One or more of these credit card offers may no longer be available. See our Hot Deals page for the latest offers. As most of you know, my family just got back from a cruise to Alaska. It really is a beautiful place which I recommend you try to visit at some point if you […]

Now and again I get emails from bank reps touting the virtues of their products and asking me to mention them in the blog. I guess they didn’t get the memo that this is a very small site that doesn’t have a ton of influence in the miles and points industry. Anyway, I read all […]

This post was written by Nancy, who is a regular contributor. She also runs a blog Savingforadream My family loves Europe! My husband traveled to London and Paris to study during college. I spent a month in Spain, two weeks in London and two weeks in Italy in my younger years. We had the most wonderful 10-day […]

Just a quick post to let you guys know that Holiday Inn Resort Orlando Suites Waterpark (formerly Nickelodeon) can now be booked on points. The cost is a fairly reasonable 25,000 IHG points per night, which is a good deal during high season. Right now availability is wide open, but that could change soon. With […]

Well, I’m finally back from our adventure. I’ll do a  roundup of all the “sky is falling” miles and points news on Friday, but today we talk actual travel. Because that’s why we do this crazy hobby, right? Right? Remember how I said that my son was coughing his head off a week before the cruise? Well, […]

This post was written by Nancy, who is a regular contributor. She also runs a blog Savingforadream A few weeks ago, I wrote about strategies for paying off a big vacation. I have a few updates on our progress for saving up for our big Alaska trip on Disney Cruise Line in 2017: Sell Your Stuff—We had […]