Monthly Archives: August 2012

Free 1000 British Airways Avios

While BMI is nearly gone, it is still taking membership applications for its loyalty program, Diamond Club.  Creating a new account with voucher code “1JA1KD” yields 1k bmi miles that can be transfered to Avios.

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First Class to Hawaii by Way of Currency Devaluation

I’m a bit late to the party, but Online Travel Review noted yesterday that Icelandair is having a 20% bonus on purchased points until September 28th.  30k Saga Club points (25k base + 5k bonus) can be purchased for 39,500ISK … Continue reading

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A Daytime p.s. Business Experience

This year, I’ve largely shifted my New York-San Francisco/Los Angeles trips to American as I’ve been greatly enjoying a phenomenal complimentary upgrade rate.  With my booked September travel completing my Executive Platinum re-qualification, I’ve begun to switch my attention to United. For most of … Continue reading

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$50 off Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines is offering a $50 discount certificate for new Mileage Plan members resident in California who sign up by October 26th, 2012.  The discount code is valid for travel between September 5th and November 10th for travel from California. … Continue reading

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Free 100 Miles from ANA

ANA sent out a survey yesterday valid between August 9th and August 16th.  Even though United.com (prior to 3/3, Continental.com) has improved rather steadily over the past year for searching partner availability, ANA’s Star Alliance search is still quite valuable.

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