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Sheraton Grand Salzburg: Bottom Line Review

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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....
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Two for the price of one: How to get a free companion ticket

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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...
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Things to love and hate about Vacasa vacation rentals via Wyndham Rewards

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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...
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Tools for finding impossible hotel awards

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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...
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How to book business class to Southern Africa for 70,000 miles

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Africa can be a difficult destination to find award flights for and, the farther south you want to go on the continent, the more...
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The Beekman, A Thompson Hotel In New York: Bottom Line Review

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My wife and I recently spent a couple of weeks in the Finger Lakes region of New York and had a wonderful time. During...
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Do it yourself Alaska cruise excursions (what we booked)

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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"...
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LATAM Airlines 787-8 Business Class: Bottom Line Review

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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...
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No, Southwest Airlines is not a valuable transfer partner

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In the comments on a post last week, a reader named Andrew mentioned the fact that they found Southwest Rapid Rewards to be a...
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American Express clawing back points, JetBlue hiking Spirit fares by 40% and American Airlines...

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The American Express Rewards Abuse Team (RAT) is on the prowl, JetBlue accidentally tells the world that it plans to hike airfare on Spirit...
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10 tricks for spending fewer points for flights & hotels (game show edition)

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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...
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The cheapest round-the-world awards in economy class

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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...
Hotel Review Hyatt Regency Tokyo Bay

Hyatt Regency Tokyo Bay: Bottom Line Review

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During our Party of 5 Challenge, at the end of Team Tokyo's half of the trip we stayed one night at the Hyatt Regency...
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Yes, you can still book United flights for just 7,500 miles through Turkish Miles...

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Update: While this sweet spot still exists, the best possible fare that you can now get for United flights is 10,000 miles, not 7,500. ~~~ As a...

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