See our Advertiser Disclosure here. On my family’s recent Royal Caribbean cruise, I hadn’t planned on going on any excursions while on the cruise line’s private island, CocoCay. After all, my boys would be occupied with the Thrill Water Park. And, with plenty of free beach lounge chairs and a ginormous pool, the rest of […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. From time to time, banks and individual airlines and hotels offer transfer bonuses when you transfer from one miles currency to another. As I mentioned a few weeks ago (see this post), I don’t transfer during these deals unless I have an imminent award booking that I know can benefit […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. All three Southwest credit cards now have a bonus of 75,000 points! Let’s take a look. The Offer For all three personal cards, spend $5000 in the first three months and get 75,000 bonus points. Affiliate links: Chase Southwest Rapid Rewards Plus Credit Card ($69 annual fee) Chase […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Earlier this year, I shared how I booked some AA Web Special Award flights for my husband and son to watch the U.S. Open (tennis) in person. The price of flights from DFW to LaGuardia airport were running close to $500 each, but I found these AA Web […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure here. I just returned from a week-long cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas with my family. Overall, we had a fantastic trip, and I plan to write more about it soon. However, after sailing on a dozen cruises, I encountered a new-to-me problem: my onboard account got hacked! Paying […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. This offer has changed. See current credit card offers here. My favorite card for miles and points newbies, the Chase Sapphire Preferred, currently has a great sign-up bonus of 80,000 points. This is one of the hottest credit card offers out there right now. Unfortunately, this offer ends […]