Fine dining with Fine Hotels + Resorts® at the Mandarin Oriental (Tim’s Flying...
Selamat malam from Malaysia! The crew is back together again in Kuala Lumpur...and we're ready to party with stinky fruit.
June 10th, 2024 (stage 3,...
Best uses of Chase Ultimate Rewards
Chase Ultimate Rewards is often a #1 pick when points and miles enthusiasts talk about their favorite award currency, and that's primarily due to...
Judging Stage 2 of the Flying by the Seat of our Points Challenge
Update: This post has been updated to calculate hotel experiences and exploration challenges which had not yet been completed at the time of our...
Around the world in a flash: catching up on a wild week [Week in...
This week, Greg, Tim, and I have been crisscrossing the planet on our 2024 Frequent Miler team challenge. If you haven't been following on...
A quick LA turnaround turns into a lot of striking out (Nick’s Flying by...
Stephen and Carrie shared that my international divergence destination is Morocco! I had to scramble to get out of LA as quickly as I...
Judging Stage 1 of the Flying by the Seat of our Points Challenge…
Update: This post has been updated to incorporate a reader suggestion about how we scored our guessing challenge, ranking it as a single possible...
Flying by the Seat of our Points: Last Minute Travel Challenge
Introducing Frequent Miler’s 2024 team challenge: Flying by the Seat of our Points! With this year's challenge, three of us will compete to book...
Bumped from Business Class (and a Lufthansa A340-300 Premium Economy review)
Lufthansa oversold business class and bumped me down to Premium Economy. For a recent trip to Sweden and Norway, I had booked a return...
Ritz-Carlton coming to Oahu’s North Shore, Southwest hikes fees and Hyatt to launch ryokan...
Ritz Carlton has taking over an enviable property on Oahu's North Shore, Southwest is raising rates for EarlyBird check-in and Hyatt announces that it's...
A big kick-off, winning in Vegas, Hyatt’s slow devaluation, and a lot more [Week...
Flying by the Seat of our Points, the 2024 Frequent Miler team challenge, kicks off in a few days. In this Frequent Miler week...
Join us at 9pm Eastern time on Monday 6/3 for Flying by the Seat...
The 2024 Frequent Miler team challenge is almost upon us, with our initial live stream reveal set for Monday, June 3, 2024 at 9pm...
Waking up in Vegas: Results of Nick’s Las Vegas status match run
Last month, I wrote about planning an epic Las Vegas status match run. In this post, I wanted to share an update with our...
The Historic Davenport In Spokane, WA: Bottom Line Review (Marriott Autograph Collection)
My wife and I spent a month in Washington state recently, with the first 10 days of that time in Spokane.
We spent all 10...
Earn elite status: AA vs Delta vs United
In this post I've compared the requirements for earning elite status among the big three: AA, Delta, and United. In recent years, all three...
