Normally, I don’t cover new airline routes because the topic is a bit outside of this blog’s niche. But this one is different. Yesterday it was reported on OMAAT that a low-cost carrier French Bee (yes, it’s based in France, and yes, the name is ridiculous), will be starting flights from Papeete to San Francisco […]

On Friday I’ve mentioned that my cousin-in-law just visited Maui with her husband for their wedding anniversary. They came back and started planning a  trip to… Hawaii! If that’s not an endorsement for this amazing US destination, I don’t know what is. She said that they both decided they want to bring the kids next […]

According to some people, I’m putting the lives of my family at risk on our vacations. Why? Because we travel to some dangerous places. It’s clear to me that people have widely varied opinions on the definition of dangerous travel. Are These Places Too Dangerous? Well-meaning family, friends and people on travel forums tell me […]

I’ve said before that a good portion of emails I get have to do with visiting Hawaii via miles and points. So today I wanted to highlight one particular exchange (with reader’s permission) and add a few additional thoughts. Seth:  “Hi Leana, Now that we have tickets to Kauai, I wanted to start thinking about […]

Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter for most important breaking news in the miles and points world! 1) I thought about dedicating a separate post to the latest Club Carlson category adjustments that will kick in March 1st (see full details here) But let’s face it, most of you don’t really care about Club Carlson, am I […]

Few months ago I wrote about my unexpected success in getting approved for Jet Blue credit card (X2 thanks to having a husband). The 60k offer (now dead) was just too good to pass up, so I went for it. As a result, we are now proud owners of a combined total of 123K Jet […]