Tag: Week In Review
New Marriott Cards are Coming (Probably)
Marriott has gone Brazenly Bananas with its Bodacious Body of absolutely Blissful and Benevolent B names. Not content with its current crop of credit...
The best Amex transfer partner: Air Canada vs ANA
What matters more: great award chart pricing or a greater number of partners? Are surcharges a big problem for ANA? This week, Greg and...
Extreme hotel savings
We love award travel, but sometimes you have to book a hotel at a cash rate. But who wants to pay full price? Certainly...
The best free nights in the Big Apple
Want to sleep cheap in the city that never sleeps? Hotel points and free night certificates are the obvious way to save a bundle...
The dream trip that got away
They say you can't have your cake and eat it, too. While it's kind of hard to invoke that expression while knowing how awesome...
Please tell us how to find business class awards
Greg recently had great success booking his ANA round the world award. In response, a reader made a request that we get quite frequently...
How to book round the world awards
Want to travel all around the world in business class? We've talked about the ANA Round the World chart before, but this week on...
Virgin Atlantic releases award floodgates. Let the bookings begin!
Virgin Atlantic's wide-open award space is the headline topic for this week's edition of Frequent Miler on the Air, but we also gave updates...
Where to park your transferrable points
Cancelling your card? Having your card cancelled for you? Where should you put your points? We get this question pretty often when people have...
Drafting the dream: Strategies for drafting the best 3 card, 3 continent dream trip
What would be your ideal card combination to create an incredible adventure using just 3 credit cards and their associated welcome bonuses? That's the...
Amex End Game: What to do when you’ve signed up for all the cards
Yes, you can continue to march on the Amex point parade even after you've signed up for all the cards. This week on Frequent...
Keeper features of ultra premium cards
Many ultra premium cards come with keeper features -- those killer benefits that make the cards worth having and holding. But there is often...
Credit card strategies for low spenders, medium spenders, and big spenders
Credit card intro bonuses are clearly the fastest way to a points and miles fortune, but how does the plan differ for someone who...
Finding impossible awards
You've earned a small mountain of rewards thanks to the points parade of the past few years. The next step is to feel the...
