Most of you are probably aware of the fact that Southwest program will undergo major negative changes at the end of the month. Nancy has highlighted some of them in her recent post, and today I want to focus specifically on credit expiration. As of now, Southwest credits don’t expire, but that will change very […]

Well, that was unexpected! This morning Award Wallet was the first blog (to my knowledge) to report on this new arrangement. As someone who is planning  a trip to Japan  next year, I was very excited by this announcement. I don’t have a ton of Jet Blue points (about 75k), but I can transfer my […]

Now and again, I like to feature real-life situations, where I get to help someone who dabbles in this hobby occasionally (or not at all). So, when a relative has recently reached out for assistance  with covering flights to South America, I figured I might as well write a post. So, here is the situation. […]

If you’ve followed this hobby for awhile, you have probably seen a heavy emphasis on Hyatt aspirational redemptions. To be clear, there are good reasons for that. For one, Hyatt still has a fixed award chart, and you will pay a maximum of 45k points per night for a standard room during peak season. No, […]

If you asked my husband about his most memorable travel experience, without hesitation he would mention the 1993 summer trip to the western United States. My in-laws bought a used camper for $1k and took the kids to visit some of the greatest national parks this country has to offer. According to my husband, it […]

When it comes to this hobby, my primary goal is to collect as many points/cash as I can at the lowest possible cost. Everything else is secondary. I do appreciate various perks (Priority Pass etc.), but they don’t determine which cards we apply for. I also believe in striking when the iron is hot. Being […]