It is very easy to get into intermediate and expert territory when it comes to finding award space and booking awards. That can sometimes be intimidating. This is my attempt at boiling down the very basics of searching for award spaceI’ll start with a couple of assumptions: You know where you want to go, at…
This may come as a surprise to some, and be common sense to others, but I thought I’d share a brief post about the benefits of one-way awards.You see, the benefit of one-way awards is that you can change the outbound without changing the inbound and vice versa. Sometimes, when you try to change one…
Its approaching the end of February, and lets be honest, we all have a bit of that dread, as we await the merging of two great programs: American AAdvantage, and US Airways Dividend Miles. Whether or not we have any reason to protest this matrimony of frequent flier programs is immaterial at this point, the…
I have learned many lessons in life. I’ve learned many lessons from my father. But the most important lesson that I’ve learned from my father, is to always grab the brass ring – the idea that if there’s an opportunity, you need to grab it, because you don’t know when you’ll have that opportunity again.…