Tips for new cruisers from new cruisers
This morning, I am disembarking the Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas, our third cruise in the past ~4.5 months. Before this last couple...
Bottom Line Review: Hyatt Regency JFK Airport At Resorts World New York
My 3 Cards, 3 Continents trip last year both started and ended at JFK Airport. On both ends of that trip I stayed overnight...
From Citi to SAS EuroBonus, the long way. Are there sweet spots?
Prolific Frequent Miler Insider Brant Stookey posted something in our Frequent Miler Insiders Facebook group that caught my interest in our Facebook group yesterday:...
Paceline card shutting down 2/23/23
Update from Nick 2/18/23: The Paceline credit card has sent an email to cardholders that the card will no longer be usable after 2/23/23....
Travel Hacker’s Toolkit
When friends and family ask me how we can afford to travel the way we do, I often simplify and say that we're really...
Capital One including Global Entry reimbursement on 1099s
For the past several years, all of the major credit card issuers have been sending 1099-MISC forms valuing referral bonuses as income. Capital One...
Shopping for car rentals with surprising results
A relatively frequent question we get from readers is about how to cover rental cars with rewards. On a recent Frequent Miler on the...
Fixing a failed Platinum triple dip
Amex Platinum cards often have huge welcome bonus offers of 150,000 points or more. Plus, they come with many valuable perks and rebates. The...
American Express Business Platinum 150K referral offer is back
Check those referral links...the 150,000 points referral offer for the American Express Business Platinum card is back again. This targeted offer gives 150,000 Membership...
Positioning 101: Techniques for getting to your gateway for a great award flight
We often write about great award sweet spots or availability, but in both cases the best deals are often discussed from international gateways. If...
Bottom Line Review: InterContinental Johannesburg O.R.Tambo Airport, South Africa
After having to cancel our trip to Australia at the last minute, we ended up booking a two week stay in Mauritius. After that,...
Stop telling me that “value” is what I would have been willing to pay
Nick recently wrote a couple of posts where he argued that Chase Ultimate Rewards points "ain't all that" (here and here). As I thought...
SkyMiles Strike Back
Long the laughing stock of the award travel world, Delta SkyMiles is striking back against popular perception. On this week's Frequent Miler on the...
No catch: Delta’s 15% discount is real
On February 2, Delta launched "TakeOff 15" where Delta cardholders now get 15% off award flights. Since then, there have been numerous anecdotal reports...
