The Miles Professor’s Top Stories: August 2013
I am back with my monthly catch-up of the top stories from last month. The month of August was mostly about my awesome 4 day trip to Milan and Lake Como. A number of hotel promotions were announced the fall as well so I recommend you check those out when planning your travel and hotel stays the next few months.
1. Maximizing United Miles: Saving 30,000 Miles in Business Class With Open-Jaws on Different Continents: I explain how to use stopovers and open-jaw rules on United airlines to your advantage when you have multiple trips coming up. You can combine two completely separate trips onto a single itinerary and save tens of thousands of miles on your ticket. This is how I saved 30,000 miles on my BusinessFirst flights on trips to South America and Europe!
2. Miles to Milan: A $10,000 European Summer Trip for $266: I took a four-day trip to Europe last month visiting Milan, Lake Como and taking a train ride through the Swiss Alps. I explain how I planned the whole trip including BusinessFirst flights both ways and a stay at the super luxurious Park Hyatt Milan paying under $300 for the whole thing!
3. Marriott Rewards Megabonus Free Nights Promotion Sep 15, 2013 — Jan 15, 2014: Marriott Rewards has come out with another Megabonus promotion. We can earn a free night at any Category 1-5 hotel after every two stays up to a total maximum of two free nights. This, in my opinion, is one of the most lucrative promotions of the fall.
4. New IHG Rewards Point Breaks List: Hotels for $35 a Night Sep 1 — Oct 31, 2013! IHG Rewards has released its promotional point breaks hotel list for the next two months. I include instructions for how to get any hotel on the list for $35 a night. While hotels on the list do sell out quickly, this is one of the best hotel deals around if one of the hotels on the list matches your travel plans.
5. Miles to Milan: An Afternoon in Beautiful Lake Como: On my trip to Italy, we spent a day in Lake Como, located an hour north of Milan. We took a ferry around the mountain-surrounded lake, gazed at the villas and scenery, had lunch with with an unbeatable and almost missed our train to Zurich!
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