Tag: redemptions

By flying into expensive airports and flying out of cheap ones, you can minimize the cash payable on an award ticket. Here's how.

Moving towards "miles as currency" rarely ends well for frequent flyers.

Looking towards British Airways for inspiration.

Take advantage of a technical loophole on SQ's site to buy yourself some time.

Krisflyer has run a series of discounted redemption prices promotions in recent memory 50% off Krisflyer redemptions till 10th July Silkair is offering 35% off online redemptions till 4 August These promotions cover economy class redemptions (and business class for SilkAir). Although I'm generally against redeeming miles for economy class travel, the...

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 First Class Lounge, NRT ANA B77W First Class NRT-ORD United Club ORD United B767 Economy ORD-EWR Visiting the US Open Sheraton New York...

About a month ago The Milelion broke the story about mileage brokers and how they were providing easy ways to buy Krisflyer miles, while potentially controlling multiple fraudulent accounts at the same time. What this means for legitimate Krisflyer members is less award space and potentially having to shell out higher...

The First Class Premium Part 1: Tracing the evolution of First and Business Class on Singapore Airlines Part 2: How does First and Business Class compare on Singapore Airlines? Part 3: Number crunching First vs Business Class on Singapore Airlines Part 4: How does First and Business Class compare on other airlines? Ah, the...