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How to Avoid Crowds at Popular Paris Spots and Boeing’s 737 Problem and more...  In This Issue...  How to Avoid Crowds at Popular Paris Spots and Boeing’s 737 Problem  Air France Premium Economy Awards Half Off, New York – Paris From Just 22,750 Miles  Another Round of 100,000 Point Bonuses for Amex Platinum Cards  Two Points Currencies Have 30% Transfer Bonuses to Virgin Atlantic at the Same Time  Check Out These Great Hotel Auctions Going Way Too Cheap This Weekend  The Star Alliance Routes to Asia That Have 4 Business Class Award Seats Every Single Day  Alert: United Business Class Saver Awards Wide Open to Australia (May/June)  More Recent Articles This email contains references to products from one or more of our advertisers. How to Avoid Crowds at Popular Paris Spots and Boeing’s 737 Problem A roundup of the most important stories of the day. I keep you up to date on the most interesting writings I find on other sites – the latest news and tips. Continue reading How to Avoid Crowds at Popular Paris Spots and Boeing’s 737 Problem...          • Email to a friend • Air France Premium Economy Awards Half Off, New York – Paris From Just 22,750 Miles Routes are often discounted when flights aren't full, suggesting that there should be good availability which is what we're seeing for New York JFK - Paris Orly premium economy. You can connect elsewhere in Europe if you wish. American Express, Chase, and Citibank points all transfer to Flying Blue. Continue reading Air France Premium Economy Awards Half Off, New York – Paris From Just 22,750 Miles...          • Email to a friend • Another Round of 100,000 Point Bonuses for Amex Platinum Cards While the Platinum Card by American Express has a standard offer currently of 60,000 points after $5,000 in purchases within 3 months, some people can do even better than that — 100,000 points through the CreditCards.com CardMatch tool. According to Doctor of Credit, "Another round of people have been targeted." So you should check if the offer is available to you now. Continue reading Another Round of 100,000 Point Bonuses for Amex Platinum Cards...          • Email to a friend • Two Points Currencies Have 30% Transfer Bonuses to Virgin Atlantic at the Same Time Virgin Atlantic miles aren't worth as much as other miles. However they do have strategic uses and I believe the single best one is ANA first class roundtrip from the Central U.S. and East Coast for just 120,000 miles per person. (San Francisco and Los Angeles is just 110,000 miles roundtrip, while business class runs 90,000 or 95,000 miles depending on the city.) Another strong use of Virgin Atlantic miles is Delta business class between the US and Europe for 50,000 points each way, which becomes an amazing deal witht he 30% tansfer bonus. There are other award chart sweet spots, like Australia and New Zealand. Continue reading Two Points Currencies Have 30% Transfer Bonuses to Virgin Atlantic at the Same Time...          • Email to a friend • Check Out These Great Hotel Auctions Going Way Too Cheap This Weekend I've written in the past about the great auction values at Luxury Travel Diary, many of which seem to go for 30% - 70% off, probably because there just aren't that many people bidding so you can scoop up bargains. Folks who already know about these auctions won't like the added attention. Continue reading Check Out These Great Hotel Auctions Going Way Too Cheap This Weekend...          • Email to a friend • The Star Alliance Routes to Asia That Have 4 Business Class Award Seats Every Single Day If you want to go to Asia with the family in business or first class, there's one airline that's got you covered and even one best route though there are several good routes. Star Alliance member Asiana simply offers fantastic award space. The United website is great for seeing this quickly at a glance. Their award calendar will show you which dates have availability -- in this case non-stop availability from Los Angeles to Seoul for four passengers. Dates with solid lines have coach award space and dates with dotted lines have premium cabin award space. Continue reading The Star Alliance Routes to Asia That Have 4 Business Class Award Seats Every Single Day...          • Email to a friend • Alert: United Business Class Saver Awards Wide Open to Australia (May/June) One of the toughest award redemptions for US-based frequent flyers is Australia. It's a long flight. It's a premium route. Airlines are loathe to make saver award space available up front. So when it opens up I try to alert you. Continue reading Alert: United Business Class Saver Awards Wide Open to Australia (May/June)...          • Email to a friend • More Recent Articles United is Raising the Price of Checked Bags, But What Do We Get for Our Money? 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