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Mileage Run to Copenhagen: Part 2 – CPH-AMS-SLC-SEA

Mileage Run to Copenhagen Introduction Part 1: SEA-BUR-SEA-CDG-CPH Holiday Inn Burbank-Media City 24 Hours in Copenhagen Hilton Copenhagen Airport Part 2: CPH-AMS-SLC-SEA Aviator Lounge CPH Aspire Lounge (41) AMS Delta Sky Club SLC CPH-AMS – KLM 737-700 Seat 9C My flight out of Copenhagen was at 6:00am so not much … Read more

Mileage Run to Copenhagen: Part 1 – SEA-BUR-SEA-CDG-CPH

Mileage Run to Copenhagen Introduction Part 1: SEA-BUR-SEA-CDG-CPH Holiday Inn Burbank-Media City 24 Hours in Copenhagen Hilton Copenhagen Airport Part 2: CPH-AMS-SLC-SEA Aviator Lounge CPH Aspire Lounge (41) AMS Delta Sky Club SLC SEA-BUR-SEA – AS 737-800 I was on the last SEA-BUR of the day on Thursday and the … Read more

Australia with Miles and Points

Australia with Miles

I had an amazing time flying around the world on Alaska miles this past February for my birthday.  The news of Alaska’s doubling the cost of some partner airline redemptions, I decided it was time to plan my next big trip while my miles still had strong value.  I like … Read more

Daily Getaways 2016 Valuation

Daily Getaways 2016 Valuation

Daily Getaways 2016 Valuation

The US Travel Association is once again running its Daily Getaways promotion.  Beginning April 4 there will be a different offer for a limited time each day.  As was the case last year, there is no added discount for using an Amex card as there has been in previous years.  You can find discounts on rental cars, hotels, and theme parks.  In this post I calculate the Daily Getaways 2016 valuation for the hotel offers.

Likely the most popular offers will be for the hotel stays that, for the most part, come in the form of loyalty points.  Below I have created a grid that shows the cost per point for each of the hotel point offers.

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Double Miles SEA-LHR

Double Miles SEA-LHR

Alaska Airlines is running a promotion where you can earn double miles SEA-LHR when you fly on British Airways and credit the miles to your Alaska Mileage Plan account. All you have to do is register online before your first flight and then fly direct from Seattle to London on British … Read more

Hyatt Best Rate Guarantee Change

Hyatt Best Rate Guarantee Change

I don’t hide the fact that I am a big Hyatt fan.  Just take a look at my trip reports; most hotels I stay at are in the Hyatt brand.  I also have been known to use their Best Rate Guarantee (see this previous post) to save money on reservations. … Read more

50,000 Alaska Miles with Credit Card Sign Up

50,000 Alaska Miles with Credit Card Sign Up

Yes, you read that right.  Right now there is an offer that will net you 50,000 Alaska miles with credit card sign up.  That is twice the standard Bank of America Alaska Visa card.  Hello Amex SPG card! The American Express Starwood Preferred Guest card currently offers 35,000 SPG Points … Read more

Psychology of Double Dipping

Recently I’ve been thinking about the psychology of double dipping when it comes to the world of travel — including reselling, manufactured spend, miles/points and credit cards.  I have no doubt that companies have studied this and purposefully use and exploit it to get us to spend more money. One … Read more