I know this has been a tragic week for Points traveling folk as the United devaluation occurred, I see people wailing and maiming themselves in their attempts to shed their grief stricken pain (for non points traveling folk I mean they are booking up First class flights on Lufthansa from Toronto and trying to figure […]
Archives for November 2013
Award Surcharges – silent but deadly
I’m currently working out different ways to book some great value trips using sweetspots in distance based awards. Some of the best of these include 63,000 airmiles Round Trip from New York to London using ANA distance based awards. The frustrating complexity of finding such award bargains and then navigating through the hurdles is a […]
What the MileagePlus Devaluation Means to Me
You’d think if you read the Travel Blog world today that the real world has ended today, and on top of that there is no more value to be found in United Frequent Flyer miles (the latter is worse, believe me!).If you read View from the Wing you will see headlines like “67% devalued” “87% […]