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16 Hours in Singapore
Amsterdam in August
East, Central & West Berlin
A Miami Stopover
Oslo in May
Prague in January
A Week in Melbourne
Q3 2026
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Airlines
Miles & Points
+4
Sep 26, 2026
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7 min read
The Air India itinerary fell apart. What Aeroplan did next revealed value I hadn’t included in the original calculation.
Fiji
Sep 2, 2026
Two Fiji Airways flights on the same trip produced very different experiences, from a good but imperfect business-class seat to an economy booking that fought me all the way to the airport.
UK261
Aug 10, 2026
5 min read
A canceled long-haul flight, a £1,560 compensation claim, and an independent adjudication that came down to one overlooked UK261 rule.
Program Mechanics
+6
May 6, 2026
2 min read
How the Qantas slider reveals a fixed exchange rate, and what that means for when to use points