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 can conjure is that Garuda management intended from the start that this would be a publicity stunt....
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. Once the deal got picked up by the travel blogs, it was only a matter of time...
I mentioned yesterday that Ben over at OMAAT had managed to wrangle a special deal for his readers. To summarise, readers from OMAAT could register at this page to
Buy Lifemiles at a 140% bonus (with a minimum 101,000 mile purchase), equivalent to 1.375 US cents per mile
Redeem...
If you know travel hacking, you probably know Ben aka Lucky, the founder of One Mile at a Time (OMAAT).
Here's an excellent Rolling Stone profile about him, if you have the time to read it. The man is an absolute legend in the community, and together with Gary Leff at View...
This guide is now out of date. Please refer to the latest Stopover guide here.
During the second webinar I did as part of The Milelion-iPayMy travel hacking series, I alluded to a trick I called the "$100 Bangkok trip".
Because of time constraints I couldn't explain it as clearly as...
I've written several articles previously about how you can make Krisflyer's Star Alliance partner award chart work for you.
4 sweet spots on the Krisflyer partner award chart
Revisiting the Krisflyer Star Alliance Partner Chart
It's no secret SQ doesn't want you to redeem your miles for partner awards. Whenever someone redeems...
Singapore Airlines has recently started to offer "redemption sales" where you can get additional savings on award tickets. Unfortunately these sales have historically covered only economy class seats, meaning you'll still need to pony up the big miles for first and business class.
There have been several sales in recent...
