New Alaska Award Chart: Winners, Losers and Sweet Spots
Alaska made a splash yesterday with the release of its new "unified award chart," which takes affect in March, 2024. This has been in...
Taking an Excursionist Perk for a spin for a trip to Africa
In a post last week, I wrote about plans for a trip next year leveraging Air Canada Aeroplan that will have us stop in...
Alaska MVP Elite! Now what?
In October, my wife and I applied for the Alaska Airlines status match that was targeted to Delta elite members. We were each matched...
St Regis Atlanta: Bottom Line Review
Built in 2009 with a design meant to evoke the classic St Regis in New York City, the St Regis Atlanta is considered by...
Robert De Niro thinks Delta SkyMiles are worth 4.3 cents each, $4 Amtrak tickets...
Robert De Niro thinks Delta SkyMiles are worth 4.3 cents each, points and miles mistakes to avoid and the pilot who tried to crash...
Wringing Value from United miles
United Mileage Plus is a perennially popular award program with US-based travelers. While United rarely wins the race to the lowest award pricing thresholds,...
Another trip down the Air Canada Aeroplan rabbit hole
It all started when MSC cancelled my free cruise.
My wife and I, having participated ourselves in the casino cruise matching shenanigans about which I've...
How you can maximize the Frontier GoWild! All-You-Can-Fly Pass
Awhile ago, we wrote about the Frontier GoWild! All-You-Can-Fly Pass. Shortly after, my husband and I decided to give the monthly version of this...
Taylor Swift fatigue, Chase will buy you food every month and West Maui reopens...
Chase wants to buy you junk food, West Maui is reopening for tourism and is there such a things too much Taylor Swift? All...
How to get awesome value from American Airlines miles
If you want to fly fancy, American Airlines miles can get you amazing value for some of the best in-flight experiences thanks to their...
Impressive: Air Canada Aeroplan’s solution for cancelled Etihad bookings
Earlier this year, we reported on amazing award space to fly in Etihad apartments between London and Abu Dhabi. In some cases, all nine...
How to find hidden Capital One Premier Collection hotels
Overnight, Capital One ended one of the best hotel promotions we've seen this year. Through 12/31/23 or "while supplies last" (spoiler alert: supplies ran...
My favorite Dell purchases
If you have the Business American Express Platinum Card®, then we share a problem... or, an opportunity. Every six months we can buy...
Possible Citi 5-day rule causing denials for “too many inquiries”
Have you ever had a credit card issuer deny your application for "too many inquiries"? I invariably tell people that the "too many inquiries"...
