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New SAS Route between Scandinavia and Toronto

Earlier this year, in February, SAS announced that they will start to fly from Stockholm (ARN) and Copenhagen (CPH) to Toronto (YYZ). Award tickets were finally released and made available to book!
March 26, 2022 · by Philip
News

Lots of Awards: North America to Asia

Recently while trying to book a flight back to Asia from North America I was happy to find that there were a lot of award seats available right now. I mostly checked departures from the West Coast of North America, traveling from Vancouver, San Francisco or Los Angeles, to destinations such as Tokyo, Singapore, Malaysia, and Taipei. Primarily served by United, ANA, EVA, and Air Canada.
March 17, 2022 · by Philip
Trip Report

China Airlines 747 Farewell Flight

Today’s journey started months ago when I read that Taiwan’s flag carrier, China Airlines, would be arranging a special 747 farewell flight as they would be retiring their 747 fleet. Furthermore, this wasn’t just a regular “flight to nowhere”. The goal was to fly to Japan, passing the iconic Mt. Fuji, and then return to Taiwan. Since I’m currently living in Taiwan I thought I would try to get a ticket on this special flight.
March 22, 2021 · by Philip
Tools

EuroBonus Points Analysis and Forecast (Free Tool)

A simple tool that helps you analyze and forecast your SAS EuroBonus activity. Simply import your point activity from your EuroBonus profile. All calculations are performed directly in your browser. Your data is kept private and is not uploaded/processed by our servers.
October 25, 2024 · by Philip
Announcements

Introducing Search With Stops

Big news at AwardFares! Despite the current situation we’ve been hard at work building new features. One of the most requested improvements over the years has been to be able to search for full trips. You asked, and we listened. Introducing search with stops!
October 25, 2020 · by Philip
Trip Report

Review of SAS Business Class Oslo to Miami

On a trip back in March I was able to upgrade from their premium economy (SAS Plus) for a relatively low cost (About 20 000 Eurobonus points). I’ve flown SAS Business a number of times before and as a result this review will be a mix of my different experiences, however with focus on the latest flight.
June 16, 2020 · by Richard
Trip Report

JAL Economy 777-200 GMP-HND Review

Back in January I flew Japan Airlines (JAL) from Seoul Gimpo (GMP) to Tokyo Haneda (HND). It was definitely one of the better economy flights I’ve experienced recently. From the crew and cabin, to the seat and food, everything was excellent. My only complaint was not being able to choose my seats in advance. Read more about that below.
April 2, 2020 · by Philip
Guide

Travelling during COVID-19: Tips & Resources

The recent 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak (SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19) is definitely having a large impact on the travel and airlines. Whether you’re currently travelling or planning to travel there are many different aspects that may affect you, including suspended flight services and country travel restrictions.
March 5, 2020 · by Philip
Guide

AwardFares 101 - Getting Started

Many of us have miles sitting unused because finding seats feels overwhelming. That’s why we built AwardFares: to make award travel easy.It doesn’t matter if you’re new to the world of points and miles or you are planning your hundredth redemption, this guide shows you how to search smarter, set alerts, plan trips, and see exactly what’s available before you book.
August 22, 2025 · by Philip
Trip Report

Haneda Maintenance Facilities Tour

Haneda International Airport in Tokyo offers tours of the aircraft maintenance facilities. There are two tours available, one operated by ANA and the other by their main competitor JAL. Both are free but you need to make a reservation ahead of time. Note that the tours are in Japanese only but are still suitable for non-Japanese speakers.
November 5, 2019 · by Philip
Announcements

Launching the New AwardFares

During the last few months we’ve been working very hard on a completely new version of AwardFares with many new features and improvements. Today we’re launching the new version to everyone together with a new Diamond tier.
July 18, 2019 · by Philip
Trip Report

Lufthansa Short Haul Business Class Review

I was recently offered a surprise operational upgrade on a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Lisbon. This gave me a great opportunity to try out Lufthansa’s short haul business class. Since this was a surprise upgrade, and the business class part of the cabin is the same as the economy class, the review will be a bit shorter than usual.
June 22, 2019 · by Richard
Trip Report

Review of Air New Zealand Business Auckland to Taipei (787-9)

After flying economy to New Zealand I decided it was worth to spend some miles on a business class flight back to Europe. With some luck I managed to find a routing via Taipei and Paris. The first leg of the journey from Auckland to Taipei was an Air New Zealand flight in a 787-9 Dreamliner in Business Premier.
May 3, 2019 · by Philip