Most Anticipated Hotel Openings of 2022: See this list of upcoming hotels on TPG. I don’t have plans for any of these new places, but it’s nice to look. SimplyMiles and the Deal of the Year: If you’ve been following other blogs this week, you have probably read about this now-expired deal on SimplyMiles. People […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Earlier this week, my kids’ school district published the approved calendar for the 2022-2023 school year. I’m happy that the school board approved the calendar an entire month earlier than they did this past school year. Since I now have high schoolers, I’m not pulling my kids out […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Recently, I met a local miles and points enthusiast who lives in my same town. She also happens to be a professional travel award booker. I had so many questions for her, and I think our lunch lasted 2-3 hours since we both enjoyed talking about travel so […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. My husband and I each own two credit cards that give us a free night annually (after paying the card’s annual fee). Those cards are the Hyatt and IHG co-branded Chase cards. Usually, we get good value for our free night certificates with stays that cost at least […]

A Year of Frosty Treats for $2 at Wendy’s: This has nothing to do with miles and points, yet I feel compelled to share it.  The money supports one of my favorite causes, adoption. See this post on Michael W. Travels. The Tradeoffs We Have to Make Spending Miles on International Business Class Tickets: This […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. The great thing about booking award flights 11 months in advance is that (usually) award availability is better. And, you can start to plan the rest of your trip, knowing that your flights are already set. The bad thing about booking flights so early is that flight schedules […]