Miles For Family

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Now that I’ve got flights to Paris booked for next summer, I’ve been thinking more about what we will do when we get there. This is my favorite part of travel planning! Since my husband and I went to France for our honeymoon and he had been there twice […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. I still can’t believe my luck. Last Friday, I booked lie-flat business class seats for my family of five to Paris next summer using miles and points. This is my first time booking business class seats. See my prior post Moving On Up! Why I’m Splurging on Business […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Since I’ve accidentally found out a few months ago that as of August of this year I will be under 5/24 limit, I held back from applying for any new credit cards. Why? You guessed it: Chase Sapphire Preferred. In fact, at the time it had an 80k […]

Why I Would Never, Ever Buy a Timeshare: I agree 100% with this post on One Mile at a Time. I’m a numbers gal, and I’ve never gotten the math to work out, even with a $0 resale. Those maintenance fees are just too high. What Makes a Good Airport: This is an interesting read […]

Unlike most people in the miles and points community, my experience in business class and first class seats is very limited. I’ve never made an award redemption in business class, and I’ve only paid cash to fly in business class once. (The one time was on a long flight to South Korea when the fare […]

Breaking news: You can now transfer Citi ThankYou points to American Airlines. This is a limited-time deal valid today through  November 13, 2021. See this article on Business Insider. Citi Premier and Citi Prestige card holders have a 1:1 transfer ratio to American Airlines. Other Citi cards with ThankYou points have a 2:1 transfer ratio (1000 […]