I love showing real-life examples of squeezing the most “juice” out of your miles and points. So, recently, I was thrilled to be able to help one particular reader. Here is the email (condensed version) I got last week: “My wife and I live in Portland, Oregon and would like to celebrate our next wedding […]

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First, let me address the elephant in the room. Namely, that this topic has been covered ad nauseam in the miles and points blogs. Still, I think it’s helpful to see a practical application now and again. Out of all the emails I get from readers, I would say at least a third has to […]

This post was written by Nancy, who is a regular contributor. She also runs a blog Savingforadream My family of five is saving up for our most expensive vacation to date—a Disney Cruise to Alaska in the summer of 2017. Since the cruise itself is so pricey, I’m counting on using miles and points to drastically reduce […]