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 […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Like many of you, my family had a ton of hotel certificates that needed to be used up before the end of this year. I’m happy to say that by fall I’ve worked my way through all of them. Well, all except one. Technically, this IHG cert belonged […]

See our Advertiser Disclosure and Editorial Note here. Hyatt really knows how to tempt me. It keeps sending me reminder emails about the 2-for-1 nights on points at its Miraval Resorts through January 31: If you’re not familiar with the Miraval brand, it’s an adults-only all-inclusive spa retreat resort. There are three locations: Miraval Arizona, Miraval […]