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Transfer bonuses, devaluations, mistake fares, and fresh award space — the day’s points-and-miles news, pulled live from the sources we read all day.

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  1. Award space

    LATAM award booking

    Hi all, I’m planning a trip to Peru with my mom on February 12 and have secured 1 business class award seat on LATAM from JFK to LIM. I booked it through Iberia (at a mediocre rate but worth it to treat my mom!!) I’m trying to get my hands on a second seat, and I’ve checked LATAM directly, Finnair, BA, JAL, and Qantas. Anybody have any other ideas or experience with seats becoming available closer to the date of departure? Or points bookings becoming chea

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • Japan Airlines
    • Qantas Frequent Flyer
  2. Award space

    Booking Thai Airways

    I am looking at booking flights from KBV to TPE via BKK and it doesn’t look like United or AC have any award availability. I am able to transfer Citi points to Thai Airways but have a couple of questions 1) Is the transfer instant? 2) I haven’t transferred any points yet, but when I click on the flights, it gives me an error “cannot book flights at this time” is it because I do not have any award points? Just concerned about phantom availability </

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • Citi ThankYou
  4. Award space

    AF award availability inconsistency

    I have been trying to book an AF J flight. CDG-JFK on 5-30. Etihad and JAL say there is availability, but I would prefer to use Virgin Atlantic. I called Virgin Atlantic and they say there is nothing. I checked Delta as well and they have nothing. I then figured it has to be that for some reason it is available to non-alliance partners, so I checked Qantas and they have nothing. Are Etihad and JAL both showing phantom availability, or do they get m

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • Delta SkyMiles
    • Virgin Atlantic Flying Club
    • Japan Airlines
    • Etihad Guest
  5. Award space

    CPT to US: March 2027

    Hello, travel points family! My S/O and I are traveling to Cape Town (CPT) next February for about 10 days. We already have our outbound flights secured in QSuites — IAH → DOH → CPT , so we're really excited about that! We're planning to return to the U.S. on March 6 or 7, 2027 , but I haven't booked the return yet because I needed to replenish our points. Unfortunately, business-class award availability

    Reddit r/awardtravel
  6. Award space

    Questions about saver award booked on swiss + united

    Hey, had some questions that I've gotten different answers too online about a recent award. basically international one way arriving from abroad to us. Abroad flights are swiss business. Then in the us one short 1 hour connecting leg in economy cause first wasn't available. My questions: For bags, swiss lets you take 2 carry on + personal + 2 checked. 2 checked will go all the way, but for the 2 carry ons, given that even in first united domestic

    Reddit r/awardtravel
  7. Award space

    Risk it for the biscuit?

    So my med school final is on 6/4 and a saver Qatar bizz seat opened up on 6/4. Do I have enough time if I'm done with the exam ~10, finish packing and leave for home ~12 (2.5 hr drive) and then have about 3 hours before I leave for the airport around 6pm for a 9pm flight? Or do I wait and hopefully opens up 6/5 or 6/6...the full priced award seats are even out for those days. Sidenote do I go to Malaysia, Hanoi or Ho Chi Min City, haven't

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • Qatar Privilege Club
  9. Award space

    Is PDX to Greece for 4 realistic with points during school breaks?

    My wife would really like to go to Greece, and I've been trying to figure out whether award travel is realistic for us. So far, every promising option I find seems to end with "no award availability," during the dates we're able to travel. There are 4 of us total, 2 adults and 2 kids. Our home airport is PDX, although we could potentially drive to SEA if it made a substantial difference. We would probably travel either during spring brea

    Reddit r/awardtravel
  10. Award space

    7 Sweet Spots to Use a Big Venture Card Bonus

    Travelers love the *capital one venture card* and the premium *venture x* … and for good reason: There are few travel cards more approachable than these two. With the ability … Continued

    Thrifty Traveler
    • Capital One
  12. Award space

    Singapore award seats

    Hi, can someone do me a favor? I need to see if SQ has economy seats to Bali for June 2027. I don't want to transfer points unless I need to. This is a potential wedding gift to my sister and future BIL. Departure:SFO - DPS June 7, 2027 Return DPS or SIN - SFO June 18, 2027 Can you tell me how many points and taxes for 2 economy seats? Thank you! submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com

    Reddit r/awardtravel
  13. Award space

    Do some flights never have Business Class Saver Awards?

    Hey All. Fairly straight forward question I think. We're looking at flying to Naples next year and United has seasonal direct flights from Newark to Naples. From Spring through late October. UA964. From what I can tell, there is never a Business Class Saver award available on that flight. Not one. One way is always 180K. Does that happen for other flights too? Is that because it is seasonal? submitted by <a href="https://

    Reddit r/awardtravel
  14. Award space

    [Rumor] Chase To Add Qantas & Cathay Pacific As 1:1 Transfer Partners

    Reddit user ndlfc101 says that a friend that works at Chase has been informed that both Qantas & Cathay Pacific will be added as Chase Ultimate Rewards transfer partners at a 1:1 rate. New transfer partners are always a positive but don't think there are a lot of sweet spots with either program

    Doctor of Credit
    • Chase Ultimate Rewards
    • Cathay Pacific
    • Qantas Frequent Flyer
  15. Award space

    AF J partner award space CDG-DFW: how likely is more space to open for June 2027?

