Ever since I started following the miles community more closely, there have been regular proclamations about how this hobby is dead, points are worthless, yadda yadda yadda. Oh, and that greedy bloggers are ruining all the best deals. It usually happens when there is a massive devaluation on a particular route or some “sweet spot” […]

I’ve been doing this miles and points hobby for a very long time, before it was cool. In fact, I stumbled on it accidentally in 2001, after I needed to top off my Northwest account for a trip to Hawaii. No blogs to show me the “way”, just good ol’ research and occasional scanning of […]

In a few months my family is planning to finally visit Japan. This trip has been booked and cancelled so many times due to Covid pandemic that I refuse to get too excited until we are actually on the plane to Osaka. You can see all the details on my mileage redemptions in this post. […]

Last week Hyatt program announced some category adjustments that will take effect  on March 28th. Nancy has already written a post with her analysis, so I’ll briefly add my two cents here. First, these changes are completely expected. The cash prices at most desirable Hyatt properties (resorts and major cities) are out of control at the […]

A few weeks ago I’ve published a post on choosing the best mileage options for my kids’ summer trip to Michigan. My husband and I won’t be going, so my MIL will be in charge. I’ve mentioned that I ended up choosing an AA flight from Detroit to Fort Myers mainly due to low price (9.5k […]

How do you define “unacceptable risk” when researching your next trip? Some only look at US government travel advisories and plan accordingly. Others go to travel discussion boards (there are many on Reddit) with the hope of finding real-life traveler experiences on the ground. Naturally, it’s ill-advised to travel to an active war zone, for […]