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Everything the experts know, checked every day.

BoardingArea IQ reads the 100+ BoardingArea travel blogs as they publish, checks the numbers they quote every morning, and answers with them in ChatGPT, Claude and on the web, every answer linked to the expert who wrote it.

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BoardingArea, Colorado Springs · Where BoardingArea bloggers wrote about in the last 2 days (the last day named too few places to draw): 9 posts from 7 blogs naming 8 airports.

Arcs start at each blog’s home country; the network’s US home is Colorado Springs.

BoardingArea, Colorado Springs · Where BoardingArea bloggers wrote about in the last 2 days (the last day named too few places to draw): 9 posts from 7 blogs naming 8 airports.

Arcs start at each blog’s home country; the network’s US home is Colorado Springs.

Who the experts are

Travel experts in 14 countries.

104 travel blogs, written by people who fly the routes, stay in the hotels and test the cards, each under their own name.

United States71 blogs
Mexico1 blog
- Mike a Bordo
Canada4 blogs
Brazil1 blog
- Pontos pra Voar
Spain3 blogs
United Kingdom7 blogs
France1 blog
- The Travelers Club
Germany4 blogs
India2 blogs
- Live from a Lounge
- PointsMath
China2 blogs
- The Alviator
- Duocaish
Indonesia1 blog
- PinterPoin
South Korea1 blog
- Fly with Moxie
Australia3 blogs
Japan1 blog
- Riku Miley

2 blogs don’t say which country they’re based in.

Alaska Airlines Reveals New Atmos Rewards Debit Card Coming in 2027Hilton Cardholders Promo: Earn 10,000 Bonus Points After a 3-Night StayUnited libera status match para clientes da American e DeltaIHGem! How This Limited-Service Hotel Brand Quietly Overtook My Long-Term FavoriteEWRPointsMagEWRPontos pra VoarMiles & More: Earn 3x miles on all stays at IHG Hotels & Resorts WorldwideSouthwest Is Adding Five New Routes From Austin[호텔 리뷰] 만다린 오리엔탈 다운타운 두바이 (Mandarin Oriental Downtown, Dubai) — Amex FHR 후기Rakuten: Best Ever 5K Amex points, 5K Bilt points, or $50 referral bonus for both sidesAlaska Airlines Reveals New Atmos Rewards Debit Card Coming in 2027Hilton Cardholders Promo: Earn 10,000 Bonus Points After a 3-Night StayUnited libera status match para clientes da American e DeltaIHGem! How This Limited-Service Hotel Brand Quietly Overtook My Long-Term FavoriteEWRPointsMagEWRPontos pra VoarMiles & More: Earn 3x miles on all stays at IHG Hotels & Resorts WorldwideSouthwest Is Adding Five New Routes From Austin[호텔 리뷰] 만다린 오리엔탈 다운타운 두바이 (Mandarin Oriental Downtown, Dubai) — Amex FHR 후기Rakuten: Best Ever 5K Amex points, 5K Bilt points, or $50 referral bonus for both sides

SFOMonkey MilesMarriott Bonvoy Bevy · 85,000 points, $5,000 spendchecked Oct 2MIAOne Mile at a TimeAmex Business Platinum · up to 300,000 points, $20,000 spendchecked Oct 2Amex Membership Rewards → Hilton Honors 30%verified, until Oct 14Citi ThankYou Rewards → JAL Mileage Bank 30%verified, until Oct 24Explora Journeys Private Fares Take Up to 25% Off Luxury Cruises(Grab It Now!) inKind Offering Up To 50% Off 5 Meals for Existing UsersConheça a Rota das Missões Jesuíticas no RS que completa 400 anos de históriaCancelamentos de voos atingem 786 mil passageiros no Brasil entre junho e agostoSFOMonkey MilesMarriott Bonvoy Bevy · 85,000 points, $5,000 spendchecked Oct 2MIAOne Mile at a TimeAmex Business Platinum · up to 300,000 points, $20,000 spendchecked Oct 2Amex Membership Rewards → Hilton Honors 30%verified, until Oct 14Citi ThankYou Rewards → JAL Mileage Bank 30%verified, until Oct 24Explora Journeys Private Fares Take Up to 25% Off Luxury Cruises(Grab It Now!) inKind Offering Up To 50% Off 5 Meals for Existing UsersConheça a Rota das Missões Jesuíticas no RS que completa 400 anos de históriaCancelamentos de voos atingem 786 mil passageiros no Brasil entre junho e agosto

