Replacing my stolen backpack
In June, my backpack was stolen from the trunk of an Uber in Santiago Chile. We used my Airpods (which have AirTag technology) to...
Finally, a Hyatt Award Availability Calendar: A look at Rooms.aero, Seats.aero’s new hotel search...
Seats.aero has been one of my favorite new flight award search tools over the last year. It's not perfect and requires a little bit...
Sheraton Grand Salzburg: Bottom Line Review
Over the summer, my wife and I spent some time in Salzburg during the opening weekend of the six-week annual music festival, Salzburger Festspiele....
Two for the price of one: How to get a free companion ticket
Whether you've got a partner for life or a freeloading friend, this week we talk how to bring a companion for free when you...
Things to love and hate about Vacasa vacation rentals via Wyndham Rewards
Last week, I wrapped up a nice Vacasa vacation rental in Girdwood, Alaska (here's the listing). We've written numerous times about the partnership between...
Tools for finding impossible hotel awards
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
StayWithPoints seemed very promising when this post was first written, but they don’t seem to have improved it much over time. Most...
How to book business class to Southern Africa for 70,000 miles
Africa can be a difficult destination to find award flights for and, the farther south you want to go on the continent, the more...
The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel In New York: Bottom Line Review
My wife and I recently spent a couple of weeks in the Finger Lakes region of New York and had a wonderful time. During...
Do it yourself Alaska cruise excursions (what we booked)
A couple of weeks ago, I set sail on an Alaska Cruise on Holland America's Niew Amsterdam, which was one of the many "free"...
LATAM Airlines 787-8 Business Class: Bottom Line Review
When Nick and I were researching destinations in the Americas for this year's Party of 5 Challenge, we really wanted to spend some time...
No, Southwest Airlines is not a valuable transfer partner
In the comments on a post last week, a reader named Andrew mentioned the fact that they found Southwest Rapid Rewards to be a...
American Express clawing back points, JetBlue hiking Spirit fares by 40% and American Airlines...
The American Express Rewards Abuse Team (RAT) is on the prowl, JetBlue accidentally tells the world that it plans to hike airfare on Spirit...
10 tricks for spending fewer points for flights & hotels (game show edition)
Get your pen and paper ready and see how many of this week's 10 tricks for spending fewer points for flight and hotel rewards...
The cheapest round-the-world awards in economy class
ANA's Round the World award chart has long been revered for its fantastic business class award pricing. As Greg showed during our 3 Cards...
