Update on 1/30/2024: Thanks to our reader HML for letting us know that her Hilton gift card purchase triggered this credit on her Amex Surpass card last month. I went head and purchased a $50 Hilton gift card through this non-affiliate link nine days ago, and my  credit just posted yesterday. Keep in mind that […]

Last week I listed all of my travel plans for 2024 (so far). Today I wanted to lay out my thinking process on how I plan to approach miles and points hobby this year. There won’t be any earth-shattering revelations, but rather some common-sense solutions. But before we get to the list itself, a short rant. […]

As soon as 2024 was upon us, Nancy didn’t waste any time sharing her miles and points-subsidized  plans for the year. She is definitely the more organized half of Miles for Family team! Me? My motto in life is “I’ll get to it when I get to it.” You don’t want to look in my […]

This will be a short post that goes along with my previous write-up on the same topic I’ve been doing further research to find out if other cruise lines aside from Carnival, Princess and Holland America give you free cruise offers by submitting your information online. As a result, I came across this Reddit thread. […]

Last week I wrote a post on how I scored a free-ish offer from Holland America thanks to my husband’s expiring MGM Gold status (obtained from no-longer-available Hyatt match). In that post I’ve linked to an excellent resource on Frequent Miler blog, and I recommend you bookmark it in order to keep up with the […]

Well, comrades, as the saying goes, better late than never. Like many of you, I’ve been fascinated by the “free cruise” fever that hit our community over the last few years. Nancy has done a stellar job at taking advantage of all the match opportunities from different cruise lines. And of course, Nick from Frequent […]