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In just over a week I’m going to once again get on a plane and head to Asia. Next weeks flights are the last in a series of Cathay Pacific flights I booked in late 2018. Likewise, with these flights I’ll finally have earned enough miles to once again qualify for Executive Platinum status. While…
Well, in less than a month now I’ll be heading back to Asia. I’ll get back on a Cathay Pacific plane and fly from New York to Vancouver to Hong Kong to Vietnam. With that however, all of my booked travel will come to an end… in Vietnam. So, in order to get back from…
When people learn about my travel addiction hobby, they almost always ask for at least one tip that they may not know about. That is, if they are still standing there listening to me rambling on about loyalty programs… For a while my advice was the basic stuff about joining a loyalty program or opening…
One of the things I dislike most about the American AAdvatnage program is that you can’t earn Elite Qualifying Miles or Elite Qualifying Dollars on award tickets. When you’re redeeming miles you won’t earn any form of mileage accrual for the flight. This is especially disappointing when redeeming miles for long-haul flights. Because I don’t…
British Airways and American Airlines are both part of the OneWorld alliance which means they often share award space. If an award seat is open on American Airlines, chances are it can be booked using another OneWorld Alliance currency. The process is fairly simple and has improved since the first time I booked an American…
