Air Canada Aeroplan Complete Guide
Air Canada Aeroplan is a highly unique frequent flyer program in many regards: they have more airline partners than any program in the world and they offer the ability to use your Aeroplan points...
Great value Preferred Hotels bookable with Choice points
Following the latest Choice-Preferred devaluation (prices now range up to 118,000 Choice points per night 87K Choice points per night) I had to scrap the original contents of this post and start over. Are...
(Walked-back) Another Choice Preferred Hotels devaluation: Up to 118K per night
Update: Choice has now walked back the maximum amount that you can pay for Preferred Hotels to 87k.
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One of the cool things you can do with Choice Privileges points is to use them at select...
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 rewards programs available to the major US transferable currencies, including...
Bonvoyology: Mastering Marriott’s Mysteries
Marriott Bonvoy is a maddeningly complex program which promises the world, but often delivers disappointment. Want to sign up for a second Bonvoy card? Good luck figuring out if you're eligible. Think your elite...
3 tricks for viewing the Air France / KLM Flying Blue award calendar
Air France / KLM Flying Blue miles are super easy to get. You can transfer 1 to 1 from any major transferable points currency: Amex, Chase, Citi, Capital One, Bilt, or even Wells Fargo....
Good availability from US to Taipei on Delta One from 98,000 SkyMiles (83,300 for...
PointsYeah has highlighted that there's currently good availability when flying to Taipei in business class using Delta SkyMiles. One-way prices are available from 98,000 SkyMiles or as low as 83,300 miles if you're a...
Which hotel award search tool is best?
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...
My World of Hyatt wishlist. Make a good thing even better
World of Hyatt is my favorite hotel loyalty program. Hyatt's program offers published award charts, great value for their points, multiple ways to achieve suite upgrades, best-in-class top-tier elite benefits, and many options for...
Best Uses of Avianca LifeMiles
Avianca LifeMiles is one of our favorite airline programs because of its combination of unique sweet spots, the ability to manipulate awards to pay fewer miles than the rates listed on the published award...
Selecting seats on a complicated Aeroplan booking
I am currently in the midst of traveling on a complex Aeroplan award ticket. After a couple of weeks in Europe, my family and I flew this week from Paris to Mauritius on Air...
(Update – Now Working) Virgin Flying Club can’t book awards on Air France or...
Update 8/15/24: On 8/13/24, I (Tim) was able to successfully complete an Air France booking using Virgin points. The website gave me an error and a booking reference, but I was then able to...
Loyalty programs changing fortunes (August 2024)
To many, it seems like loyalty programs are always devaluing. Point prices go up. The ability to book valuable awards goes down. Sometimes the ability to earn lots of points goes down. But good...
How to find the Hilton flexible date calendar
Booking aspirational Hilton properties can often be a very good use for Hilton Honors points and free night certificates (FNC). However, a consistently-noted problem is that it can be very difficult to find standard...
