I’m going to miss bmi! I knew it was coming but it was very sad to see the Star Alliance logo taken off the bmi webpage. I moved to the UK a little under a year ago, and bmi was my UK airline, connecting me to the rest of the Star Alliance network. My home airport is Manchester and Lufthansa had bmi operating some of their flights to FRA and MUC, these were true LH flights but on BD aircraft with BD crews. LH had flights to/from Berlin to London, and FRA to Birmingham also op’ed ...

The other night I wanted to book a Star Alliance reward with my UNITED miles, so I called the 1K desk, I found the flights I wanted to get me from Manchester, UK (MAN) to Terceira, Azores (TER). I wanted to book MAN-FRA-LIS-TER and return, a reward within Europe for 25K miles. I wanted to route via FRA as my friend is going with me and he is based in FRA.

The UNITED agent told me routing via FRA would not work as I was “going to far out of the way” She added the ...

Effective 06 September, two-cabin flights coded as “first class [O]” require three-cabin first class redemption rates when using Air Canada Aeroplan miles.

I discovered the new policy while attempting to book a relatively straightforward award trip for a client traveling to Eastern Europe. Theoretically, the trip should have been bookable on Aeroplan’s website, but the search engine was just not pulling up the combo of flights I was looking for, so I picked up the ...

So when I was looking to book one of my, Europe-to-Europe Star Alliance reward bookings, I found a way to fly from Manchester, UK to Istanbul, Turkey all on wide-body aircraft, all on Asian Airlines, all with reward space. So let the fun begin!

If you do not know my MO on booking rewards in Europe, I want to get the most out of my 25K UNITED miles. I love the 24 hour “max connection time” rule… this allows for a nice day in a city. (note that when staying in one ...

After a long hiatus, the 100% bonus offer on purchased miles from US Airways has returned. If you have ever considered purchasing miles before, this is the time to do it and this is the program to invest in.

$1479.50 (50,000 miles @ $0.0275 per mile + 7.5% tax) will get you 100,000 miles. That 100,000 miles translates into a business class ticket from North America to Europe or will almost pay (120,000 miles required) for a first class ticket from North America to Asia via Europe ...

Delta Air Lines is offering double redeemable miles on non-stop flights to and from Hawaii from the following Delta gateways:

• Los Angeles
• San Francisco
• Detroit
• Minneapolis-St. Paul
• Salt Lake City

No love for Atlanta or Seattle.

Unfortunately, tickets already booked are not eligible for bonus miles: only tickets booked between September 14 and November 01 qualify. You don't have to register before you travel or book, but be sure to register before November 01.

More details and registration here.

Don't forget that you can earn Medallion qualifying miles and RDMs by staying at Hilton hotels (or take advantage of Starwood's 25,000 mile United miles offer).