Leana, Author at Miles For Family

Meeting Minimum Spending Requirements for an Average Joe

December 30, 2013 By Leana 33 Comments

Ok, this has nothing to do with intelligence level! I’ve mentioned before that I don’t do any manufactured spending. A lot of people engage in this type of activity in order to be able to collect several sign-up bonuses at once. Personally, I don’t recommend it for a regular family where both spouses have full-time jobs […]

Miles and points,time machine, Athens

December 27, 2013 By Leana Leave a Comment

Last week had shown me once again, that you absolutely have to have thick skin and learn to compartmentalize if you want to be a blogger. The truth is, not everyone will love or even like your blog and that’s OK. And some will downright hate it and that’s OK too. We all have unique tastes […]

Hawaii travel challenge for a family of five

December 25, 2013 By Leana 2 Comments

One of my readers had requested, that I cover different ways to get to Hawaii for a family of 5. My last post focused on Chase BA Visa and its 100000 miles offer. But that particular sign-up bonus requires 20000 dollars in spending and if you don’t buy any prepaid money products like Vanilla Reloads, […]

Best Avios Bargains for Family

December 23, 2013 By Leana 14 Comments

Update: Routes that used to cost 4,500 Avios and that happen to originate or end in USA, now cost 7,500 Avios. You can still get 4,500 Avios pricing on most international routes. Take a look at a distance chart in BA program. We will focus on Blue Class, which is economy. Though some of the […]

Miles and points, links, Kauai

December 20, 2013 By Leana 6 Comments

First, I wanted to thank Paul from Milenerd.com for mentioning me in his post. Even though the review of my blog (and me) was less than glowing, I got a lot of visitors from it and some have even subscribed to my blog. He was also kind enough to email me and say that I […]

Help me help you! Plus 2500 Amazon gift card giveaway!

December 18, 2013 By Leana 37 Comments

2500 cents, that is. Or 25 dollars, because thats all I can afford at the moment. Plus, I’m cheap. Well, my readers, its the end of the year and my blog is still around. Mostly because of the commission I keep on collecting. You know, I’m kidding, y’all ! When I started writing I gave […]