Air France-KLM Flying Blue Credit Card Review: Worth It For Elite Status ChasersEarn bonus miles when spending on United credit cards (targeted)The Airport Lounge Rule That Most People Don’t Know AboutTroque pontos Azul Fidelidade por malas no Meu Resgate FavoritoThe Two Person Cockpit Rule Saves Lives… Why Don’t All Airlines Use It?Cheat Code – use our widebody tool to find lie flat seats domesticallyAmazon: Save up to 40% when redeeming Membership Rewards points (Targeted)Ending: Buy Virgin Atlantic Points with a 70% bonus (0.89p or 1.47¢ each)KLM takes delivery of its first Airbus A350-900Oh, Fun: Tunisair Downgraded Me From Business Class… But Why?!Air France-KLM Flying Blue Credit Card Review: Worth It For Elite Status ChasersEarn bonus miles when spending on United credit cards (targeted)The Airport Lounge Rule That Most People Don’t Know AboutTroque pontos Azul Fidelidade por malas no Meu Resgate FavoritoThe Two Person Cockpit Rule Saves Lives… Why Don’t All Airlines Use It?Cheat Code – use our widebody tool to find lie flat seats domesticallyAmazon: Save up to 40% when redeeming Membership Rewards points (Targeted)Ending: Buy Virgin Atlantic Points with a 70% bonus (0.89p or 1.47¢ each)KLM takes delivery of its first Airbus A350-900Oh, Fun: Tunisair Downgraded Me From Business Class… But Why?!

IHG One Rewards Premier · 180,000 points, $3,000 spendchecked Oct 2AMSEconomy Class & BeyondMarriott Bonvoy Brilliant · 150,000 points, $6,000 spendchecked Oct 2DXBOne Mile at a TimeYVRPoints Miles and BlingAmerican Airlines libera reservas com dinheiro e milhas no AAdvantageKickstarter: TOOLT 36 Tools in 7 cm ToolboxFormer United CEO Says Alaska’s Boss Has What It Takes To Turn American Airlines AroundAmerican AAdvantage Launches Cash & Miles Awards: Are They Worth It?Southwest Said Bag Fees Would Lose $300 Million A Year—Changed Its Rules LawsuitsIHG One Rewards Premier · 180,000 points, $3,000 spendchecked Oct 2AMSEconomy Class & BeyondMarriott Bonvoy Brilliant · 150,000 points, $6,000 spendchecked Oct 2DXBOne Mile at a TimeYVRPoints Miles and BlingAmerican Airlines libera reservas com dinheiro e milhas no AAdvantageKickstarter: TOOLT 36 Tools in 7 cm ToolboxFormer United CEO Says Alaska’s Boss Has What It Takes To Turn American Airlines AroundAmerican AAdvantage Launches Cash & Miles Awards: Are They Worth It?Southwest Said Bag Fees Would Lose $300 Million A Year—Changed Its Rules Lawsuits

Alerta PPV! Smiles tem voos para Paris a partir de 79.200 milhas + taxasAA Launches Cash and Miles, Bilt Lowers Hyatt Transfer Ratio and MoreWe Saw This Hawaii Landmark in 2002. Now It’s Gone.Atmos Rewards Summit Visa Infinite · 70,000 points, $3,000 spendchecked Oct 2Chase Ultimate Rewards → Marriott Bonvoy 70%verified, until Oct 15What you should know about Alaska Atmos Rewards Communities (a new Atmos Rewards feature)Qatar Airways fecha acordo de codeshare com a LATAM na ColômbiaAmerican Airlines Will Soon Let You Pay for Flights With a Mix of Cash and MilesAlerta PPV! Conheça Curitiba a partir de 3.600 pontos no Azul FidelidadeAlerta PPV! Smiles tem voos para Paris a partir de 79.200 milhas + taxasAA Launches Cash and Miles, Bilt Lowers Hyatt Transfer Ratio and MoreWe Saw This Hawaii Landmark in 2002. Now It’s Gone.Atmos Rewards Summit Visa Infinite · 70,000 points, $3,000 spendchecked Oct 2Chase Ultimate Rewards → Marriott Bonvoy 70%verified, until Oct 15What you should know about Alaska Atmos Rewards Communities (a new Atmos Rewards feature)Qatar Airways fecha acordo de codeshare com a LATAM na ColômbiaAmerican Airlines Will Soon Let You Pay for Flights With a Mix of Cash and MilesAlerta PPV! Conheça Curitiba a partir de 3.600 pontos no Azul Fidelidade

