Admit it. You wish you knew the answers to all those burning mileage-award questions that didn't get answered by Randy Petersen in our FlyerTalk Challenge. So do I. But there were about 100 of them. Who could possibly have the time, the patience, the stomach, the sheer mileage obsession, to answer them all?
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Mucho apologies to all you air warriors whom I've left hanging for an embarrassing--yikes!--six weeks. As you may recall, I was in the middle of publishing frequent-flier guru and FlyerTalk founder Randy Petersen's answers to the top ten winning questions in our FlyerTalk Challenge contest....
So you don't have a gazillion miles? And you can only fly at peak times? Here are frequent-flier guru Randy Petersen's top ten tips for getting the flights you want with the miles you have.
What to do when you've got a bunch of frequent-flier mileage accounts, yet not enough miles in any one of them? Here are the top ten ways to turn them into a free ticket.
When your preferred airline or hotel chain suddenly changes its program rules, devaluing your precious miles and points, at what point do you bail and throw yourself into another program's arms?
How long before a trip do you have the best shot at nabbing frequent-flyer-award seats? Is there a best day of the week or best time of day to call the airline? Is one city better than another to fly into when you're looking for the greatest award-seat availability? We've got the answers!
Last week's FlyerTalk Challenge yielded ten top frequent-flier-mile questions that we will be answering here on The Perrin Post over the next couple of weeks. And by "we," I actually mean frequent-flier god Randy Petersen and his merry band of mileage mavens over at Boarding Area.
I'm thrilled to announce the ten winners of our contest. They've each won an early holiday gift: a pair of tickets to a New York City sneak preview of Paramount's new movie "Up in the Air" on Tuesday, December 1.
I've got an early holiday gift for ten lucky readers: Free tickets to a December 1 New York City sneak preview of Paramount's "Up in the Air," starring George Clooney. Not only are we giving away ten pairs of tickets to the movie screening but, in keeping with the spirit of the film, we're also going to solve your most frustrating frequent-flyer-mile problems.
A reader wants to fly to London in business class and is wondering how good chances are that she'll be able to upgrade using mileage.
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