Issues with Amex Platinum Walmart+ credits: check your cards
Last year, American Express started giving Platinum cardholders a credit for Walmart+ that completely offset the $12.95 monthly cost of the subscription.
Doctor of Credit is reporting that multiple readers have recently had issues with...
How to figure out Hotwire’s mystery hotels (even more easily than before)
If you're in a region with few points-hotels options or you're clean out of points, Hotwire can offer great, discounted rates. Unfortunately their biggest discounts are offered for mystery hotels where they're required to...
5 British Airways Lounges In US Now Part Of Priority Pass
A couple of months ago four British Airways lounges joined Priority Pass. We hadn't covered this development at the time, but wanted to highlight these new lounge options especially seeing as Priority Pass appears...
Have A Marriott Business Credit Card Or Elite Status? You Might Get Special Room...
Seeing as we live in hotels and Airbnbs and move pretty much every week, I spend far too much time searching for accommodation. I always search in incognito mode because a lot of hotel...
American Airlines Offering Free Elite Companion Upgrades From 7/14/22; 500 Mile Upgrades Converted End...
Back in February of this year, American Airlines announced that they'd be revamping how upgrades would work for elite members, particularly with regards to upgrades when traveling with a companion, but also the future...
Priority Pass finally beginning to allow payment cards for lounge entry
There are several different ways to use credit cards in order to gain access to airport lounges but one of the most common is Priority Pass. Priority Pass has over 1,300 lounge and restaurant...
US ending COVID testing requirement to enter country starting Sunday, 6/12
Today, the Biden administration announced that, starting Sunday at 12:01am EDT, there will no longer be a COVID testing requirement to enter the United States. This puts the US in line with both the...
Palacio de Villapanes Sevilla, Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Bottom Line Review
My wife and I ended our recent trip to Spain with a three-day stay in one of my favorite Spanish cities: Sevilla. We had yet to try a Mr. and Mrs. Smith property and...
The Virgin Atlantic monthly award calendar still exists. Here’s how to find it.
Virgin Atlantic has long had a very useful tool for searching awards, both when looking for flights operated by Virgin Atlantic, as well as those operated by their partners. Using Virgin's flexible dates option,...
Booking Directly With Airlines? Don’t Forget To Click Through From A Shopping Portal.
We're all about award travel, but there are times when it can make sense to book paid flights with airlines.
In general, it's best to book directly with airlines rather than OTAs (Online Travel Agencies)...
Palacio de Santa Paula Granada, Autograph Collection: Bottom Line Review
My wife and I are in the middle of a short trip to Andalucia, in Southern Spain (since Carrie and Greg are in Europe as well, I guess that means FM is now a...
Are Greg and Nick reasonable or are they reward value heretics?
Is there anything more Frequent Miler than Reasonable Redemption Values? Since FM started doing them in 2014, RRV's have been like a warm comforter, securing us in the knowledge that our points and miles...
Reader tip: Flexible flight credits via Southwest Wanna Get Away Plus
This morning, I wrote about some of my annoyances with Southwest flight credits. One of the problems with Southwest flight credits has long been that they are tied to the passenger named on the...
(Free Nights Awarded ) Why I paid over $1000 to upgrade 3 no-fee Hilton...
Update 5/15 - I wanted to do a follow-up to this original post as there were some questions about whether not upgrading to the Aspire would trigger a free night award without having to wait...
