How You Can Be Better at Award Searching than United.com

United.com has one glaring flaw in the way that it was programmed that you can correct to become a better award searcher than united.com.

This is the ultimate trick when united.com tells you there is no Saver Award Availability on the route you want on the date you want.

How can you be better at award searching than united.com?

United.com's award searching program is just that, a computer program.

How You Can Be Better at Award Searching than United.com

United.com has one glaring flaw in the way that it was programmed that you can correct to become a better award searcher than united.com.

This is the ultimate trick when united.com tells you there is no Saver Award Availability on the route you want on the date you want.

How can you be better at award searching than united.com?

United.com's award searching program is just that, a computer program.

Cash & Avios Analysis

When you get to the payment page of booking an award with British Airways Avios, you're offered a rare proposition in the world of frequent flyer miles:

pay the stated amount of Avios + taxes and fuel surcharges
pay 50-90% of the stated amount of Avios + taxes, fuel surcharges, and an extra cash co-pay.

This extra-cash-plus-Avios option is one to consider in advance, so I'll do the work, so you can do the travel.

What's your best play?

I tried to price out the 12 oneworld partners in different cabins on domestic and international routes.

For some routes, no

Best Of MileValue for the Second Quarter of 2013

In case you missed any of the 100+ posts put up in the last three months, I've got a rundown of the best and most popular posts of the second quarter of 2013.

I've also linked to the trip reports published in the last three months, and the most popular posts.

By the way, if you're one of the thousands of people who receive one daily email from MileValue with that days' posts, please forward today's email to friends who you want to get involved with miles and points.

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My Award Booking Service page had more hits than any

Best Of MileValue for the Second Quarter of 2013

In case you missed any of the 100+ posts put up in the last three months, I've got a rundown of the best and most popular posts of the second quarter of 2013.

I've also linked to the trip reports published in the last three months, and the most popular posts.

By the way, if you're one of the thousands of people who receive one daily email from MileValue with that days' posts, please forward today's email to friends who you want to get involved with miles and points.

Pages

My Award Booking Service page had more hits than any

Delta Releases Fantastic Award Availability to Hawaii

Out of morbid curiosity, I decided to check Delta's award availability from Los Angeles to Honolulu. I have checked in the past and seen literally zero low-miles-price award seats from Los Angeles to Honolulu for 330 days.

To my great surprise, there was great award availability from Los Angeles to Honolulu, but only at certain times and in certain cabins.

Where's the space?

Delta has three tiers of award availability: low, medium, and high. We only want the low miles price, but Delta is by far the stingiest US-based airline about releasing low level award availability.

The Coolest Thing You Can’t Do with 130k Delta Miles

You can do some cool things with Delta SkyMiles.

How to See Seven Cities in Europe on One 12,500 Mile Award

Update: United has now instituted a four-flights-per-one-way-rule. That limits you to three 23-hour layovers.

PointBreaks Hotels List Released Today. Summer Hotels from $35 per Night if You Book Now!

If you buy IHG Rewards points for 0.57 cents each today (6/28/13) only instead of the 0.7 cent method in this post, PointBreaks hotels cost only $29! For more info, see IHG Club Points on Sale Today Only for 0.57 Cents.

There are several posts on today’s new PointBreaks list. Even if you’ve read those, read this. I’ve honed my strategy for getting $35 per night rooms quite a bit, and I want to share it, so everyone can have access to the best practices.