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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

    #PigOnBoard: Man Calls American Flight Attendant A Pig, Posts Her Picture Online (Shame On Him!) (opens One Mile at a Time in a new tab)

    A ”media personality and political commentator” is facing backlash online for the disgusting comments he made about an American Airlines flight attendant. However, I don’t think this is getting quite enough attention yet, and I hope that (at a minimum) the airline bans him from traveling with the carrier going forward.

    One Mile at a Time
    • American AAdvantage
  2. Award space

    Qatar airline Q suite 120k points worth it? (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hi been looking for one way trip back from Japan to US. Manage to came across Qatar airline Q suites for 120k points, however I need to take another flight from the arrival airport (DFW) to the destination airport (PHL). Was curious if it’s worth the points and effort for the experience. Currently I have a United premium economy as my backup for 65k points to EWR</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Tempezz"> /u/

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • Qatar Privilege Club
    • ANA Mileage Club
  3. Award space

    Weekly Review: July 04, 2026 (opens One Mile at a Time in a new tab)

    I hope everyone is having a nice weekend so far, and happy July 4th to those celebrating. We’re finally at the very tail end of our trip to Europe, and I’m excited to return home next week. We’ve had a lot of fun and we’ll never forget this time, but family travel for this long

    One Mile at a Time
  4. Award space

    Pick an upgrade within in-app check-in, a cheap flight challenge, angry hotel owners and more (Around the Web) (opens Frequent Miler in a new tab)

    We periodically publish links to interesting tidbits around the web. This week, we have Hilton making it possible for elites to pick a complimentary upgrade during digital check-in, the demise of Lufthansa first class awards, a reddit challenge that sounds like it was made for Frequent Miler, and more. I’ve bought the cheapest flight every [&#8230;] The post Pick an upgrade within in-app check-in, a cheap flight challenge, angry hotel owners and more (Around the Web) appeared first on Frequent M

    Frequent Miler
    • Lufthansa Miles & More
    • Hilton Honors
  5. Award space

    Best-Ever Chase Ink Business Unlimited Bonus: Earn 100K Bonus Points (opens One Mile at a Time in a new tab)

    The Ink Business Unlimited Credit Card is part ofthe Chase Ink Business card portfolio, and is one of the best no annual fee cards out there. A few weeks ago, we saw a massive limited time welcome offer rolled out on this card, which is the best that we’ve ever seen on this product. This is simply an unbelievable offer, especially given that this card has no annual fee.

    One Mile at a Time
  7. Award space

    United’s Cursed 787 Is Still &#8220;Broken,&#8221; Even After Being Sent Back To Boeing (opens One Mile at a Time in a new tab)

    United Airlines is really having some bad luck with one of its newest Boeing 787-9s, which also features the carrier’s brand new interiors. The plane has had an incredible number of maintenance issues since entering service, to the point that the plane was sent back to Boeing to be repaired. After around 10 days with Boeing, the plane returned to service&#8230; only to still have issues.

    One Mile at a Time
    • United MileagePlus
  9. Award space

    Turkey Blocks Virgin Voyages Gay Cruise From Docking, Citing &#8220;Moral Standards&#8221; (opens One Mile at a Time in a new tab)

    A Virgin Voyages cruise organized by Atlantis Events was supposed to make a couple of stops in Turkey on a cruise that’s taking place this upcoming week, only for government officials to block this on the grounds of &#8221;moral standards.&#8221; While it’s common for countries to have different laws surrounding what kind of sexual activity is allowed within its borders, blocking a cruise based on the general customer base is pretty unprecedented.

    One Mile at a Time
  10. Award space

    Qsuite worth 160k one way to BOM (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Been looking to book one way from either IAD/any NYC airport/ATL to BOM anytime first 2 weeks of December. Qatar has q suite 160k + fees (can’t see amount of fees since haven’t transferred points yet). Is it worth that or am I better off just booking economy on any other Middle Eastern airline and try to bid for upgrade </p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ad1849405915948"> /u/ad1849405915948 </a> <br/> <span><a

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

    ORD to CDG Business or Prem Economy (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Planning travel from Chicago to Paris next May. Wanting to get a sense of wait for better vs book now and what is really good value for the route</p> <p>Departure window: May 22-24</p> <p>People: 2 adults</p> <p>Target Seat Class: Business (lie flat)</p> <p>Want 1 or less stops and <18 hours total travel time</p> <p>Points: 300k Amex / 100k capital one (plan to transfer to partner airline)</p> <p>Best I’m currently seeing on seatsyeah is 115k pts + $160 on Icela

