The Standard hotels integrating into Hyatt’s standard charts and benefits
The Standard is a hip/edgy hotel chain recently acquired by Hyatt. The brand is so cool that they have an upside down logo. They're...
A trip to Europe for two people with just 100K points
On our Ask Us Anything this week, a listener asked about the best way to use 100,000 Ultimate Rewards points for international flights. The...
Gondola: My go-to hotel award search tool has fixed their email problem
Gondola is a free tool designed to make it easy to find hotels that offer the best value for your points or for cash....
Book Delta One to Seoul from 110,500 SkyMiles
It can be hard to get good value from your Delta SkyMiles if you want to travel in business class, so much so that...
How I booked my son’s graduation present flights to Japan
When my son graduated from college several years ago, I offered to send him and a few friends to Hawaii using my points and...
Got an expiring Hilton free night certificate? Maybe it can be extended (YMMV).
Hilton Free Night Certificates expire one year after they are issued. Given that Hilton Free Night Certificates can be used any night of the...
American Airlines AAdvantage Complete Guide
American Airlines AAdvantage Overview
American Airlines AAdvantage is the loyalty program for American Airlines. Given American's extensive reach within the United Sates and abroad, they...
AwardTool: a powerful award search tool with up to 32 simultaneous searches (now supports...
AwardTool is a powerful flight award search tool with both a free and paid (Pro) version. This tool is very similar to PointsYeah. Both...
[Dead] Japan Airlines First Class wide open through JetBlue TrueBlue (though it’s expensive)
If you've been itching to fly Japan Airlines first class, JetBlue TrueBlue may just be the ticket: On Friday, we received an alert from...
Citi ThankYou Rewards reduces transfer rates from cards with no annual fee
Yesterday, we reported an e-mail that was sent to Citi Premier cardholders, letting them know that, on 7/27/25, there will be a reduction in the...
Avianca LifeMiles appears to reverse European award devaluation
Back in February, we reported on a devaluation of Avianca LifeMiles awards (the second in just a few months). Although Nick found a bunch...
Japan Airlines flights now bookable with JetBlue TrueBlue points
Japan Airlines is likely going to become a transfer partner of Bilt within the next few weeks, but in the meantime there's a new...
Best ways to get to Hawaii using points and miles (2025)
If Hawaii's tropical paradise is on your mind, you probably want to know how to get there with miles and points. Alaska, AA, Delta,...
Best ways to get to the Caribbean / Central America using points and miles...
Looking for the cheapest ways to get to the Caribbean? This post outlines the best options available to get there by using frequent flyer...
