Simon’s effect on my Marriott 50-night choice benefit
I'm a big fan of hotel elite status. Part of the reason I've enjoyed it for years has been that it has been relatively...
Booking Turkish online: my bumbling experiments
Over the weekend, Ian Snyder at Miles to Memories posted some great news about Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles: some domestic United Airlines flights can...
Cap One to take on Sapphire Reserve?
Update: The Capital One partnership with Hotels.com is ending on January 31, 2020.
In a move that should surprise absolutely no one, it appears that...
Last Chance Deals: Easy 5x at Staples, 10% back at Kroger, Choice bonus
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon.
This...
Access No More, a sweet spot we’re missing, a Match made by miles, and...
From the sad passing of a bonus category icon to the everlasting happiness of a match made by miles and a tool to help...
An award travel save, why airline credit changes are a non-issue, amazing value w/...
What do you do when your positioning flight gets canceled hours before you are due to fly 15 hours away on an award ticket?...
On my mind (Amex airline fee credits and gift card edition)
Amex Platinum and Gold cards offer a perk that helps offset the large annual fees: airline incidental fee reimbursements. The idea is that when...
Around the world in business class for 115K [Sweet spot spotlight]
Flights crossing either the Atlantic or Pacific ocean usually cost in the neighborhood of 60K miles one-way in business class with most award programs....
Greg’s 40K to Far Away mistakes (yep, he’s already made a few) #40Kfaraway
I'm not excited about our 40K to Far Away Challenge. "Excited" is too mild a word. "Obsessed" is more accurate. Nick, Stephen, and I...
Forget email, book Turkish awards over the phone (7.5K each way)
Yesterday, Greg posted about how you can buy enough Citi ThankYou points to fly from basically anywhere in the US to Hawaii for $386...
Hunting down a free safari
When researching my post "The best stopover deals worldwide," I came across a very interesting deal. According to a couple of articles, Kenya Airways...
$386 to Hawaii round trip from anywhere in the US
A couple of days ago a reader thanked Nick for discovering and documenting how to book flights from the US mainland to Hawaii for...
Last Chance Deals: Fee-Free Plastiq Payments, LifeMiles Transfer Bonus, Profitable VGCs & More
Welcome to our weekly list of what’s ending this week as well as a collection of some other deals that are due to end soon.
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A $400K ticket lost, Marriott surprises & delights, delay reimbursement from the airline &...
In this Frequent Miler week in review around the web, we've got an epic story about the man behind one of those legendary unlimited...