LHRPaddle Your Own KanooBlue Business Plus · 15,000 points, $3,000 spendchecked Oct 2JFKPaddle Your Own KanooAmex Launches New Transfer Bonuses to Flying Blue and AeromexicoGREAT DEAL: Buy Alaska Atmos Rewards points from just 1.71 cents [targeted 120% bonus]Promoções na Livelo com até 14 pontos por real em lojas parceirasAmerican Airlines May Install Starlink Wi-Fi Fleetwide, An Easy Win Against DeltaGet a 25% bonus when transferring Amex Membership Rewards to Air France/KLM Flying BlueAmerican Airlines Adds Cash And Miles Bookings—But Won’t Say What Your Miles Are WorthLHRPaddle Your Own KanooBlue Business Plus · 15,000 points, $3,000 spendchecked Oct 2JFKPaddle Your Own KanooAmex Launches New Transfer Bonuses to Flying Blue and AeromexicoGREAT DEAL: Buy Alaska Atmos Rewards points from just 1.71 cents [targeted 120% bonus]Promoções na Livelo com até 14 pontos por real em lojas parceirasAmerican Airlines May Install Starlink Wi-Fi Fleetwide, An Easy Win Against DeltaGet a 25% bonus when transferring Amex Membership Rewards to Air France/KLM Flying BlueAmerican Airlines Adds Cash And Miles Bookings—But Won’t Say What Your Miles Are Worth

Every morning BoardingArea reads the pages behind each offer, value and bonus again, and a figure goes out only when they agree. Every ten minutes we read what the bloggers just posted.

Network Analytics

How the network is read.

The console for BoardingArea’s bloggers and staff: what readers read, where they came from and what they searched for, blog by blog, with Google Analytics and Clicky side by side.

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Blogs read109every BoardingArea blog’s new posts, read every ten minuteslast read 1:35 PM MDT
Blogs measured98 of 109report to Google Analytics; 95 to Search Console; 98 live, minute by minute
Posts in the index6,300+each linked to the blogger’s own pageas of Oct 2

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Where the experts have been.

Every flight and stay the bloggers wrote up, on one globe and replayed in time. Cities only, never live, never anyone’s home.

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It opens to readers once the bloggers have seen it. Read nightly from their own posts.

Flights149each resting on a sentence from the blogger’s own postposts from Jul 3 to Oct 1
Stays277hotels and lounges, named at city level
Experts27bloggers with a trip on the globe; each can hide anything or leave

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Bloggers cited2,771times an answer cited a post, from 28 blogsSep 5 to Oct 2
Answered correctly40 of 40test questions on the scoreboard’s last run, each graded against the checked factsgraded Sep 30
Linked to a blogger40 of 40answers that sent the reader to the blogger’s own page, and nowhere elsegraded Sep 30

Verified data

Checked every morning.

Card offers, points values, transfer bonuses and promotions. A figure goes out only when the issuer states it or independent sources agree; otherwise we say so and send you to the bloggers covering it.

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Status shows what is fresh, what is late and why.

Proven this morning787 of 788figures whose pages were read again and matched before anything went outchecked 10:03 AM MDT
Card offers verified70by the issuer’s own page or two sources that agreechecked Oct 2
Points values37programs valued from the published valuations, beside the program’s own floor; and 9 transfer bonuses runningeach with its date and status

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Question: Is the Amex Platinum 175K offer still available?

American Express Platinum Card

Bonus175,000points, up to

Spend$12,000in 6 months

Annual fee$895

✓ Verified this morning · as of Oct 2 · 4 of 5 sources agree

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Yes. The American Express Platinum Card offer is up to 175,000 points after $12,000 in purchases in 6 months (verified this morning, Oct 2).

Annual fee $895; 4 of 5 sources agree. Read about it and apply through Frequent Miler or One Mile at a Time.

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Question: Is the Amex Platinum 175K offer still available?

American Express Platinum Card

Bonus175,000points, up to

Spend$12,000in 6 months

Annual fee$895

✓ Verified this morning · as of Oct 2 · 4 of 5 sources agree

Read and apply through Frequent Miler · One Mile at a Time

Yes. The American Express Platinum Card offer is up to 175,000 points after $12,000 in purchases in 6 months (verified this morning, Oct 2).

Annual fee $895; 4 of 5 sources agree. Read about it and apply through Frequent Miler or One Mile at a Time.

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