Most Domestic Flights As Low As 5,000 AA Miles
I was just looking at AA domestic flights and every route I've searched for so far has many days available for 5,000 AA miles. This goes as far as Oct 2020.
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Nick of FM on #40kFarAway [TIF Podcast]
Nick of FrequentMiler talks about his experience doing the "40K To Far Away" contest, where all 3 FrequentMiler bloggers see how far they can get, each with 40,000 of a different bank currency.
Nick, given Citi TY Points, found and used the deal of the year with 7,500 Turkish Miles to Hawaii.
We discuss his trip and the deals he's found in our latest podcast.
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The Extreme Maximizing of JAL Miles
Whenever I've done posts comparing the prices across different programs I've already found that JAL Miles are among the lowest, but today I'll show you how to potentially double the value of these already great miles.
As you'll see, I first try to figure out the rules preventing me from abusing maximizing this program with stopovers, stops in my home town, open-jaws, etc... Once I figure out the rules, I have ideas for loop-holes, then I do tests. Then I either find "deals", or I find a new rule.
These fundamentals are things I'm going to apply to other distance based programs as I work my way across every program, which I'm dissecting for my day job.
No one reads this...
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Asia Miles Award Charts & Routing Rules
Once again, I realized that there was no published Asia Miles partner award chart (which is different than the OneWorld Multi-Carrier Award Chart), and so I decided to make and quick publish the Asia Miles Partner Award Chart, alongside the Cathay and OneWorld Multi-Carrier.
Plus, I'll briefly communicate routing/stopover rules for each award chart.
Asia Miles is a transfer partner of Amex MR, Citi TY points, and Cap 1 (at 1,000:750).
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British Airways Avios: Award Efficiency Rating
"Drew, what in the world is an award efficiency rating, and how does British Airways Avios have one? Did you just make this up?"
Yes, I did. But get used to it! Because I'm going to be doing posts with efficiency ratings more often!
And not just British Airways Avios, but for many programs. In fact, I got the idea working on an upcoming JAL post.
So this post is really just to introduce the concept of an "award efficiency rating".
Let me explain what it is, and what cool things you can discover from it (using Avios)...
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TIF Podcast: Traveling Full-Time on Miles/Points w/ Katie & JT Genter
I first met JT and Katie when we'd just moved to Austin - JT was an accountant and Katie was a PhD student (making robots and smart stuff)... And now they are the ones out traveling the world full-time on miles and points, and writing for ThePointsGuy as well.
So I say we switched lives!
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Explaining the 5+ British Airways Avios Award Charts
To compliment the recent post on Iberia's 7 Award Charts(!), I wanted to give all 5 of the British Airways Award Charts as well.
Given that you can transfer between them, that's 12 award charts you can "choose from"- (have to weed through).
Plus, BA Avios is one of the easiest mileage currencies to earn: you not only have the BA credit card, but can transfer from Amex MR, and Chase UR.
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The 7 Iberia Avios Award Charts
While I'm working on award charts, I wanted another preliminary post that tackles one of the oddest airline programs - the Avios family.
Today I wanted to go over the 7 award charts for redeeming Iberia Avios, because the prices are often different than British Airways (BA) Avios.
There are ample earning opportunities - You can not only transfer to Iberia Avios from Amex MR and Chase UR. However, you can also transfer Avios between BA, Aer Lingus, and Iberia.
Plus, sometimes Iberia Avios can be used to avoid BA fuel surcharges.
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I was just looking at AA domestic flights and every route I've searched for so far has many days available for 5,000 AA miles. This goes as far as Oct 2020.
![Nick of FM on #40kFarAway [TIF Podcast]](https://travelisfree.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/travel-is-free-podcast-nick-40K-360x180.jpg)
Nick of FrequentMiler talks about his experience doing the "40K To Far Away" contest, where all 3 FrequentMiler bloggers see how far they can get, each with 40,000 of a different bank currency.
Nick, given Citi TY Points, found and used the deal of the year with 7,500 Turkish Miles to Hawaii.
We discuss his trip and the deals he's found in our latest podcast.
Read more
Whenever I've done posts comparing the prices across different programs I've already found that JAL Miles are among the lowest, but today I'll show you how to potentially double the value of these already great miles.
As you'll see, I first try to figure out the rules preventing me from abusing maximizing this program with stopovers, stops in my home town, open-jaws, etc... Once I figure out the rules, I have ideas for loop-holes, then I do tests. Then I either find "deals", or I find a new rule.
These fundamentals are things I'm going to apply to other distance based programs as I work my way across every program, which I'm dissecting for my day job.
No one reads this...
Read more
Once again, I realized that there was no published Asia Miles partner award chart (which is different than the OneWorld Multi-Carrier Award Chart), and so I decided to make and quick publish the Asia Miles Partner Award Chart, alongside the Cathay and OneWorld Multi-Carrier.
Plus, I'll briefly communicate routing/stopover rules for each award chart.
Asia Miles is a transfer partner of Amex MR, Citi TY points, and Cap 1 (at 1,000:750).
Read more
"Drew, what in the world is an award efficiency rating, and how does British Airways Avios have one? Did you just make this up?"
Yes, I did. But get used to it! Because I'm going to be doing posts with efficiency ratings more often!
And not just British Airways Avios, but for many programs. In fact, I got the idea working on an upcoming JAL post.
So this post is really just to introduce the concept of an "award efficiency rating".
Let me explain what it is, and what cool things you can discover from it (using Avios)...
Read more
I first met JT and Katie when we'd just moved to Austin - JT was an accountant and Katie was a PhD student (making robots and smart stuff)... And now they are the ones out traveling the world full-time on miles and points, and writing for ThePointsGuy as well.
So I say we switched lives!
Read more
To compliment the recent post on Iberia's 7 Award Charts(!), I wanted to give all 5 of the British Airways Award Charts as well.
Given that you can transfer between them, that's 12 award charts you can "choose from"- (have to weed through).
Plus, BA Avios is one of the easiest mileage currencies to earn: you not only have the BA credit card, but can transfer from Amex MR, and Chase UR.
Read more
While I'm working on award charts, I wanted another preliminary post that tackles one of the oddest airline programs - the Avios family.
Today I wanted to go over the 7 award charts for redeeming Iberia Avios, because the prices are often different than British Airways (BA) Avios.
There are ample earning opportunities - You can not only transfer to Iberia Avios from Amex MR and Chase UR. However, you can also transfer Avios between BA, Aer Lingus, and Iberia.
Plus, sometimes Iberia Avios can be used to avoid BA fuel surcharges.
Read more