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...

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...

For ANA flights between the U.S. and China, adding a stopover in Hong Kong or using an open-jaw on the return via Hong Kong can significantly reduce YQ....

After ymlulu shared his ANA redemption experience, I also completed a real-world booking of my own. Overall, redeeming ANA miles for US–China travel looks like an excellent value o...

A practical guide to booking ANA round-trip U.S.–China business class award tickets, including award search tips, ticketing considerations, and ways to reduce taxes and fees....

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...

UA recently rolled out a new version of its website, and when OneMoreDay tested it for award searches, we found one major annoyance: it can’t properly show which dates have nonstop...

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...

I’ve always believed that only by crossing mountains and rivers, traveling rugged roads, seeing the wider world, and talking with people from all walks of life can you truly broade...

In our introductory series on points systems, we explained what miles are. But that article also mentioned terms like “Star Alliance,” “Oneworld,” and “SkyTeam.” So what exactly ar...