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(Video) Sunday Reader Question: What Exactly Does the ANA Search Tool Show?
One of today’s questions came from TPG reader Yun, and is about the kinds of awards that come up when searching for Star Alliance availability using the ANA tool: “When you are searching for Star...
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Aeroplan.com Now Blinding Users From Seeing Taxes and Fees on Award Searches
I absolutely hate getting on the phone- especially when it comes to airlines. I’m one of those annoying people who will ignore your call and then text you back to see what you want. Perhaps its my Gen...
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Evaluating US Airways vs. Avianca 100% Buy Miles Bonuses For Star Alliance...
Two Star Alliance airlines are offering 100% bonuses on purchased miles right now raising the question: which miles should you buy, US Airways Dividend Miles or Avianca/TACA Lifemiles? First, let’s...
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Flight Review: Swiss Business Class ZRH-LAX
Although I flew Swiss business class from Zurich to San Francisco with the rest of the Star Megadoers last month, we were all busy catching up, talking shop and taking stock of the service on the...
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Flight Review: South African Airways Business Class JFK-JNB
This is the second post of my South Africa Series. Follow along to read my reviews on several different aspects of my trip. Other posts in this series include: Come Along With Me To South Africa!;...
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Video Sunday Reader Question: Using Miles to Get to South Africa For a Honeymoon
TPG reader Jon has been reading about my adventures in South Africa and is thinking about going there for his honeymoon (congratulations, by the way!) later this year. Here’s what he wants to know...
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Overview of Aeroplan Star Alliance Award Taxes and Fees
Aeroplan is the frequent flyer program of Air Canada, which is a member of Star Alliance with 26 (for now) airline partners, and is also a transfer partner of American Express Membership Rewards –...
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Aeroplan Star Alliance Award Taxes and Fees – Part 2
This is Part 2 in my series calculating the cost of various Star Alliance awards using Aeroplan miles. In Part 1, I priced out awards on Air Canada, United, Lufthansa, Brussels Air, Singapore Airlines,...
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Aeroplan Star Alliance Award Taxes and Fees – Part 3
This is the third installment of my series on calculating the cost of various Star Alliance awards using Aeroplan miles. Aeroplan is the frequent flyer program of Air Canada, a member of Star Alliance,...
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Aeroplan Star Alliance Award Taxes and Fees Overview – Taxes and Fees Roundup
This is the fourth and final installment of my series on calculating the cost of various Star Alliance awards using Aeroplan miles. In Part 1 of my series, I priced out awards on Air Canada, United,...
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Amazing Deal Alert: Roundtrip New York-Montevideo Uruguay on Copa for $374...
Reminiscent of the amazing deals on economy tickets from New York and Miami to South America on TAM that cropped up back in November with fares as low as $339 roundtrip, it looks like there are...
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Overview of ANA Award Taxes and Fees
ANA is a Japanese airline that’s a member of Star Alliance and its award search engine is one of the best ways to find Star Alliance availability. ANA is also a transfer partner of American Express...
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Overview of ANA Award Taxes and Fees: Part 2
This is part 2 of my series calculating the cost of award tickets using ANA miles. In Part 1 I priced out itineraries on Air Canada, ANA, Lufthansa, Singapore, SWISS, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines,...
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Overview of ANA Award Taxes and Fees: Part 3
This is part 3 of my series calculating the cost of award tickets using ANA miles. In Part 1 I priced out itineraries on Air Canada, ANA, Lufthansa, Singapore, SWISS, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines,...
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Overview of ANA Award Taxes and Fees: Part 4 – Non Star Alliance Partners
This is Part 4 of my series calculating the cost of award tickets using ANA miles. In Part 1 I priced out itineraries on Air Canada, ANA, Lufthansa, Singapore, SWISS, Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines,...
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ANA Award Taxes and Fees: Airline Partner Roundup
If you have Amex Membership Rewards points or plan on transferring Starwood points to airlines, you may want to bookmark this post! This is the fifth and final installment of my series calculating the...
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Tickets Going On Sale for Star MegaDo 5 – Toronto, Tucson and San Francisco...
Tickets go on sale today for the Star MegaDo 5 starting at 12:00 PM central time. MegaDo’s are events set up by frequent flyers and the airlines, where we charter a jet and fly around to different...
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LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal Unveils $1.7 Billion Makeover...
New TPG contributor and Los Angeles resident Debbie Emery takes a closer look at the $1.7-billion makeover of LAX’s Tom Bradley International Terminal and all the exciting developments in store for...
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Can You Use United Miles to Upgrade a Ticket on Lufthansa?
TPG follower Jason has a flight booked on Lufthansa that he would like to upgrade using United miles: “@thepointsguy can you use United miles to upgrade a ticket you already bought on Lufthansa?”...
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Update on Booking US Airways Star Alliance Awards Post Nov 1, 2013
With recent speculation that US Airways will be leaving Star Alliance to join oneworld as early as November 1, 2013, and confirmation late last week from US Airways President J. Scott Kirby that the...
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