Booking Alaska Partner Awards – Overview
This entry is part 1 of 12 in the series Booking Alaska Partner AwardsSo now that I’ve convinced you that Alaska Airlines is a great option, especially if you live out West, let’s talk about how you go about booking partner awards. Because there are so many partners of Alaska, I’m going to turn this
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How To Get a Discount on Air Canada (plus bonuses)
This entry is part 10 of 14 in the series How ToOn occasion, I make a decision to pay for a revenue fare rather than use my precious points. This is often because the revenue fares to the city I want to go to are so cheap that it doesn’t make sense to use my
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American Express Personal Gold – New Bonus – 30,000 Membership Rewards for FREE!!!
If you didn’t already know, I have a man crush on American Express and their Membership Rewards because of the extreme flexibility they offer for transfer partners. Currently you can transfer to the following partners with the following ratios: Air Canada Aeroplan at a 1 to 1 ratio British Airways Avios at a 1 to
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Alaska Airlines – Redemption Loophole
If you keep up to date with the blog, you’ll know that I am in LOVE with Alaska Airlines because of their excellent customer service, amazing gestures of appreciation for their loyal clients, the ease of point accumulation for Canadians, and their incredible distance based award chart. Even with all those things taken into account,
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Free 10,000 Alaska Air Miles!!!
I have spoken at length before about Alaska Airlines and their excellent customer service but this one just tops the cake. If you weren’t aware, Alaska purchased Virgin America a while back but as of January 9th, 2017, you could begin transferring Virgin Elevate Points to Alaska at a ratio of 1:1.3. I wrote about the
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Negotiating Your Credit Card Annual Fee – Capital One Aspire
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Negotiating Your Credit Card Annual FeeAs a Christmas present from Capital One, I was charged my annual fee on December 26th. I called a couple of days later to negotiate my annual fee and was offered $30 as a credit towards my annual fee. I
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Reader Question – Brian Wong
One of the things that isn’t necessarily complicated but can really throw a wrench into your travel plans is how to properly ticket an infant or lap child. This becomes even more complicated when you are attempting to book an award ticket for future travel but are expecting a child before the date of travel but
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Did You Know? – Airline Cancellation Policy
Every once in a while, I need to make a speculative revenue booking and I’m faced with a choice. Do I book with the airline directly or do I book with an OTA (Online Travel Agent) like Expedia or Travelocity? Unless the OTA is providing a significant Cash Back Opportunity, more often than not, I am
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How to Redeem Your $200 AMEX Travel Credit Online
This entry is part 9 of 14 in the series How ToThe beginning of the New Year is often a bad time for Travel Hackers because it means that most hotel and airline loyalty programs reset for the New Year, so if you haven’t requalified in the previous year, you will lose your status. On
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Alaska Airlines Mileage Redemption Correction and Superb Customer Service
I have dealt with multiple airlines in my Travel Hacking career and to be honest, many leave a LOT to be desired. I’m sure many of you have dealt with Aeroplan’s unbelievably long wait times and automated message stating they cannot accept any more calls at this time. It’s oftentimes so frustrating that you ask yourself
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