A high-difficulty award booking: from a small U.S. city to a second-tier city in China, plus an infant ticket and multiple checked bags. I’d say I came up with a pretty good soluti...

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I recently planned two spur-of-the-moment trips and also spent some time researching airline Close-in Booking Fees. Today I’ll share how to avoid the Close-in Booking Fees on Ameri...

Canada’s visa-free transit program for Chinese nationals (China Transit Program) comes with many restrictions, and one of them is that you must transit through a designated airport...

Air Canada Aeroplan is offering a quiz that gives you 1,000 miles, worth about $15. It can be completed quickly. With that “don’t miss out when it’s right in front of you” mindset,...

For years, fuel surcharges have been the biggest enemy of using points to book award tickets. Recently, ANA and JAL announced that they will remove fuel surcharges starting Decembe...

Today we’re taking a closer look at Air Canada’s Maple Leaf Lounge at New York’s LaGuardia Airport (Maple Leaf Lounge). The Maple Leaf Lounge is partnered with Priority Pass in mos...

Aeroplan announced changes to its award chart today. There’s one piece of good news and several pieces of bad news. Let’s start with the good news: previously, Aeroplan one-way awa...

In the previous post, “Aeroplan Overview (1): Award Redemption Analysis,” we covered some of the classic ways to redeem Air Canada Aeroplan miles. Today, setting aside the charts a...

Aeroplan miles are widely available and, since it is a Star Alliance member, its miles can be redeemed for tickets on UA, Air China, ANA, Singapore Airlines, and others. Let’s look...