Istanbul, We Have a Problem: What’s Going On with Turkish Miles?: Turkish Airlines website is not the best, and lately you can’t book Star Alliance awards online. Check out this post on Thrifty Traveler that summarizes the current issues. Also, read this post on Frequent Miler to see the workaround for booking United with Turkish miles. […]

I always thought that Comic Cons are for weird people. Like, really weird. Before we had kids, my husband mentioned that he was always curious about Star Trek conventions, but was too embarrassed to actually attend. The only thing even remotely close to a comic con in Belarus was some sort of “Lord of the […]

One of the biggest complaints in the miles and points community is lack of award availability at decent miles prices. I agree that finding reasonable award redemptions can be difficult. But, it’s not impossible. Flexibility and persistence are keys to finding award flights that work. Many miles and points travelers are busy booking award flights […]

I just found out that the higher 60k welcome bonus for the Amex Green card ends tomorrow, Wednesday, 8/22/23. I’m actually surprised this elevated bonus lasted almost 3 months! If you were waiting to apply, don’t wait any longer. And if you do apply, please consider using our link. Thank you!! AMEX GREEN CARD 60K […]

Most of us in the miles and points community are in a privileged position where taking an extra flight (or two) is quite doable. Even if our family budget doesn’t allow it, I usually have some spare miles that I can burn without regret. That being said, due to various restrictions, my ability to generate […]

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, […]