule changes between when you book and when you fly. The natural tendency is to just accept the schedule change as is, and nine times out of ten this is probably all that you can do. Still, when airlines change schedules on you, especially on award tickets, you have a tiny bit of leverage that you might be able to use to improve your flights. The goal of this post is to show you how you might be able to use a schedule change to leverage better award flights (routing wise) without having to pay a change fee.
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