[Update: Search via app] Hilton / SLH partnership live with nearly 400 properties –...
Update 3:13pm Eastern time: If you're having trouble finding availability, try using the Hilton Honors app. I'm finding many properties available in the app that...
Stop putting spend on your Delta card
The thing that I love about many airline mileage programs is that it is sometimes possible to get far outsized value for your points....
10 best hotels in the Maldives, AA loses more bags than any other airline...
AA loses more luggage than any other airline, Amex officially excludes Google Fi from its wireless credit and the ten best luxury hotels in...
The British are coming (for your favorite award sweet spots), maximizing Platinum, dumping Gold,...
It is probably a coincidence that both major British airlines destroyed sweet spots long enjoyed by North American members during the week in which...
How to get great value from your Platinum card | Frequent Miler on the...
The Amex Platinum card has had great welcome bonuses for a while now, but it's a very expensive card. Are there reasons to keep...
Something to Savor: A reason to dump the Gold?
A few days ago, a moment I'd long been waiting for finally arrived: I was finally offered the chance to product change an old...
British Airways kills redemptions on AA and Alaska (again for the very first time)
Evidently, they're still a little sore about the whole Independence Day thing on the other side of the pond. Overnight, British Airways seems to...
Necker Island awards now cost 630,000 points…and $5,700 in cash
Update 7/4/24: It appears that Necker Island can no longer booked for points alone and now require a substantial cash co-pay. The minimum stay...
Best uses for Virgin Points (Sweet Spot Spotlight)
Virgin points are super easy to accumulate. Points transfer 1 to 1 from most major transferable points programs. Even better, transfer bonuses are common...
Taking Spirit for a spin to test the value of the Savers Club and...
I recently flew the first half of a round trip on Spirit Airlines, which gave me a chance to give a few aspects of...
Virgin Atlantic devalues Delta, destroying deal
In sadly unsurprising news, Virgin Atlantic has finally done the seeming inevitable and devalued one of its few remaining sweet spots. Thrifty Traveler has...
[Update] My frustrating, awesome experience with Greg’s trick to book Air France with Virgin...
Update: A day after publication, many readers reported being told by chat representatives that there is a known issue booking Air France / KLM...
A trick for cheaper business class awards, Chase incorrectly denying bonus points and a...
Chase is incorrectly denying cardholders Sapphire Preferred welcome offer points, Hyatt buys a new brand and a trick for booking cheaper business class awards....
Bigness from Bilt, tricks for booking Air France & KLM, updated hotel point values...
Mark your calendars: if you have Bilt points, Monday will be a great day to consider transferring them. If you'd like to fly Air...
