Miles & points questions answered, comments shared.
Once I had booked most of my flights for the 3 Cards, 3 Continents Challenge, it was time for me to start weeding through the vast piles of reader comments and emails that I had...
Amazon Prime Day Deals 2022
Amazon Prime Day here (July 12-13 this year). This post includes links to a number of popular deals and we will be sure to update it over the next couple of days as we...
Amazing: Grand Hotel Victoria Concept & Spa on Lake Como
Dear Hawaii: Our love affair has been passionate and heartfelt for many years and no matter what I will always love you, but I owe you an apology. It's not you, it's me. You...
Round the World Award Booked! Lessons learned.
Yesterday I booked an around the world business class award for two! It wasn't easy, but it's done! But... I made a few mistakes along the way. In this post I'll offer up some...
How to book round the world awards
Want to travel all around the world in business class? We've talked about the ANA Round the World chart before, but this week on Frequent Miler on the Air, Greg explains some of his...
Tips for booking ANA’s Round the World award (Updated)
For the 3 Cards, 3 Continents Challenge, I've been busy finding and pricing various ANA Round the World awards. As a result, I've learned some new things since originally publishing this post. The post...
Westin Dragonara Resort Malta: Bottom Line Review
The Westin Dragonara Resort & Spa is on the island nation of Malta (which is located just south of Sicily, Italy). I just spent six nights there and walked away satisfied with the resort...
Fixing Flying Blue’s forever hourglass
Air France-KLM Flying Blue miles are easy to get (transfer from nearly any transferrable points program) and they often offer very good value for both economy and business class awards. One huge frustration, though,...
Virgin Atlantic opens award space gates [when booked directly with Virgin points]
Virgin Atlantic recently vowed to make at least 12 award seats available on every flight: 8 economy seats, 2 premium economy seats, and 2 business class seats (they call these Upper Class seats). In...
Air France & KLM across Europe for less [Sweet-Spot Spotlight]
Since this post was originally written, I've stumbled upon a neat little trick. It is sometimes possible to reduce award prices by flying with a connection through Paris or Amsterdam. For example, business class...
Virgin Atlantic releases award floodgates. Let the bookings begin!
Virgin Atlantic's wide-open award space is the headline topic for this week's edition of Frequent Miler on the Air, but we also gave updates to the 3 Cards 3 Continents Challenge, discussed Nick's successful...
Gambling on Qatar’s 40% transfer bonus #3Cards3Continents
Ever since Draft Day, I've been madly working on plans for my 3 Cards 3 Continents challenge trip. As a reminder, Nick, Stephen, and I are competing to see who can build the most...
The best points-bookable new hotels in the world (2022)
One of the things that I love most about collecting points and miles is that it gives me the opportunity to book incredible travel experiences that are otherwise so expensive that I never would...
Delectable international sweet spots
When planning international trips, I imagine that most people search for a round trip route: from Point A (home airport) to Point B (destination) and back. Because my wife and I have worked online...
