Miles For Family

It’s hard to believe it’s the last day of 2025 already. This year has been full of travel experiences for my family, all thanks to this miles and points hobby. We explored new destinations, and I returned to some places I haven’t visited in many years. This year, I completed my Grand Circle Tour of […]

I’m enjoying some days off work and spending time with my family. I hope you are doing the same! Here is the latest miles and points news from around the web: Bilt Rent Day January 2026 and Bilt 2.0 Speculation: I’m not impressed at all with Bilt’s January 2026 Rent Day promotions since there are […]

The past two years,  I have divulged my miles and points balances in a blog post (see my 2024 post and my April 2025 post). I’m constantly earning and burning miles, so my balances always fluctuate.  See Beginner’s Guide: 7 Steps to Free Travel with Miles and Points.  I recently opened some new credit cards, […]

Bilt Adds Spirit Airlines as Transfer Partner: I admit, I’m surprised by this development. You can now transfer Bilt Rewards points to Spirit, making Bilt the only points currency that transfers to Spirit Airlines. See the news release here. Rove Giving Mesa Cardholders Free Points: In the aftermath of the Mesa Homeowners Card demise, Rove […]

A few days ago, the Mesa Homeowners Card abruptly went out of business. This is a card I’ve mentioned before on the blog and was thinking about getting “someday”. It was an attractive zero-annual-fee card because it offered points on mortgage payments (didn’t have to be charged on the card) and 3X points on property […]

The trend with miles and points credit cards over the past few years has been the introduction of high annual fee cards with lots of “perks” to offset those high fees. I’m not a fan. I’d rather just have no or low fees an skip most of those “perks”. But, it is what it is. […]