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Round the World Award Booked! Lessons learned.

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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...
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How to book round the world awards

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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...
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Tips for booking ANA’s Round the World award (Updated)

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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...
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Westin Dragonara Resort Malta: Bottom Line Review

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The Westin Dragonara Resort & Spa is on the island nation of Malta (which is located just south of Sicily, Italy). I just spent...
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Fixing Flying Blue’s forever hourglass

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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...
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Virgin Atlantic opens award space gates [when booked directly with Virgin points]

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Virgin Atlantic recently vowed to make at least 12 award seats available on every flight: 8 economy seats, 2 premium economy seats, and 2...
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Air France & KLM across Europe for less [Sweet-Spot Spotlight]

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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...
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Virgin Atlantic releases award floodgates. Let the bookings begin!

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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...
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Gambling on Qatar’s 40% transfer bonus #3Cards3Continents

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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...
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The best points-bookable new hotels in the world (2022)

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One of the things that I love most about collecting points and miles is that it gives me the opportunity to book incredible travel...
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Delectable international sweet spots

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When planning international trips, I imagine that most people search for a round trip route: from Point A (home airport) to Point B (destination)...
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Grading the #3Cards3Continents draft. Who had the tastiest picks?

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Last Wednesday, we live-streamed the official beginning of the #3Cards3Continents challenge: Drafting the Dream. Greg, Nick and Stephen took turns selecting 3 credit card...
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Where to park your transferrable points

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Cancelling your card? Having your card cancelled for you? Where should you put your points? We get this question pretty often when people have...
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Reminiscing my 40K to Far Away (On Greg’s Mind)

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While planning my strategy for the Frequent Miler team's new 3 Cards 3 Continents challenge, I became more and more nostalgic about my trip...

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