Turkish Airlines offers incredible award value on North American flight redemptions. It’s a great strategy for flying on Star Alliance airlines like United or Air Canada at a cheaper cost. You may be thinking to yourself, “That’s great, but I…
How to Take Advantage of your Delayed Baggage Benefit
This post may contain affiliate links that provide us a commission when you click them–at no additional cost to you. After landing at our final destination in Italy we quickly discovered that our checked bags did not make the journey.…
Using Chase and American Express Points to Fly to Italy
This post will cover two of the main premium travel loyalty rewards currencies: Chase Ultimate Rewards and American Express Membership Rewards. I’ll walk you through how I booked my award flights to Italy by leveraging these currencies and the Star…
Thailand Honeymoon: Part 2 – Le Méridien Koh Samui
How/why we booked Le Méridien Resort and Spa Koh Samui: Continuing from my Thailand Honeymoon – Part 1 post that detailed the first half of our trip… Full disclosure: the honeymoon was super high on the priority list. To put it in perspective,…
Earn Lifetime Star Alliance Gold through Aegean Airlines
Are you disappointed after helplessly witnessing United not only devalue their miles, but also add a minimum spend requirement in order to earn elite status? Did this completely destroy your hopes of achieving any Star Alliance Gold status? Well, fear…