TL;DR: I booked award flights home from Costa Rica for 5 people on United Airlines for 20k miles + ~$60 in fees each after stumbling over a few roadblocks in the process. My family of five is traveling to Costa Rica next year. I booked our award flights TO Costa Rica a few months ago, […]

American Express Makes Negative Changes to Platinum Consumer Cards: This was the talk of the internet yesterday. Authorized users are now $195 each (instead of 3 for $175) and all 3 versions of the Platinum card are now considered the same for bonus eligibility. See this recap on Frequent Miler. It’s Time for Tourists to […]

A few weeks ago, my husband and I were scrolling through AppleTV+ because we ran out of stuff to watch on Netflix. I came across a few travel-related shows that might be of interest to my fellow travel enthusiasts. The Reluctant Traveler The Reluctant Traveler stars Eugene Levy, who you might know from Schitt’s Creek […]

This morning, American Airlines announced several “new” international routes that will start in 2024. I put “new” in quotations because some of these routes existed pre-Pandemic or earlier and they are now being reinstated. Philadelphia (PHL) to Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH) beginning June 6, 2024 Philadelphia (PHL) to Naples, Italy (NAP) beginning June 5, 2024 (Amalfi […]

Warning! Controversial topic ahead: MONEY  This was a recent topic in my local mom’s group on Facebook: Who pays for adult children on a family vacation? We aren’t talking about their own trips by themselves, but rather a vacation that includes all of the family. The definition of adult children could mean young adults in […]

This morning, I received an email from Finnair detailing several upcoming changes in 2024. The biggest change is that Finnair will be joining the Avios loyalty network (which is currently used by British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Qatar). Summary of Finnair Changes Finnair Plus loyalty program is switching to a spend-based model (instead of […]