    I’m trying to book 3x J on AF CDG–DFW for June 15, 2027, ideally through JMB. I’ve been monitoring partner space and noticed EY seems to mirror JMB availability pretty closely for AF. Right now AF J is showing on CDG–DFW only on June 11 (100k via EY), and I confirmed that exact flight is also available through JMB for 60k JAL miles. Nothing in J on the neighboring dates, including June 15, on either EY or JMB. Interestingly, for June 15 I can see A

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • Japan Airlines
  16. Award space

    How a Hilton Free Night Reward Helped Me Finally Stay at the Waldorf Astoria

    More than a decade after I first planned to spend a night at the Waldorf Astoria, I finally made it there. It was worth the wait. Here’s how I earned the certificate, found award availability at the Waldorf Astoria, and used one free night for a stay worth more than $1,000.

    AwardWallet Blog
    • Hilton Honors
  17. Award space

    Outside the box: miles for hotels, hotel points for flights (Greg’s Wild Card Journal)

    I previously teased that I had scrapped my original plan for getting to Melbourne in favor of a crazy new and potentially controversial plan. Today, I’ll explain. Trip Overview United Cardholder Availability (the potentially controversial part) Early in my trip planning, I set up alerts to watch for business class awards to Australia and New […] Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Express, Capital One, or other partners.

    Frequent Miler
    • Amex Membership Rewards
    • Capital One
  18. Award space

    Booking Award travel for NYC-HND/FUK

    Hey everyone, I have a group trip coming up and I managed to get JAL HND-SFO Business on the 777 Sky Suite on 11/10. I’m curious if cancelling would be in instant point return such that I could possibly book a JAL First class if it comes up. I’m still in need of a flight to go from NYC to Tokyo (or to Fukuoka if possible). Are JAL and ANA (and any other possible partners) still likely to release award availability 2 weeks before departure?

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • ANA Mileage Club
    • Japan Airlines
  19. Award space

    Costa Rica to Korea and Australia on one business class award (Tim’s Wild Card Challenge Journal)

    One of the great magic tricks of 21st-century international travel is crossing the International Date Line. My wife once celebrated her birthday twice: our flight left on the evening of her birthday in Samoa and landed the day before her birthday in Honolulu, so we got to do the whole rigmarole again. That wizardry was in […] Frequent Miler may receive compensation from CHASE. American Express, Capital One, or other partners.

    Frequent Miler
    • Amex Membership Rewards
    • Capital One
  20. Award space

    Anyone successfully had United reverse a Chase Ultimate Rewards → MileagePlus transfer?

    Has anyone had success getting United to reverse a Chase Ultimate Rewards transfer back to Chase? I transferred 176,000 Chase UR points to United MileagePlus specifically to book two Business Class award tickets that United was showing for 88,000 miles each . United let me get all the way to the final checkout screen showing 176,000 miles + taxes , but when I clicked purchase, the booking failed. United

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • Chase Ultimate Rewards
    • United MileagePlus
  21. Award space

    Thailand to US August 2027

    I am trying to book a flight for my wife and I to return to the US from Thailand somewhere between August 9-13, 2027. I was hoping to find award seats through Cathay but have been checking every day and not seen anything. I now see award seats for September which makes me think they may not be releasing any for August. Qatar also has August blacked out and Singapore doesn’t have any saver availability now. Wondering if anyone has suggestions for other airlines?

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • Qatar Privilege Club
    • Cathay Pacific
  23. Award space

    Act Fast: Buy Avios Through Finnair With up to a 50% Bonus (1.45¢ Each)

    Finnair Plus is offering a 50% bonus on Avios purchases, letting members buy Avios for as little as 1.45¢ each. Whether you redeem through Finnair Plus or transfer to another Avios partner, this rate could unlock excellent value. Here's how to leverage this deal to pay less than $1,000 all in for a business class award between Europe and North America (or Asia).

    AwardWallet Blog
    • Avios
  24. Award space

    BA awards on JAL

    Are BA flights (LON to NYC) still bookable on JAL? I can't see any award availability submitted by /u/aish824 [link] [comments]

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • Japan Airlines
  26. Award space

    Booked QR First and QSuite Business from HKG-MIA

    I just wanted to share about a certain booking that I just made today and I had some questions for. So for my graduation trip, I yearned to buy this ticket because I always wanted to fly Qatar's QSuites. So when looking for award space with QSuites, I looked specifically from Hong Kong since that is where my trip would be ending and found out that they fly a 777-300ER 1-2 times a day to DOH. Not QSuites but still Qatar Business which is still really cool.</p

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • Qatar Privilege Club
  29. Award space

    United awards are this pricey ?

    I’ve been going back and forth on this and could use some outside opinions. I’m trying to figure out how to get my family of four to Vietnam for spring break next year, and I have a few things making it tricky. I’d really like to fly business class, but I’m blown away by how expensive both business class award fares and cash fares are, so I think that’s probably out of the question. I’ve been looking at LAX to Ho Chi Minh City, and I currently have enough U

    Reddit r/awardtravel
  30. Award space

    Partner Award Flights Explained: How To Find and Book Airline Award Space

    Redeeming miles for partner award flights is a great way to increase the value of your frequent flyer miles. Unfortunately, the process is often misunderstood and can be daunting for first-timers. How do you know which airlines you can book, and how do you find the flights? We cover all of this and more in our guide to partner award availability.

    AwardWallet Blog

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