Marriott travel packages in a Peak world: good value?
When Marriott merged with SPG in August 2018, they massively increased the prices for travel packages. Travel packages offer a way to spend a...
Marriott Cash + Points Revised. Good deal?
This morning Marriott announced several changes to Marriott Bonvoy awards (details here). One of the changes is that they revised Points + Cash pricing...
Marriott announces major award changes: peak/off-peak, cash+points, and more
Marriott has announced several major changes to their awards program. This information was sent to us directly by Dan Forman, Senior Director Consumer PR...
Surviving Marriott Peak & Off-Peak Award Pricing
For better or worse (mostly worse), Marriott's Peak and Off-Peak award pricing will begin September 14 2019. At first glance, it doesn't look too...
(EXPIRED) Delta flash sale to Europe from 26K round trip
Delta is running a flash sale for economy class travel to Europe, with flights from 26,000 SkyMiles round trip. While we often see fall airfares drop...
Stacking sweet spots with Miles & More
Last week, we found out that Barclays has increased the offer on the Lufthansa Miles & More credit card to an all-time high of...
(EXPIRED) 50% off Thai award tickets for select markets (all classes)
Thai Airways is offering 50% off on award tickets between Bangkok and select markets. While Thai Airways does not fly to the US, those looking...
Booking Turkish online: my bumbling experiments
Over the weekend, Ian Snyder at Miles to Memories posted some great news about Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles: some domestic United Airlines flights can...
Around the world in business class for 115K [Sweet spot spotlight]
Flights crossing either the Atlantic or Pacific ocean usually cost in the neighborhood of 60K miles one-way in business class with most award programs....
(EXPIRED) Wow: 31.5K business class Atlanta to Istanbul in Sept
If Istanbul is on your bucket list and you live in or can position to Atlanta, you can potentially fly there in business class...
Greg’s 40K to Far Away mistakes (yep, he’s already made a few) #40Kfaraway
I'm not excited about our 40K to Far Away Challenge. "Excited" is too mild a word. "Obsessed" is more accurate. Nick, Stephen, and I...
Forget email, book Turkish awards over the phone (7.5K each way)
Yesterday, Greg posted about how you can buy enough Citi ThankYou points to fly from basically anywhere in the US to Hawaii for $386...
On my mind (award anxiety edition)
This week, Nick has been wringing his hands over a couple of recent award redemptions. First, he questioned his own wisdom in trading in...
A sweet spot hotel…and a rookie mistake
Earlier this week, I stumbled on what I think is a pretty awesome sweet spot hotel redemption in the US and I got pretty...
