I'll be interviewing Sir Richard Branson in mid-air between San Francisco and Toronto on one of Virgin America's first international flights Tuesday, and we'll videotape his answers and publish them here starting Wednesday.
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It's the Maximize Your Miles moment you've been waiting for! Contest co-judge Steve Belkin of Competitours and I have settled on a winner of the grand prize of 250,000 frequent-flier miles
Here's how Maximize Your Miles Contest Finalist #10, Anonymous, accomplished this for a hard-to-get international itinerary.
Can you imagine saving more than $25,000 through clever use of your frequent-flier miles? Susan Inwood appears to have outdone other contest entrants when it comes to the sheer amount of cash saved.
When you're trying to use your frequent-flier miles for a free flight, do you ever look into redeeming them not for one round-trip ticket but for two one-ways instead?
Should you find yourself unable to score a decent last-minute sale fare, consider using your frequent-flier miles at the last minute instead.
How to use 'magic tools' to get what you want
Do you use your frequent-flier miles for simple roundtrips between Point A and Point B? Boring! Instead, why not fly to three destinations for the same "price" as one?
As crazy as it sounds, sometimes it may require fewer miles to fly in premium class than in coach
A reader nets a business class round-trip ticket between Portland and Tel Aviv for 120k miles proves that when booking international award tickets, it pays to start with the main transoceanic leg first
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