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Jayce Loh in PointsNerd

Oct 6, 2016

Tools I Use — FlightConnections

Yesterday, I covered off one of the Star Alliance Map as one of the tools that I use for finding routing…

Jayce Loh in PointsNerd

Sep 4, 2017

How To Use ExpertFlyer to Find Your Awards

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In the past, I have shown you some of the free tools I use to help me find awards such as Award.Flights but sometimes, these tools just don’t cut it. Maybe you need to search for an award with an airline that…

Jayce Loh in PointsNerd

Nov 10, 2016

Finding Award Availability — Part 4 — Value of Your Award and Tips and Tricks

In the past 3 days we have gone through all the steps you need to take in order to find and book your award travel. In this particular example, Lisa wants to travel from Ottawa or Montreal to Milan…

Jayce Loh in PointsNerd

Nov 9, 2016

Finding Award Availability — Part 3 — Finding Availability

Yesterday, we explored the routes that make the most sense for Lisa and they were:

Outbound

YUL-IST-MXP on Turkish Airlines
YUL-ZRH-MXP on Swiss Airlines

Jayce Loh in PointsNerd

Nov 8, 2016

Finding Award Availability — Part 2 — Finding Your Route

Yesterday, we looked to make sure that Lisa had enough points to fly from Ottawa or Montreal to Milan, Italy with an open jaw return from Geneva.

Jayce Loh in PointsNerd

Nov 7, 2016

Finding Award Availability — Part 1 — Contest Winner

Today we begin the step-by-step journey on how to book award flights. Thanks to the commenters from Friday’s thread, we have some real world award request in which to try to find availability.

Jayce Loh in PointsNerd

Oct 15, 2016

Tools I Use — AwardFlights

One of the most valuable tools that I have in my award search arsenal is AwardFlights. AwardFlights is a Chrome App that automates your search for award tickets after you plug in your search parameters.

Jayce Loh in PointsNerd

Oct 6, 2016

Tools I Use — FlightConnections

Yesterday, I covered off one of the Star Alliance Map as one of the tools that I use for finding routing information. I find the tool to be my go to when I am searching for reward redemptions for Aeroplan but where it falls short is finding routes with other airline…