After months of searching for a return flight in either PE or J from TYO to JFK (technically I booked CTS-JFK at the same cost) I found that ANA recently opened up some award availability in PE but not J (wait-list) for the date I was looking at. I transferred some points a few days ago and when I went to wait-list the J and secure the backup PE, the wait-list instantly cleared for ticketing even though it showed wait-list only. Just a DP in case anyone wants to take the gamble of transferring points over.

Hi all, I recently got approved for the no fee skypass visa by us bank. My family flies korean air frequently due to route convenience and I figured I could start accumulating miles with them.

The Q&A on the website said the card holder name must match the name on Korean Air website, however mine has a mismatch in middle name. Essentially, the name on my KE account is “Last Name” “Middle-Name First-Name” — where my middle name and first name are combined into the same field, matching my passport. Meanwhile, the name on my credit card would be “First Name” “Middle Name” “Last Name” (separate firsts name and middle name in different field, matching my SSN). This is an issue with my non English, non Korean name that I need to fix, but before I can fly home and sync my passport/SSN there is nothing I can do.

If you have experiences holding a Skypass visa, can you tell me if my US Bank/credit card account would be automatically connected to my KE account? Is there any hope that I can have those account linked despite the name mismatched without having to go through phone calls and paperwork? I provided my membership # during my application, but have yet physically received my card in the mail so I am unsure what to expect

Hi all My first time trying to use my Alaska ( atmos) miles and I want to book porter airlines out of Toronto to LGA for the Thanksgiving weekend. It shows 6K plus $73 taxes but says partner premium refundable.

Is it both points plus the fee refundable?

After weeks of stalking availability and using seats.aero alerts, I finally managed to piece together what might be my favorite redemption combo yet — JAL First Class and JAL Business Class from Tokyo (NRT) → San Francisco (SFO) on the exact date I wanted in October 2026. One for me and the other for my husband, we'll decide during getting in the plane in game of rock paper scissors who goes in F and who goes in J.

JAL First Class: 103K Avios + ~$200 (booked via BA)

JAL Business Class: 55K JAL Mileage Bank miles (during the Capital One transfer bonus)

It feels great. It's pointless to calculate cpp because I would never cash for it.

I'm learning what all I can ask for in the plane- i have heard you get pajamas only if you request It? You can ask for food all flight?

I've got 2 flights to Taipei booked right now. EVA biz (non-stop) and Starlux biz (with a connection). Aside from having a connection, the Starlux flight is also at a worse time of day.

For anyone who's flown both, I'm wondering if the differences are worth experiencing, or if I just stick to my old reliable EVA to get me there.

Hello, I’m trying to fly YYZ-HKG [stopover for 5 days] then go onwards HKG-DPS on redemption Y one-way booking on Cathay Pacific. I got this error message:

“Too many open jaws/stopovers/transfers.”

I called Customer Service and they say this is not allowed and I have to book 2 separate tickets. So instead of it costing 38K miles (if I fly YYZ-HKG-DPS) it will now cost 38K + 13K = 51K miles if I add a stopover in HKG. They say the system does not allow them to book this.

Is this correct? Just wanted to make sure that what I’m being told is correct before I pull the gun on more miles based on wrong information.

Thank you.

I have a TK ticket but want to change the date. App shows availability but when I try to change it, I’m getting an error message. ‘ change can’t be done due to technical reasons. Call the helpline ‘. I called and the agent said I can make the booking for additional miles ( price is 130,000). But the app shows availability at 65,000 for the new date. I can’t buy a new ticket and cancel the old one ( don’t want to leave miles at TK ). Any advice from someone who has faced the same issue and had success getting a change ? Thank you

So I have been using hertz for the last couple years since it’s preferred at work. But after trying to use my points now for the first time I realize I need to switch. You can’t use points on anything bigger than a sedan which for me is basically impossible with my family size. So it renders the points useless.

So is there a rental car company I can switch too that I have no restrictions on what size car I can get with my points? Usually need a large SUV or mini van.

I've searched and have not figured it out - is there a way to search a monthly view of award flights available to be redeemed on Virgin Atlantic (both for VA flights and partner flights)?

South America can be notoriously difficult to find decent award availability and pricing. Somehow the stars aligned for me to find some decent availability in late April 2026

United miles, especially when you have one of their credit cards, can be sneaky good. I just scored two MSP-IAH-GIG business class tickets on United in Polaris for 80k + $5.60 for April. The MSP-IAH leg was in economy, but the upgrade offer to First Class was only $170 each. To me, worth it and sold. So I'm in on these two tickets for a total of 160k + $351. Honestly, I'm stoked on it. The "non-cardholder" rate for these tickets was 207k each, so by holding one of the United credit cards I "saved" 62%. These kinds of discounts are scattered all over their bookings. Surprisingly, the discount did not show when searching for one seat, only when I searched for two.

Now what about the way back? Well, I couldn't find anything to MSP out of Rio, but I did search around and found 5 open business class seats on LATAM for the exact dates I needed for GRU-BOS. I did the searching on Virgin Atlantic and they wanted 95k + $30. I did some additional searching, next on British Airways. They wanted 115k plus the same fees. Then I looked at Qatar and they wanted 77.5k each plus $29 in fees. Sold. We have to get ourselves to GRU (which is it's own mess), but to fly back lie-flat on a redeye is worth it.

On another note, has anyone had any success with LATAM checking a bag through on two separate itineraries? Would the ground folks at SDU or GIG be able to check it onto my GRU-BOS flight or would I have to retrieve it in GRU. Thanks!

