Ongoing Transcon Fare Evolution: First Class Upgrade on American For Only $400
Last month, American lowered 30-day advance-purchase Business Class fares to $1,196, and it also introduced a lower First Class fare, cutting its previous fare by…
How the Major Non-Alliance Airlines Rate for the Person Who Has Few or No Miles, But Wants to Get In the Upgrade Game Overnight
No Miles? No Points? No Problem. – June 2015 Edition This is part four of FCF’s five-part series grading mileage programs of the three major…
How to Get a Free “In-Class Upgrade” on Lufthansa Between the U.S. and Europe
Know which routes and aircraft have the carrier’s new seats See for yourself the routes that have the “Sweet Redeems” Lufthansa, a major European carrier,…
Best and Worst Business Class Award Programs for Travel Between the U.S. and Asia with Oneworld
How the major one world airlines mileage programs compare—and why having the right credit card(s) makes such a difference. This is part one of…
Transcon Business Class Fare & Strategy Deep Dive
You don’t have to live in or travel to Los Angele’s, New York, or San Francisco to leverage the opportunities offered to those who connect…
Fly Deluxe for Fewer Bucks the World Over on American Airlines and Its 26 Partners
Up to 85% Off on First and Business Class through the airline’s loyalty program anomalies. We already know what some of you might be thinking:…
June 2015: When Redeeming Miles Is Relatively Easy
Disturbing Discrepancies Revealed Regarding Business Class Award Costs
(Disturbing if you have just booked a flight with an F-rated mileage program.) The first of our new mileage-award-cost Report Cards reveals huge discrepancies among…
Domestic Business Class Strategy Saves Thousands of Dollars
If you have Business Class transcons planned, you may well be able to trim the cost by thousands. Exactly how is spelled out in Transcon…
More on that Anomaly Phenomenon Alert
The one about the 85% saving on First Class (Cathay Pacific to Hong Kong and beyond and Japan Airlines to Tokyo and beyond), sent last…