For those with hotel points and free night certificates across multiple hotel programs, finding the best places to use your points and free nights can be a pain. It can be especially hard when...
Singapore Krisflyer is out with its monthly Spontaneous Escapes and this month the New York JFK-Frankfurt route makes the list in both premium economy and business class. You'll have to book by the end...
There's a reason why people get frustrated with award booking - because earning the miles or points for your award is just one piece of the puzzle. Actually finding the awards is an entirely new...
We've written plenty about booking Vacasa vacation rentals with Wyndham Rewards points, which can be a fantastic deal in the right scenarios. We've written far less about booking Cottages.com (at least not since one...
If you have a general idea of a premium award trip you'd like to take and a general idea of a timeline but you're flexible on the finer details, that puts you in a...
When I first wrote about Seats.Aero (see: Seats.aero: a wonderfully nerdy tool for finding Unicorn flight awards), it was one of a kind. Unlike other award search tools, Seats.Aero does most of its work...
The best points rewards programs, in my opinion, are those that allow points to be transferred to many different airline and hotel loyalty programs. In this way, it is often possible to get outsized...
Turkish Miles & Smiles is a 1:1 transfer partner from Capital One Miles, Citi ThankYou points, and Bilt Rewards, meaning that it is easy to put together the miles for a Turkish Airlines award...
This post has been largely re-written since last publication. I've added new tools, separated free tools from paid tools, and changed how I summarize each tool's loyalty program coverage. For the latter, rather than...
Update 3/11/24: Alaska's new award charts are starting to go live today and will be completely implemented by 3/31/24. This week, new award pricing between the United States and Africa/Europe will begin, with the...
In this post you'll find a list of recommended hotels for using your category 1-4 certs. Most of these recommendations come directly from readers. Thank you, everyone who has contributed! And, please comment below...
The ability to book Vacasa Vacation Rentals is an excellent use for Wyndham points. If you're at all interested in booking vacation rentals, it's essential to learn about this opportunity. This post has everything...
Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles is currently offering a sale on award tickets. When I read the details of this sale, all I could hear in my head was the opening line of Ricky...
ANA Mileage Club has long been a theoretically incredible Amex Membership Rewards transfer partner. In practice, it isn't always as easy to leverage at it sounds in theory, but the ANA award charts have...