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5 Biggest Mistakes Newbies Make in Miles and Points Hobby

January 26, 2026 By Nancy Leave a Comment

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It’s a new year, and with that brings a group of newbies ready to start using miles and points from credit card rewards to book free travel. If this is you, welcome to the hobby! To get started, see my post Beginner’s Guide: 7 Steps to Free Travel with Miles and Points. In recent weeks, […]

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Best Uses of Bilt Cash For My Situation

January 22, 2026 By Nancy 4 Comments

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After a confusing rollout of Bilt 2.0, I bit the bullet and applied for the Bilt Palladium card. In a nutshell: 50,000 bonus points, $300 in Bilt Cash + Gold Status after spending $4000 in first 3 months $200 in Bilt Cash annually 2X points plus 4% Bilt Cash on everyday spend $400 Bilt Hotel […]

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Booked: Award Flights Home from Asia

January 21, 2026 By Nancy 3 Comments

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about how I booked business class award seats for my son and his friend to Asia for their Thailand trip over Christmas/New Year holidays. But, I still had to find award seats back to the USA. I planned to try my hardest to get Premium Economy seats or better […]

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Bilt 2.D’oh, New Chase Sapphire Rules and More

January 19, 2026 By Nancy Leave a Comment

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Happy Monday and MLK Day! Bilt 2.D’Oh. Why you should be cautious of their new cards setup: If you can stand any more news about the new Bilt 2.0 rollout, this post on Frequent Miler explains the new changes that were rolled out after the 2.0 rollout and provides more analysis on the whole Bilt system. […]

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Bilt 2.0: Should I Stay, or Should I Go?

January 16, 2026 By Nancy 13 Comments

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I’ve been in Bilt 2.0 overload the past few days. As you probably heard, Bilt just officially launched 3 new credit cards that replace the old Bilt 1.0 Wells Fargo credit card. And if you’re a newbie who’s totally confused about what Bilt even is, here’s a brief recap: Bilt was originally a loyalty program […]

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LA28 Olympics Ticket Draw Opens Today!

January 14, 2026 By Nancy 5 Comments

How to Get to Tokyo 2020 Olympics for Less

Update: See ticket purchase guidelines here. I am bound and determined to travel to California in July 2028 to watch the Olympics in person! After trying multiple times to attend the Olympics in the past only to have my plans always fall through, LA28 is going to be the one I just can’t miss. And […]

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