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Real world: How I used points to fly in 2025
In 2024, several of my favorite luxury flights were booked with AA miles (see: My AAdvantage love affair continues). And, if memory serves, I...
Award Booking
Current point transfer bonuses for December 2025
The best points rewards programs, in our opinion, are those that allow points to be transferred to many different airline and hotel loyalty programs....
Quick Deals
Best Buy Amex Offer: Spend $250 & get $25 back
Two or three times per year we see Amex Offers for Best Buy that can save you up to 10%. The latest targeted offer...
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Award Booking
Real world: How I used points to fly in 2025
In 2024, several of my favorite luxury flights were booked with AA miles (see: My AAdvantage love affair continues). And, if memory serves, I...
Award Booking
Current point transfer bonuses for December 2025
The best points rewards programs, in our opinion, are those that allow points to be transferred to many different airline and hotel loyalty programs....
Quick Deals
Best Buy Amex Offer: Spend $250 & get $25 back
Two or three times per year we see Amex Offers for Best Buy that can save you up to 10%. The latest targeted offer...
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Lodging
Buy Hilton Points For 0.5 Cents Each
Hilton has returned with a new sale offering members an up to 100% bonus when purchasing Hilton Honors points. That means you can buy...
Featured Article
Eat out, earn more: Guide to card-linked dining programs for airlines, hotels & more
One of the ways to earn points, miles and/or cashback on your everyday spend is to link your payment card(s) to dining programs that...
Flights
Southwest portal promo: Spend $200 & earn 1,000 bonus Rapid Rewards points (Ends 12/6)
The Southwest shopping portal recently had a three-tiered promotion that ran for much of November and ended last week. That same portal is now...
Lodging
Current Hotel Promotions for December 2025
All major hotel brands dangle various carrots in front of customers to incentivize their patronage. Bonuses for for elite status, loyalty program membership and...
Lodging
Wyndham Rewards offering 2 months of Insider subscription free with promo code INSIDERHOLIDAY25
Wyndham Rewards launched a subscription service a couple of months ago called Insider. Due to the cost of the subscription and its laughably unrewarding...
Lodging
Buy Hilton Points For 0.5 Cents Each
Hilton has returned with a new sale offering members an up to 100% bonus when purchasing Hilton Honors points. That means you can buy...
Featured Article
Eat out, earn more: Guide to card-linked dining programs for airlines, hotels & more
One of the ways to earn points, miles and/or cashback on your everyday spend is to link your payment card(s) to dining programs that...
Flights
Southwest portal promo: Spend $200 & earn 1,000 bonus Rapid Rewards points (Ends 12/6)
The Southwest shopping portal recently had a three-tiered promotion that ran for much of November and ended last week. That same portal is now...
Lodging
Current Hotel Promotions for December 2025
All major hotel brands dangle various carrots in front of customers to incentivize their patronage. Bonuses for for elite status, loyalty program membership and...
Lodging
Wyndham Rewards offering 2 months of Insider subscription free with promo code INSIDERHOLIDAY25
Wyndham Rewards launched a subscription service a couple of months ago called Insider. Due to the cost of the subscription and its laughably unrewarding...
Flights
Capital One transfer ratio to Emirates will reduce to 1,000:750
In non-shocking news considering the route that other transferable currencies have gone down in recent months, Capital One has announced that it'll be reducing...
Flights
JetBlue sale: Save 35% when using promo code SAVE35 (Book by 12/3/25)
JetBlue is launched a sale yesterday which ends tonight (December 3). If you use promo code SAVE35, you can save 35% on flights.
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Lodging
(Update: Extended) Preferred Hotels promo: Stay 2+ nights & earn 35K bonus points + get up to 35% off stays
Update 12/3/25: This Preferred Hotels sale/promotion was due to end on December 1, but it's been extended through tonight (December 3).
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Preferred Hotels is running...
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The St. Regis Bora Bora: Fantastic service, but disappointing overall
We recently spent 12 nights in French Polynesia, which included a return to the St. Regis Bora Bora for a 5-night stay (we last...
Quick Deals
Q4 2025 activation links for cards offering 5% in rotating categories
Update 12/2/25: As a reminder, PayPal is included as a 5% category on Chase Freedom/Freedom Flex cards for all of December. That's part of...
Award Booking
Flying Blue Promo Rewards for December: 25% off economy, premium economy & business class
The latest batch of eligible cities for Flying Blue Promo Rewards are live and there's a lot to like. More than a dozen North...
Featured Article
Is it worth hoarding points? | Coffee Break Ep80 | 12-2-25 | Podcast
The conventional wisdom in the miles and points community is that you should "earn and burn" your points. In other words, once you have...
