Read data-driven guides on airline miles, hotel points, elite status strategy, and best practices for frequent travellers from Miles Mosaic.
Air Canada sold 25% of Aeroplan for C$2.5 billion, valuing the programme at C$10 billion. What the deal does and does not promise members.
Read the strategy →From 8 September 2026 Flying Blue sells awards on Air France and KLM flights as Light, Standard or Flex. What each includes, and what it costs.
Read the strategy →IHG publishes its elite thresholds in its member terms, not on a marketing page. The real numbers for 2026, and the three rules most guides get wrong.
Read the guide →Status, cards and memberships all grant different lounges under different conditions. A plain-English guide to how alliance status, Priority Pass, Centurion an…
Read the strategy →Most status match terms you read online carry no date and no source. A five-point checklist for verifying a real offer, with worked examples from American, Del…
Read the strategy →Loyalty programmes change award charts, transfer ratios and earning rules dozens of times a year. Twenty dated, sourced examples show why a general-purpose AI …
Read the strategy →British Airways has published two dated Amex changes: an Avios cut on 7 October 2026 and a new 3,000 Tier Point rule in 2027. What each one is worth.
Read the guide →American changes elite upgrades on 25 August and card and lounge pricing on 23 August. The nine routes, the new milestone ladder, and what it costs.
Read the guide →Asiana exits Star Alliance on 16 December 2026, but earning on Asiana flights stops on 15 October. Every deadline, by partner airline and by action.
Read the alliance guide →Wyndham moves to four award tiers on 15 September 2026, adding 45,000 points and dropping the floor to 5,000. What changes, and the rate lock before it.
Read the guide →Some basic fares earn full miles and status while blocking upgrades. Others earn nothing at all. The 2026 rules, carrier by carrier.
Read the strategy →Five ways to get airline and hotel elite status in 2026 without earning it: what each costs, what it grants, and whether it counts towards next year.
Read the strategy →Singapore Airlines now blocks KrisFlyer award searches below an undisclosed balance. What is confirmed, what is not, and the workarounds that still function.
Read the guide →A 1.5-cent redemption is great on one programme and mediocre on another. How to grade cents per point against Frequent Miler's RRV and The Points Guy's valuati…
Read the strategy →Status Credit rollover, earning Status Credits on the ground, a single target per tier and the end of Points Club. What Qantas is changing across 2026 and 2027…
Read the guide →Cathay raises carrier-imposed fuel surcharges by up to 41% on tickets issued from 1 August 2026. The new per-sector figures, the booking-date rule, and which p…
Read the strategy →Which loyalty programme actually suits a Singapore-based traveller in 2026: which bank points reach which airline, what the surcharges cost, whose miles surviv…
Read the strategy →How much flying Frequent Traveller, Senator and HON Circle really require in 2026: the Points table, the Qualifying Points rule that halves your usable earning…
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