Holiday Shopping Savings Tips & Tools
With the hot holiday shopping season just around the corner, many of us will be hunting for great deals on everything from travel to...
Travel feels free when you’re broke and platinum…
Hopefully you've all gotten a chance to read Nick's excellent post about the joy (and myth) of "free" travel. In the post he does...
“Award Travel is Free” “No, it’s not.” “Does it matter?”
Are your points and miles free? Does it cost you something when you redeem them? Is your travel free if you use your points?...
Amex Platinum Saks credit: What can you get with $50?
The Amex Platinum card comes with a slew of valuable benefits like elite status, lounge access, and credits for Uber and airline fee incidentals....
Chase’s 30% transfer bonus to Aeroplan is awesome, but I’m not buying [On my...
On a recent Frequent Miler on the Air podcast, Nick and I discussed whether it made sense to speculatively transfer points from Chase to...
2 Southwest Companion Passes and a boatload of points with just 3 cards
Update 12/4/22: The increased consumer offers mentioned in this post are scheduled to end on 12/5/22. For current offer information, see our Best Credit...
The joy and myth of free travel
If I told you that so far this year I have been in 16 countries over 3 continents and I've flown in flat bed...
My Global Entry renewal experience (success on arrival)
I recently had to renew my Global Entry card for the second time since originally signing up. My previous renewal was a piece of...
Southwest Companion Pass Open Season
Does two years of free companion travel and points to cover more than $1500 in airfare sound good to you? Southwest Companion Pass Open...
Should I go for Marriott Titanium Elite Status?
I have a bit of a conundrum here. I had previously decided not to re-qualify for 75-night Marriott Titanium elite status, but circumstances have...
Anatomy of an Aeroplan award
I've really come to love Aeroplan more and more this year. Obviously it was a big tool on my path to victory in the...
If you could be gifted status, which would you choose? (on Nick’s mind)
A question came up while I was hanging out with a group of points and miles experts recently that I found more difficult to...
How to use your Chase Ultimate Rewards fortune
Chase often offers excellent bonuses on popular cards like the Sapphire Reserve card, Ink Business Cash and Ink Business Unlimited cards, so there is...
Avianca LifeMiles sweet spots for award flights
Avianca LifeMiles is one of our favorite airline programs because of unique sweet spots, the ability to manipulate awards to pay fewer miles than...
