My daughter and I recently returned from a 7-night cruise on the Carnival Vista out of Galveston, Texas. This was one of my “free” cruises I earned from matching my Hyatt Explorist status to MGM Gold status to Carnival Players Club (this matching is ending in a few days! See this post).  If you can […]

Today and tomorrow are Amazon Prime Days! I’m not sure that I’ll be scouring too hard for deals. Although, I do have some dorm supplies to buy! For those of you with American Express cards that earn Membership Rewards, there are targeted deals for up to 50% off (maximum discount of of $80). Here are […]

I recently wrote posts about how I booked award flights to Costa Rica and to Europe next year. So far, I’ve only booked award flights TO those places, and I don’t yet have my return flights. A reader commented that I’m brave to book those flights, not knowing if I’ll be able to find return […]

Ten years ago, in July 2013: Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke was the #1 song Andy Murray won his first Wimbledon title Orange is the New Black became the talk of the town on Netflix Despicable Me 2 dominated the U.S. box office But most importantly, the Miles for Family blog was born! That’s right. […]

My husband has had a bucket list travel idea for years: whitewater rafting and camping on the river. I booked this trip for him and my sons using miles and points for flights and hotels (see this post). Then a few weeks ago, a man died on the rapids and they considered scraping the trip […]

Yesterday, my husband, son and I were talking about our travel this year and how many countries we visited. Soon, we started disagreeing on what counts as having visited a country. At first, my husband said you should have to at least leave the airport and have a meal. Maybe even spend the night in […]