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  • Air Canada Surprise in Sydney: Washington, DC to Sydney, Australia 1

    Surprise in Sydney: Washington, DC to Sydney, Australia

    Trip Information PointsAway reader Kody wants to travel to Australia to surprise his girlfriend who recently moved to Sydney for work. He’s looking to travel in January or February 2014. Current Program Status Kody has 66,000 miles with United, 25,000 more on Delta and 74,000 points with Hilton. He currently holds the United MileagePlus Explorer […]

  • American Express A Thanksgiving Jackpot: Ft Lauderdale to Las Vegas

    A Thanksgiving Jackpot: Ft Lauderdale to Las Vegas

    Image courtesy: djfpaagman  Trip Information PointsAway reader Erica is looking for a way to travel with her husband from Fort Lauderdale to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving. Without any family plans for the holiday, it’s an opportune time for them to get out of town and go somewhere fun. Vegas certainly fits that bill! Erica already […]

  • Air Canada Exploring American Express Membership Rewards 9

    Exploring American Express Membership Rewards

    We’ve taken a look at how to earn Ultimate Rewards and opportunities to redeem Ultimate Rewards. Now it’s time to do the same with another versatile, valuable points program: Membership Rewards. Earning Membership Rewards American Express Membership Rewards, like Ultimate Rewards, can be earned through spending on eligible credit cards. While Ultimate Rewards offers an […]

  • Alaska Far, Far Away On A Shoestring 1

    Far, Far Away On A Shoestring

    Trip Information PointsAway reader Darrell gave us an interesting challenge. Sending us the lyrics to 1970s band Slade’s song “Far, Far Away”, Darrell wanted to see if we could cook up a plan to travel to all of the locations mentioned in the song. According to the lyrics found here, we need a plan taking […]

  • Barclaycard Arrival $510 Of Free Travel Good On Any Trip 10

    $510 Of Free Travel Good On Any Trip

    Image courtesy: Azuaje  Here at PointsAway, we’re dedicated to helping readers divine the best ways to put miles and points to work to make travel dreams come true. But sometimes, there just isn’t a points or miles option that makes sense, and a new route to free travel is needed. A number of popular travel […]

  • Australia 15,442 Miles of Travel in Style for $78 2

    15,442 Miles of Travel in Style for $78

    Image courtesy: Mazzali  Trip Information Reader Miranda has 240,000 United miles squirreled away. Her traveling companion has 90,000 United miles. They’re interested in traveling from Los Angeles to somewhere in Southeast Asia or Australia/New Zealand sometime next year. They’d like to travel first class or business class, due to the exceptional length of the flights […]

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