Family travel tips from a frequent family traveler: What to bring and how to...
As a blogger, I mostly write about how to get incredible value from credit cards both in terms of earning lots of miles without...
My AAdventures AAttempting to fly AA to London
I thought you didn't like flying American? That's what my wife asked when I booked our business class award flight to London. A decade...
What is a dummy booking? How to get targeted offers using this trick
In the points and miles world there are lots of acronyms and phrases that get thrown around. As you get deeper into the game,...
Credit card cell phone insurance compared
These days, your cell phone may be among your most expensive possessions. Having coverage in case of damage or theft can be worthwhile for...
SLH is a big win for Hilton hoarders
Years ago, Greg wrote an excellent post about the "Earn and burn" fallacy. In it, he suggests a better strategy is to "hoard and...
3 more Maldives overwater villas now bookable with Hilton points & free night certificates
Hilton integrated hundreds more Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) properties today. We covered that here, but there's a particularly notable development if...
[Update: Search via app] Hilton / SLH partnership live with nearly 400 properties –...
Update 3:13pm Eastern time: If you're having trouble finding availability, try using the Hilton Honors app. I'm finding many properties available in the app that...
Stop putting spend on your Delta card
The thing that I love about many airline mileage programs is that it is sometimes possible to get far outsized value for your points....
10 best hotels in the Maldives, AA loses more bags than any other airline...
AA loses more luggage than any other airline, Amex officially excludes Google Fi from its wireless credit and the ten best luxury hotels in...
The British are coming (for your favorite award sweet spots), maximizing Platinum, dumping Gold,...
It is probably a coincidence that both major British airlines destroyed sweet spots long enjoyed by North American members during the week in which...
How to get great value from your Platinum card | Frequent Miler on the...
The Amex Platinum card has had great welcome bonuses for a while now, but it's a very expensive card. Are there reasons to keep...
Something to Savor: A reason to dump the Gold?
A few days ago, a moment I'd long been waiting for finally arrived: I was finally offered the chance to product change an old...
British Airways kills redemptions on AA and Alaska (again for the very first time)
Evidently, they're still a little sore about the whole Independence Day thing on the other side of the pond. Overnight, British Airways seems to...
Necker Island awards now cost 630,000 points…and $5,700 in cash
Update 7/4/24: It appears that Necker Island can no longer booked for points alone and now require a substantial cash co-pay. The minimum stay...
