Alaska Mileage Plan updates: Earn status with award flights, credit cards, shopping portal spend...
Alaska Airlines announced today a slew of changes to how its Mileage Plan loyalty program will run from January 1, 2025. Big changes like this often make us apprehensive as usually these types of...
Getting the elite experience without elite status via credit card & preferred partner hotel...
This hobby has spoiled me into a love of luxury hotels and elite status perks thanks to both shortcuts to status and many amazing "free" stays I have enjoyed using hotel points. Things like...
Get free seaplane transfers to this Hilton/SLH Maldives property (& possibly dinner too)
Visiting the Maldives doesn't come cheap, even when booking stays with points or free night certificates. My wife and I celebrated our 20th anniversary at the Conrad Maldives in August and despite being able...
Catching up on 2 weeks of big miles & points news
I've been on vacation since September 26th and a lot has happened in the points & miles space in the 2+ weeks that I was away! AA and Hyatt deepened (and arguably devalued) their...
Best credit card combinations for earning tons of transferable points
In our opinion, transferable points programs like Chase Ultimate Rewards and Amex Membership Rewards are the most valuable points (or “miles”) to accumulate. These points can often be used to book discounted travel and, even better, can be...
Chase Ink shutdowns, RIP to LoungeBuddy and Amex limits Priority Pass access for Platinum...
Chase Ink shutdowns on the rise, LoungeBuddy becomes a dead program walking and Amex begins to put limits on the amount of yearly Priority Pass visits Platinum cardholders get. All that and more in...
Finding (and understanding) great awards, partnership updates, and more [Week In Review]
If you want to build a great redemption, an award alert tool can be invaluable. Once you've mastered finding availability, a fun next step is mastering programs that offer interesting ways to book complicated...
Chase Sapphire Reserve Credit Card Review (2024)
The Chase Sapphire Reserve (CSR) card has long been a favorite amongst the points and miles community as a top all-around travel rewards card. It has quite a list of perks, excellent travel protections...
Citi ThankYou Rewards Complete Guide
Citi ThankYou Rewards competes directly with three other bank issued transferable points programs: Chase Ultimate Rewards, Amex Membership Rewards, and Capital One “Miles.” Points can be transferred to airline partners, used to pay for travel...
Hyatt & American Airlines deepen partnership, add more reciprocal earning opportunities
Hyatt and American Airlines have had a partnership for several years, providing the ability to earn World of Hyatt points on American flights and AAdvantage miles on Hyatt stays. They've also run a number...
Understanding the Air Canada Aeroplan award chart
Over the weekend, we published a "How to" video explaining how to book a stopover with Air Canada Aeroplan. In comments on the Youtube video and the accompanying post, I came to realize that...
Southwest Companion Pass Complete Guide 2024
The Southwest Companion pass has undoubtedly long been the most valuable companion ticket benefit of any airline program and it continues to be so in 2024. The key value lies in the fact that...
Award alerts really work
The point of this post is all in the title. I love tools that let you set up alerts so that you'll get notified when airline and hotel awards open up. I've recently had...
Free Global Entry for kids, an underrated AA sweet spot & could Hilton be...
Hilton may be about to "surpass" Hyatt as the best hotel loyalty program, kids now get free Global Entry and a "hidden" sweet spot for AA flights. All that and more in this week's...
