Two weeks ago I finally got the opportunity to experience the Emirates A380 First Class experience, and it was everything I was hoping it would be–and more! While a first class one-way ticket can normally cost upwards of $8-10K, I redeemed 90,000 Alaska miles and about paid about $37 in taxes and fees for the […]

In January I booked a trip for 2 to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by using only miles and a very small amount of cash ($37-ish per person each direction). One of my travel goals for the year was to fly Etihad First Class. Read about my other goals here: https://themileaddict.com2016/01/04/my-2016-travel-goals/. Of course, after booking my Etihad […]

It wasn’t a great week for the points and miles community. On March 31, Alaska Airlines conducted a no-notice devaluation of their miles when redeeming for Emirates flights. I wrote about how you could fly Emirates First Class, in my article here, for only 90,000 Alaska miles one way to Dubai. Now, that same flight is […]

In my last post, I discussed how I booked an Etihad First Class Apartment from Abu Dhabi to New York with 90,000 American Airlines miles and $37. Read that post here: Booking Etihad First Class. I knew that I wanted to fly the Etihad product, since it was one of my 2016 Travel Goals, and there was good […]