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...
How to fight the mental cost of points and miles
About a month ago, the Point debit card started playing games with referral bonuses, resulting in a situation where those of us referring others to the card didn't know how many referrals we had...
JetBlue not on Points.com. No more Amtrak transfers (hopefully temporary?)
An astute reader pointed out to us on Twitter that JetBlue is no longer listed on Points.com. That means that, unfortunately, it is not currently possible to transfer JetBlue TrueBlue points to Amtrak Guest Rewards....
Star Alliance to launch a credit card, redeem across 26 airlines
Bloomberg is reporting that Star Alliance is planning to launch a credit card this year that will enable cardholders to redeem miles across all 26 member airlines. Interestingly, the article specifically notes that you'll...
[Update: Access on arrival restored] Delta Reducing Sky Club Access To 3 Hours Before...
Update 5/12/22: Delta sent an email to members today indicating that they have had a change of heart: customers will be able to access the Sky Club on arrival, with or without a connection. This...
Citi Merchant Offers Now Available For Most (Or All?) Cardholders
In December 2020, Citi launched Citi Merchant Offers - spending offers that work similarly to Amex Offers and Chase Offers.
There was a downside for many Citi cardholders though - they weren't targeted for this...
US Bank Now Providing Instant Credit Card Numbers For New Applications
A couple of years ago, US Bank announced that they'd be introducing the ability to obtain credit card numbers instantly for new card applications.
There seemed to be a delay in that functionality being introduced,...
