Finding the perfect search tool, new reasonable redemption values and more [Week in Review]
When award search tools first hit the scene, I turned my nose up at them. I had put in the "hard work" to learn the various award programs and I knew how to find...
[Mar / Apr ’25 added!] Baseball fans: Capital One once again has great seats...
Update 2/28/25: Tickets are available for March and April games (Hat tip to readers in the comments for alerting me!). Remember -- there are only 4 cardholder exclusive seats for each game. Many of...
What a norovirus outbreak was like aboard the Holland America Eurodam
Tomorrow morning, I will disembark the Holland America MS Eurodam in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. My cruise has made the news this week with coverage from the likes of USA Today for being the eighth Norovirus...
Alaska Mileage Plan selling mixed-partner award flights (new pricing info)
Update 2/27/25: We've heard back from Alaska regarding the pricing for mixed partner awards and learned that their intention is for those awards to closely track the current cumulative distance, single partner prices:
The pricing logic...
Which award search tool is best?
It's possible to fly economy class to Hawaii for 10,000 miles, or fly business class to Europe for as few as 34,000 miles, or fly business class to South Africa for 75,000 miles. It's easy...
Hilton has added 31 more SLH properties (Maldives, Austria, Chile, Greece, Colombia & many...
Hilton has done a great job over the past year of incorporating Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) properties into the Hilton Honors program. They continue to press ahead with the onboarding of...
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card Review (2025)
If there is such a thing as a "classic" credit card, the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card (CSP) is it and it's not hyperbole to say that it changed the world of credit card rewards...
AwardTool: a powerful award search tool with up to 32 simultaneous searches
AwardTool is a powerful flight award search tool with both a free and paid (Pro) version. This tool is very similar to PointsYeah. Both offer powerful search features for free; both allow searching for...
What are Alaska Mileage Plan miles worth?
At Frequent Miler, we keep a database of point valuations called "Reasonable Redemption Values." These are estimates of the "worth" of airline miles, hotel points, transferable points, and more. The idea is that we...
Chase Ultimate Rewards Complete Guide (2025)
Chase Ultimate Rewards is a transferable points program available through a number of Chase credit cards. Ultimate Rewards offers a great combination of easy-to-earn points and both easy and valuable point redemptions. Those who...
Award ticket change and cancellation fees by transfer partner
Award ticket change and cancellation fees vary wildly from one airline program to another. One of my favorite things about booking award tickets with foreign programs is that many of them have more reasonable...
How to use Amex Platinum credits, booking safaris with points and more (Week in...
Some of my most vivid travel memories are from African safaris, primarily in South Africa. I'll never forget doing some work on the back porch of a lodge that I was staying at, taking...
Complete List of Transferable Points Partners
In my opinion, transferable points programs are the most valuable points to accumulate. These points can often be used at better than 1 cent per point value to book travel and, even better, points...
What are United MileagePlus miles worth?
At Frequent Miler, we keep a database of point valuations called "Reasonable Redemption Values." These are estimates of the "worth" of airline miles, hotel points, transferable points, and more. The idea is that we...
