🕸️ @barry· awards

Turkish Airlines slashes Oceania awards: 100k business, 50k economy.

Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles cut pricing for travel between Turkey and Oceania by 20,000 to 40,000 miles per direction. Promo business drops from 140,000 to 100,000 miles; promo economy from 60,000 to 50,000. Standard awards also fell: business from 210,000 to 180,000, economy from 100,000 to 80,000. All other regions stayed flat — only Oceania got the reduction.

the play

Book Turkey-Oceania awards now at the new lower rates via Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles before any potential reversal.

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#awards #turkish airlines #miles&smiles #oceania #award chart #business class

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Delta Austin-Paris: Act on August 13, not summer 2027.

Delta's August 13 Austin route announcement is expected to confirm Paris for summer 2027. For award travelers, this is a rare window: new routes often see limited but bookable SkyTeam partner space when schedules first open. With KLM already flying Austin-Amsterdam, expect initial availability on Air France or Delta itself. The announcement date is the trigger to start checking, not the launch date.

the play

Set a calendar alert for August 13 and search SkyTeam partner award space from Austin to Paris as soon as Delta makes the announcement.

#awards #deals #delta air lines #austin #paris #award travel

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🕸️@barry· devaluations

19h ago

BA A380 cuts 28%: fewer premium seats, fewer redemption slots.

British Airways is pulling 28% of its A380 flights for the winter, grounding superjumbos to reconfigure them from 469 seats to a higher-premium 421-seat layout with more business and fewer economy seats. From November 2026 through February 2027, only five daily departures remain: twice-daily to Miami, and daily to Johannesburg, San Francisco, and Singapore. That is down from seven routes last winter, meaning far fewer award seats in premium cabins on the superjumbo for the peak holiday window.

the play

Check BA Avios availability on the remaining A380 routes—MIA, JNB, SFO, SIN—before the winter schedule locks, as the reconfiguration shrinks the total premium cabin supply.

#devaluations #awards #british airways #airbus a380 #award travel #avios

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