What if I told you all you had to do was sign up for two Chase Southwest Airlines credit cards, earn an additional 10,000 miles, and upon completion you’d receive a free companion ticket every time you booked a flight? And what if I told you that companion pass lasted the rest of the calendar year plus the entire following calendar year? Sound too good to be true? Well it’s not. It’s called the Southwest Companion Pass (CP) and it is phenomenal. Here’s how it works: Earn 110,000 Southwest miles in a calendar year (January to December). Receive Companion Pass.…
For the first post in our ongoing Get There series we’re going to look at how to get to the Andaman Islands, a stunning and little-known archipelago in the Bay of Bengal between Myanmar, India and Sri Lanka, with miles and points! The quickest way to find out if a destination is easily reached with miles is by checking the route maps for the three major airline alliances, Star Alliance, Oneworld, and SkyTeam. As mentioned in other posts, United miles can be used on Star Alliance partners, American miles on Oneworld, and Delta miles on SkyTeam. After a quick search…
We got engaged on the trip of a lifetime to Paris and Copenhagen, which could not have happened without churning, hard work, and a bit of luck! We spent 4 nights in both cities, stayed at 5-star hotels, dined at some of the best restaurants in each city, and flew to and from the US in a combination of economy and business class, all of which would have cost over $25,000 and yet we did it for less than $2,100 per person! This is a long post so if you’d like to jump to a section I’ve provided a table…
I just booked two tickets from Los Angeles to Auckland, NZ, Sydney, AU, Hong Kong, and back to San Francisco for just 80,000 United miles and $133 in fees and taxes per person! So how’d we do it? There’s really no secret to it, as 80,000 miles is the standard requirement for round trip Saver Award Economy tickets between the US and Australia/New Zealand using United miles (remember that United is part of Star Alliance which is comprised of 27 airlines including Air New Zealand, Turkish Airlines, Singapore Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Air Canada, and South African Airways to name…
What if I told you all you had to do was sign up for two Chase Southwest Airlines credit cards, earn an additional 10,000 miles, and upon completion you’d receive a free companion ticket every time you booked a flight? And what if I told you that companion pass lasted the rest of the calendar year plus the entire following calendar year? Sound too good to be true? Well it’s not. It’s called the Southwest Companion Pass (CP) and it is phenomenal. Here’s how it works: Earn 110,000 Southwest miles in a calendar year (January to December). Receive Companion Pass.…
One of the clearest signs yet that Iran is coming in from the cold and integrating back into the world economy, Iran Air has agreed to purchase 118 passenger jets from Airbus, the European aerospace and defense conglomerate. With a total price tag of approximately $25 billion, Iran Air is the first airline from Iran to enter into a purchase agreement following the lifting of most international sanctions less than two weeks ago. Iran’s aviation industry has been dogged for years by sanctions and inadequate access to new aircraft, parts, training, ground equipment and other resources, all of which have…