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • Amex Membership Rewards
    • Capital One
  12. Award space

    Issue with transferring ThankYou Points to Krisflyer Singapore Airlines (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hello,</p> <p>I was wondering if anyone else is facing the same issue with me. I have tried doing transfer 3x now to Singapore Airlines and my points keep on getting returned. Email from Citibank is not helpful at all, "We were unable to complete your recent Points Transfer redemption due to either a system issue or due to an issue with the information related to the request." I'm making sure that everything matches with my Krisflyer account. I called the repres

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • Citi ThankYou
    • Singapore KrisFlyer
  13. Award space

    Globalist hitting 150 nights, ~400k points banked — how would you pick the milestone choice awards? (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hyatt Globalist hitting 150 nights this year and I'll have ~400k Hyatt points by the end of my current stay. Trying to optimize my milestone choice awards (already claimed 20 &amp; 30). Would love opinions</p> <p>Options repeat across tiers, but basically at each milestone I choose from:</p> <ul> <li>Points (5k at lower tiers, 10k at higher)</li> <li>Suite Upgrade</li> <li>FIND credit ($150 or $300)</li> <li>Miraval Extra Night (stay one night, get a second free

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • World of Hyatt
  14. Award space

    Swiss Bassinet (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Snagged some J award seats on the new Swiss Senses a350. Ideally I’d like to sit in 7A, but that is one of the seats with a bassinet. If I assign myself that seat and then later on a family with a baby wants it, will they move me without my consent? Does every airline handle this differently or is there an industry standard?</p> <p>(Cross posting in the Swiss airlines sub but that doesn’t get as much traffic as this sub, so posting here first.)</p> </div><!-- SC

    Reddit r/awardtravel
  15. Award space

    United's search showed 4 available business class awards. All 4 vanished the moment we transferred 180k Chase points to book them (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>tl;dr United displayed real-time availability for four separate business class award flights (80k-90k miles each) to Slovenia. We transferred 180k Chase Ultimate Rewards points specifically to book one. Within 5 minutes of the points landing, every single one of those flights was "no longer available" — including the cheapest economy option, which had jumped to 90k+ miles. Phone agents and a supervisor both said it was "out of their control." Chase wouldn't reve

    Reddit r/awardtravel
    • Chase Ultimate Rewards
  17. Award space

    $100 flight credit (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>When I booked my SFO to Venice ticket, I was told I couldn’t use my $100 travel credit towards my flight because 2 of the legs are not United. What are my options? The $100 expires 9/30/26. Can I transfer the money to a relative who always flies UA? It seems too risky to book a non refundable ticket just over $100 and cancel it 24 hours later. Didn’t UA clamp down on this?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Unh

    Reddit r/awardtravel
  18. Award space

    Bizarre: Lufthansa First Class Award Space Resurfaces, But Phantom? (opens Live and Lets Fly in a new tab)

    Just hours after writing my latest update on the ongoing saga with Lufthansa Group business and first class partner award space, it appeared that Lufthansa had began releasing space again&#8230;but instead it seems like a glitch that may reveal what’s available to Miles &#38; More members, but not partners like United MileagePlus. Lufthansa First Class [&#8230;]

    Live and Lets Fly
    • United MileagePlus
    • Lufthansa Miles & More
  20. Award space

    Which would you prefer... (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Option 1:</p> <p>BA Business for 57.5k AA Miles</p> <p>~750 USD taxes/fees </p> <p>2 hour repositioning drive</p> <p>One 5 hour layover in LHR</p> <p>20ish hours total</p> <p> </p> <p>Option 2:</p> <p>AY Business 57.5k AA Miles</p> <p>~5 USD taxes/fees</p> <p>3 hour repositioning flight for ~350 USD</p> <p>Two six hour layovers. DWF and HEL</p> <p>27 hours total</p> <p> </p> <p>I don't fly business very often and considering myself somewhat of an avgeek...or at

    Reddit r/awardtravel
  21. Award space

    Did I get lucky? (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Bought a round trip international flight and requested a Polaris upgrade with plus points. I was tinkering around with my upcoming flights and accidentally cancelled that upgrade request instead of another. Called United and they manually added me back to the waitlist since the option to upgrade with pp was no longer available. The upgrade request is showing as a mileage plus upgrade instead of pp but no miles or pp have been deducted or pending from my account.

