This may be old hat for more seasoned readers, but I tried to compile all the conventional wisdom for booking awards with agents over the phone. Feel free to forward to friends or family members that are about to book their first “complicated” awards. Within the frequent flyer community, there is a common mantra when dealing […]
In the past four segments, we looked at how to become more efficient at searching for awards seats to Europe, Asia, Down Under and South America. Now we turn our attention to the last set of destinations, some of which are the furthest from home in the Middle East, India and Africa. Part 1 of […]
Given our past attention to places farther from home, we round out the next part of this series with a look at award seats and routes to South America. Part 1 - Hacking Award Seats to Europe - All 403 Routes Part 2 - Hacking Award Seats to Asia - All 177 Routes Part 3 […]
Over the past two weeks, we looked at finding the routes with the least demand to Europe and the Asia: Hacking Award Seats to Europe - All 403 Routes - Part 1 of 5 Hacking Award Seats to Asia - All 177 Routes - Part 2 of 5 In this next short installment, we look […]
I’ve been helping a friend plan a trip to Istanbul and back this July. We booked the outbound months ago, but getting back to San Francisco has been a bear. UA.com and the ANA search tool were coming up empty for days in either direction on ANY transatlantic flight on ANY star alliance carrier. SFO-FRA […]