Best Hyatt Category 4 Hotels & Resorts
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...
Best uses of Amex Membership Rewards points
Membership Rewards sweet spots are plentiful and strong. Indeed, Amex Membership Rewards is the strongest transferable points program in terms of the sheer number of Amex transfer partners. I've written about the Strengths of...
The most promiscuous airline programs
My favorite points programs, by far, are transferable points programs. These are programs where points can be transferred to airline and hotel programs, making it possible to cherry-pick the best opportunities. If you earn...
(EXPIRED) Targeted American Airlines offers: 15% rebate on awards, earn Loyalty Points on award...
Over the past week, we've seen some interesting targeted promotions out for select American Airlines AAdvantage card members. Neither my wife nor I were targeted for any special offers, but members of our Frequent...
1 month of notice: Virgin Atlantic to go to dynamic award pricing
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club has announced that from October 30, 2024, the program will be moving to a dynamic award pricing model. I suppose I should be thankful that Virgin Atlantic provided any notice...
How to find impossible hotel awards with Rooms.Aero [Video]
It can be really hard to find availability for luxury properties when you actually go to book your award. Luckily there's a free tool called Rooms.aero which makes this much easier, even when a...
How to find and book JAL’s new A350 first class
Ben, at One Mile at a Time, describes Japan Airline's new first class as "Unbelievably Good!!!" And, yes, three exclamation points were apparently required. Ben has flown nearly all commercial first class products that...
How To Use IHG Free Night Certificates
Several Chase IHG credit cards - the personal Premier card, the Business Premier card and the older Select card (the latter of which is no longer open for new applications) - come with anniversary...
Hotels via transferable points: it’s a new game
Not long ago, if you wanted to use your transferable points for hotel stays the advice was simple: transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards or Bilt points to Hyatt. Transferring to most other hotel programs was...
Before you book award travel, watch out for these pitfalls
On a recent Frequent Miler on the Air episode, we shared a story from reader/listener Jameson, who transferred points to Etihad only to find out during the checkout process that he needed more miles...
The Best Points-Bookable Hotels in the World (2024)
The recent Citi transfer bonus to Leading Hotels of the World led me to analyze Travel & Leisure's latest list of the best hotels in the world (100 Best Hotels for 2024). My quest was...
Is the Maldives really overrated? The myth of one-size-fits-all (Saturday Selection)
We're going to do something slightly different for this week's Saturday Selection. I've been on vacation for the last ten days or so and have been blessedly disciplined about keeping away from my points...
Which award search tool is best?
It's possible to fly economy class to Hawaii for 10,000 miles, or fly business class to Europe for as few as 34,000 miles, or fly business class to South Africa for 75,000 miles. It's easy...
United vs. Air Canada: Which is the better Chase transfer partner?
When Chase first added Air Canada Aeroplan as an Ultimate Rewards transfer partner in 2021, I compared United Airlines and Air Canada award prices on a number of routes to see which would be...
