Looking to find the perfect award flight without spending hours searching? AwardFares is the go-to tool for points-savvy travelers, offering fast, accurate, and feature-rich searches. But how does it compare to AwardTool, another tool for award travel searches? Let’s break down the key differences to help you choose the best solution for maximizing your travel points.

2025 is a strong year in aviation and air travel, and it’s also impacting loyalty programs and frequent flyer miles faster than ever. Airlines are profiting more than ever from their frequent flyer programs, almost turning into banks with very special, unpredictable, and hard-to-understand miles. With plenty of recent changes announced, it’s always good to reassess your strategy every year. Choosing the best frequent flyer program can be daunting, but this curated list of favorites for 2025 provides a great starting point.

It’s real: airlines are implementing monthly subscriptions on their frequent flyer programs, where you pay per month at different packages and get a fixed number of miles per month. With the rise of subscription services in many industries, it was only a matter of time before airlines jumped on the train. Now, the key question is, are those any good? Should you join? While the concept is still in its early stages, it can be very lucrative in the long run (from our experience), although there are many things to watch out for!

Looking to travel the world without spending a fortune? Round-the-World (RTW) award tickets are a solution that is often underutilized. Even though booking a single RTW fare isn’t always easy, we’ve got you covered with this handy guide. We’ll show you how to plan the perfect trip, whether it’s by piecing together individual award segments or grabbing one of those elusive RTW fares. You’ll learn all about RTW awards, get tips for planning, and discover how AwardFares can help you find and book the best flights across multiple programs. Let’s turn your travel dreams into reality!

When redeeming points or miles for flights, it’s common to think about round trips. Most frequent flyer programs prioritize round-trip bookings, and some (like ANA Mileage Club used to) even restrict one-way redemptions.

If you lack inspiration for your next travel destination and wonder what other popular places our users consider burning their points at, don’t worry; we’ve got you covered. AwardFares saves the results from recent searches across different users and lets you easily explore what’s hot.

Premium economy cabins continue to grow in popularity: cabins are getting better every year, and prices are becoming more attractive than Business and First Class. This year, several airlines launched or will launch new offerings, introducing new seats and elevating the premium economy experience. Here’s a look at our favorites, some of them picked from Skytrax. Plus, we share some tips on how to book them using points or miles. Let’s get started!

If you’re using AwardFares to stay updated on award travel deals and seat availability, enabling push notifications on both your desktop and mobile devices can greatly enhance your experience, letting you know as soon as your dream award seat becomes available. In this guide, we’ll show you how to set them up step-by-step.

Seats.aero is one of the most popular award search tools in the frequent flyer community, and for good reason. It’s fast, it covers a wide range of programs, and its free tier is genuinely useful. But it’s not the only option, and depending on how you search for award flights, it may not be the best one for you.