Singapore Airlines recently devalued their KrisFlyer reward program by increasing the number of miles needed for a free flight. But over the last few months, they have offered “Spontaneous Escapes” with discounts on last-minute award flights. This month’s Escapes will take you to destinations in Asia, Australia and Europe at a 30% discount for travel […]
I love to travel, I love to save some money – and, ok as a former math major, I love some good statistics, so reading the latest study of the cheapest airline in the world based on the price per kilometer flown was lots of fun for me. For anybody less inclined to digg through
Most airlines have membership programs that offer rewards and benefits for frequent flyers. Cathay Pacific has two different programs, Air Asia Miles and the Marco Polo Club programs. Why are there two and which one should you join, if any? The best way to understand the two is to look at Asia Miles as the
Scoot, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, is now offering to earn and redeem miles in Singapore Airline’s KrisFlyer loyalty program on every flight, without having to pay for extra packages! You earn for every dollar spent on Scoot tickets and can redeem them like cash for partial or full tickets on the airline! Read
Phillippine Airlines (PR or PAL) today (finally) introduced the online redemption of reward miles for flights in their loyalty program Mabuhay Miles. Previously, you had to either visit an office or call to make an award redemption. By allowing online redemptions, PAL removes one of the biggest obstacles to Mabuhay Miles members and finally arrives
Last week I reported the launch of Air Italy and the planned expansion with flights to the US and Asia. This week, there are fares available for business class flights from Cairo via Milan to New York JFK from $599 round-trip for days in July and August. It’s unclear whether this is a (poorly advertised)
United Airlines has received a lot of press for their rewards program, United MileagePlus, after what turned out as a one-two punch in 2014, with a redemption devaluation in February and the announcement of a revenue based earn structure for 2015. They followed up this year with a devaluation of partner earnings…Is it still worth
If you have been holding on to your topbonus miles from defunct airberlin, your prayers have been heard! You can now redeem topbonus miles – again – for flights on Germania and for discounts towards tickets on Condor! There are some hefty fees associated with those “free” flights, but it’s certainly better than have the
Singapore Airlines (SQ) is one of the most highly awarded airlines in the world and has been in the top 3 for the last 6 years. I joined their KrisFlyer program after moving to Singapore and have been a fan of their airline and rewards program ever since. With access to some of the best
Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air is offering super-low fares on one of their new route between Singapore and London-Gatwick with fares widely available in the next few months from SGD149 (USD112) one-way. That’s the lowest one-way fare I’ve ever seen between Europe and Asia! If that fits your plans, be quick before they are gone!
Looks like topbonus Loyalty, the rewards program of defunct airberlin, is on a roll! After adding Germania Airlines as a partner to earn miles, it is now adding bmi regional as well, giving you a chance to earn up to 2,000 miles per flight with the UK based airline! After expecting the certain death of
Notice of the death of the topbonus rewards program has apparently been exaggerated. topbonus started to notify members that they can now earn miles with Germania, the German leisure airline! You can earn 250-2,000 topbonus miles for each flight and redemptions are supposed to follow soon!