How to Find First Class Routes
Flying in First Class is a luxury that few get to enjoy but those with points can easily make that a reality. Often the problem is finding which airlines and routes feature a First Class cabin. This article walks you through how to find them.
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Travel Hacking From Scratch – Part 11 – How to Avoid High Taxes and Charges
Understanding how taxes and fees work on Award Redemptions is the cornerstone to understanding how to make miles and points work for you. Learn how to leverage this knowledge to travel the world for almost no cost.
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Travel Hacking From Scratch – Part 10 – Weighing Convenience vs Cost
Finding the perfect routing that avoids fuel surcharges can take a significant effort but are we ignoring the obvious in direct award flights?
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How to Search Availability on Miles & More Mileage Bargains
PointsNerd gives you the step-by-step way to find amazing award redemptions with Lufthansa's Miles and More Program.
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Finding Award Availability – Part 5 – Video Tutorial
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Finding Award Availability – Part 4 – Value of Your Award and Tips and Tricks
In the past 3 days we have gone through all the steps you need to take in order to find and book your award travel. In this particular example, Lisa wants to travel from Ottawa or Montreal to Milan with an open jaw return from Geneva to Ottawa or Montreal. Final Itinerary Through our process,
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Finding Award Availability – Part 3 – Finding Availability
Yesterday, we explored the routes that make the most sense for Lisa and they were: Outbound YUL-IST-MXP on Turkish Airlines YUL-ZRH-MXP on Swiss Airlines Inbound GVA-IST-YUL on Turkish Airlines GVA-ZRH-YUL on Swiss Airlines We also know that Lisa is looking to travel April 13th with a return on April 23rd and she would like to
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Finding Award Availability – Part 2 – Finding Your Route
Yesterday, we looked to make sure that Lisa had enough points to fly from Ottawa or Montreal to Milan, Italy with an open jaw return from Geneva. Today, we will look at finding route options so that we can begin to search for availability. Routes to Milan The first thing that I do with my
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Finding Award Availability – Part 1 – Contest Winner
Today we begin the step-by-step journey on how to book award flights. Thanks to the commenters from Friday’s thread, we have some real world award request in which to try to find availability. The random number picker on random.org picked Lisa as the winner. Requested Award Booking Lisa is looking for help in booking an award
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