Bilt adding Hilton as newest transfer partner, but transfer ratio is poor
Over the last 6 months Bilt has made quite a few changes to its lineup of transfer partners. They have a big loss coming with the removal of American Airlines next month, but added...
How to select seats on partner bookings
It's common to book a trip through one airline that includes segments flown by other airlines. For example, a trip booked through American Airlines might include segments flown by Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Qatar,...
Flying by the Seat of our Points (Last Minute Travel Challenge)
Introducing Frequent Miler’s 2024 team challenge: Flying by the Seat of our Points! With this year's challenge, three of us will compete to book last-minute travel. Within each of three stages, our judges will give...
World of Hyatt Complete Guide
World of Hyatt is, by far, my favorite hotel loyalty program. Points are easy to earn, largely through their partnership with Chase, and Hyatt's generous award chart makes it possible to get huge value...
Earn & redeem between JetBlue and Etihad
This week, Jetblue True Blue and Etihad Guest announced a new partnership whereby you can earn and redeem miles with both airlines. While there are no incredible award sweet spots unlocked with this partnership,...
[June / July ’24 added!] Baseball fans: Capital One once again has great seats...
Update 5/10/24: June and July games have been added! Snag your summer games now. H/T to Thomas in the comments. Remember -- there are only 4 cardholder exclusive seats for each game. Many of the...
Business class to Europe this winter from 38K points one way (wide January availability)
A member of the Award Travel 101 Facebook Group reported overnight about some wide open business class award availability to and from Europe on Air France that can be found via Virgin Atlantic. That's...
Visiting Grand Canyon’s Havasupai Falls
One of my favorite Grand Canyon experiences is actually not even part of the Grand Canyon National Park. Full of lush waterfalls that look like they belong in the rainforest, the Havasu Falls are...
(EXPIRED) Graduate Hotels: Book 1 night & get 50% off 2nd night (Book by...
Graduate Hotels launched a new promotion last week which is still around for bookings made in the next few days for stays through the end of July. It's being marketed as a 'Stay one...
Earn Delta MQDs on hotel bookings, vacation rentals & car rentals (book by 6/24/24)
Delta is back with another promotion awarding Medallion Qualification Dollars when booking hotel stays, vacation rentals and car rentals via Delta. Whether that'll be worth it though is another matter.
The Deal
Earn $1 Medallion...
Best Western promo: Stay 3 nights & earn 10,000 bonus points (Ends 9/2/24)
Best Western is out with a new promotion that can earn you up to 20,000 bonus points on stays through the beginning of September.
The Deal
Stay 3 nights at Best Western properties & earn...
Bilt adds Alaska Airlines as transfer partner, offering 3x on rent payments
Back in March, Bilt Rewards announced that it was ending its partnership with American Airlines, thus losing its status as the only rewards currency to offer 1-1 transfers to the AAdvantage program. This was...
How to find incredible flight deals with Google Flights
When great flight deals are reported online, on this site or others, I'm often interested, but it's exceptionally rare for me to take advantage of them. The deals hardly ever include departures out of...
What is Delta elite status worth?
Most airlines offer extra benefits to their most valuable customers. If you fly enough with an airline, you can become “elite”. Of course, not all elites are equal. Most airlines have multiple elite tiers...