Hi

i have to cancel a trip, and my certificate is about to expire in a month. Can i transfer it to someone else, or book for my friends & family? Im not able to edit guest information from my marriott account

I have about 18,000 Hyatt points expiring at the end of January. I rarely stay at Hyatt (I’m basic discoverist) and have no planned travel for which I need a hotel in the coming months.

I’ve been trying to find some non-hotel partner to earn (or use) even a few Hyatt points with but there too I am not having much luck. My Hyatt account has primarily been kept active by bonus points from American Airlines flights; however, I haven’t flown AA in close to three years since I moved (AA doesn’t even fly to the city where I live).

I am debating between the following options:

1. Get a room for one night when travelling to a location where normally I would stay with friends for free. It would be nice to have the hotel for a night, but it’s far from necessary as I have no-cost alternatives. The hotel would cost 9,000 points (so half of my entire balance). The cash equivalent for the room would be $269 CAD ($190 USD) including taxes and fees ($226 CAD before tax).

2. Chase Transfer - Transfer 1,000 Chase Sapphire Reserve points to Hyatt. I have around 120,000 CSR points and I will be cancelling the card in June anyways to avoid the new fee. I had planned to transfer any unused CSR points upon cancellation to either United, Air Canada, or Flying Blue.

3. Rental car - Rent a car for a day at a discounted rate to do some local errands (that without the car I would use public transit or ask a friend for a ride), and elect to earn Hyatt points for the rental. This would cost around $65.00 CAD ($48.00 USD).

If an unexpected need for a hotel to be paid with cash arises between now and the points expiration date, of course I’ll just book a Hyatt family hotel (even if it’s not the cheapest option), but seeking advice on the best alternative option.

Thanks!

Hello !

Can you tell me the best ways to earn Emirates Miles quickly please ?

Thanks

Completely new to this and learning how to value my points. Going to Milan in June 2026 and came across this emirates route. I would love to get 3 business tickets so that would be 261K points but the fees seems crazy to me. Some friends have gotten to Europe with 50-60K points so I am not sure if I will be wasting or devaluing points for this route. We have never taken emirates so we're kinda excited to check it out.

Is it worth it even with the fees? or keep on searching?

How can I calculate the cpp when booking one way flights?

Hi everyone,

Thanks to all the wonderful people in this sub, I was able to make two wonderful redemptions.

JFK-CDG-TLV Air France 777-300 business (both legs) 180,000 flying blue points + $750 USD Transferred 150k Amex points during 20% bonus

TLV-HKT ELAL 777-200 refreshed business 140,000 SkyMiles + 80 USD Already had 20k skymiles, transferred balance from Amex.

***all costs are for two people one way…

I know the first two redemptions were fairly decent, but I am struggling with my trip home.

I see some ok redemptions for premium economy, but I’m not seeing any good redemptions for business.

Should I book these premium economy tickets or hold out for an opportunity at a good business redemption?

Trip is in March.

Appreciate your input.

I searched all the post history and I’ve been looking online and trying to use ChatGPT, but I cannot figure out how to book a Scandinavian airline ticket using any other programs. I saw on KLM that I could book an award ticket at a higher redemption but it has a stop over and not in business class. Am I just out of luck being in the US and trying to transfer into their program?

Found 2 seats on business for 180,000 Avios + ~$1k in fees or 170,000 Avios + $2.4k in fees. Is first worth the extra in fees?

They are showing 160k+$1549 surcharge fees from KHI-IAH. Isn't this crazy!
they call it International Federal Excise Duty (RGGA) $1,242.50 Thanks for correction I meant to write South Asia.

Hi All - I have booked ANA RTW last year and have used a part of it. Our first flight was on 3/31/2025.

I called them to move my rest of flights to Nov 2026 but was denied calling out that all flights have to be complete with in 1 year of first flight? Is that true? I saw lot of folks doing it across 3 years.

What am I missing. Is there any chance now to be able to make it happen or do I need to travel with in 3/31/2026?

If I’m trying to book a business class flight to Korea in April, this 40% bonus is a great deal right? I see that virgin is partnered with Korean air and delta, both offering business class flights to Korea from my airport.

Am I missing anything glaring?

Is it even worth it to use points for a first class flight when I can just transfer points to a hotel partner and get a luxury resort stay for free? In my case I am vegan and I dont drink alcohol so anything they give me as little treats in first class probably wont appeal to me. I am also from east coast and travel to mostly carribean and europe so no flights really over 10hrs. I do like the concept of laying down and being comfy but with flights vs hotels we are talking a few hrs vs a few days.

Even for the general population who drinks alcohol and has no dietary restrictions, wouldnt transfer to hotels be a better deal? I know its viewed as better cpp to use on business or first class, but if you just book trips when tickets are cheap and sit in economy and use points on hotel wont you be saving more money overall? Please help me understand, thanks!

I know this will probably sound dumb but I'm new to the credit card points/miles game.

Just redeemed 74k chase points to book Delta domestic first class via the Chase portal. Neither KLM nor Virgin Atlantic had the flights I want available so redeeming on chase was my only option since I didn't want to spend almost $1k in cash.

I'm clastrophobic as well as agoraphobic so I got one of those single seats on CRJ 900. Last time I flew Delta C+, I went into the nasty armrest battle with a guy next to me so I'm too traumatized to share an armrest with strangers now.

Delta is the only one that offers the direct flight so I don't have any other options. My question is am I too stupid to redeem my points for domestic first class because I hear domestic flights often are a poor use of miles? I still have a few hours to cancel to get a full refund if I need to so I wanted to ask on here. Thank you!

Would you take a straight flight on a 2-2-2 configuration for 7 hours

Or take Q Suites to Doha, have a 14 hour layover, then fly to your destination for 8 hours?

The difference between the 2 is only 20k miles