    Reddit r/awardtravel
  22. Award space

    It’s Not Only First Class Awards That Lufthansa Has Restricted&#8230; (opens Live and Lets Fly in a new tab)

    It has been more than a month since Lufthansa suddenly restricted partner first class awards. As that lockout continues, the news is even more grim: business class awards have also been heavily restricted. Lufthansa Continues To Restrict Partner First Class Awards, But Also Business Class Awards I’ve written about the elimination of Lufthansa First Class [&#8230;]

    Live and Lets Fly
    • Lufthansa Miles & More
  23. Award space

    TSA’s Crewmember Access Point (CMAP) Replaces Known Crewmember (KCM) (opens One Mile at a Time in a new tab)

    Airline pilots and flight attendants are able to sign up for a program that gives them a special way to bypass security at airports, completely different from the screening process that passengers are used to. Historically, this has been referred to as the Known Crewmember (KCM) program. However, that program is in the process of being discontinued, and is being replaced by the Crewmember Access Point (CMAP) program.

    One Mile at a Time
  24. Award space

    Use miles to upgrade? (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I purchased main cabin seats. Is it possible to use mileage to upgrade to first class or business class without crediting main cabin tickets and rebooking first class/business tickets? How do you do it if possible?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/blueskiesbluewaters"> /u/blueskiesbluewaters </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/awardtravel/comments/1um8b60/use_miles_to_upgrade/">[link]</a></span

    Reddit r/awardtravel
  25. Award space

    United CEO Scott Kirby: United Is World’s Best Airline, USA Is World’s Best Country (opens One Mile at a Time in a new tab)

    United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has just published his July 4th message to employees at the airline, as shared by Live and Let’s Fly. To Kirby’s credit, he’s consistent in his messaging. That being said, he sure takes some liberties both with how he views his airline, and how he &#8221;ranks&#8221; the United States&#8230;

    One Mile at a Time
    • United MileagePlus
  26. Award space

    Historical data on specific flights? (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I'd posted this on FB but got no response except for a scolding from another member. So I thought I'd try it here with you friendly folks.</p> <p>Has anyone found a good way to check whether a specific United route has historically had Saver award availability?</p> <p>I’m looking at flying LAX → Beijing and returning Shanghai → LAX next spring. Before I decide whether to book with cash or hold out for an award ticket, I’d love to know if this route typically see

    Reddit r/awardtravel
  28. Award space

    Lufthansa First Class Awards With Partner Miles: I Assume It’s The End (opens One Mile at a Time in a new tab)

    As of June 1, 2026, Lufthansa completely stopped releasing first class award space to partner frequent flyer programs. This wasn’t the first time that had happened on a temporary basis, but as I noted, this time around definitely felt different. This &#8221;outage&#8221; has also lasted longer than we’ve ever seen before. Now that this has consistently been the case for over a month, I’d like to take an updated look at this situation.

    One Mile at a Time
    • Lufthansa Miles & More
  29. Award space

    AA Flagship comparison on JFK to SFO use a SWU vs AA miles (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I'm comparing three options right now:</p> <ul> <li>$200 economy flight + a SWU for confirmable Flagship Business space</li> <li>40k miles for Flagship Business</li> <li>52.5k miles for Flagship First</li> </ul> <p>I'm gravitating towards the SWU because that expires, but they all seem like very reasonable prices to be honest.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/srekai"> /u/srekai </a> <br/> <span><a href="https

    Reddit r/awardtravel
  30. Award space

    Aeromexico stopover in Mexico City (opens Reddit r/awardtravel in a new tab)

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Anybody tried this? </p> <p>I see flights going to La Paz with 12hr stopover in Mexico City. Can I increase it by a day and keep the same price?</p> <p>I just saw one article on Aeromexico having a stopover program.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> &#32; submitted by &#32; <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PeanutButterOnBoobs"> /u/PeanutButterOnBoobs </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/awardtravel/comments/1ulwuw2/aeromexico_stopover_in_mexico_city/">[

    Reddit r/awardtravel

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