Reflections on Garuda’s 90% promotion and my visit to Garuda’s offices

Years from now, when we look back at Garuda's 90% off award tickets promo, we'll still be arguing about just what it was that Garuda wanted to achieve with this. The most convincing theory I...

Garuda pulls 90% award sale early, promises to honor existing award holds

Well that didn't last long. Garuda Indonesia has pulled its astounding 90% off award ticket sale, a full 7 days before it was originally scheduled to end. In a way, it's not surprising....

Garuda is offering 90% off redemptions. How do we make this work?

Garuda has announced a 90% off award redemptions sale for all routes, all cabin classes. This is real. This is happening. The interweb is going crazy. The biggest upside of this promotion for us...

Review: Lufthansa Senator Lounge Frankfurt Airport

The Long Way to New York: Trip Planning Singapore Airlines SilverKris Lounge, Singapore Singapore Airlines A330 Business Class SIN-BKK Thai Airways First Class Lounge & Spa, BKK Thai Airways B747 First Class BKK-HND Getting from HND to NRT ANA...

Have SPG points and an upcoming Jetblue flight? Today’s your lucky day

I hate wasting people's time with articles that are irrelevant to them, so I'm going to tell you upfront that this article does not apply to you unless You have 40,001 Starpoints in...

The Milelion is reviewing the Lufthansa First Class Terminal

In one of my first ever posts I talked about how there are some bucket list items for every travel hacker worth his/her salt. Experience SQ Suites (done) Experience the Lufthansa First Class...

Skyteam status match through Alitalia

Short post to let everyone know that if you have status with any other carrier (Except Skyteam carriers), Alitalia will match it until 31 Dec of this year. This means that status match...