Next year, my family is excited to return to Costa Rica to experience “Pura Vida” for a few days. I already booked nonstop award flights from Dallas to San Jose on American Airlines. For our return flights, I’ve been considering a few different options, as the nonstop flight on AA is currently priced at 55.5k […]

Our partners at Travel Freely noticed that Capital One has added new wording to the terms and conditions on credit card applications for the Capital One Venture X and the Capital One Venture Rewards cards. The exact wording: “Existing or previous cardmembers are not eligible for this product if they have received a new cardmember […]

I thought I had already experienced some challenging travel hurdles in my time as a miles and points traveler. Booking business class seats to Europe for 6 people in the summer? Done. Booking award flights over holiday weekends? Done and done. But recently, I’ve encountered a new travel challenge that answers the question: What’s more […]

Last week I wrote a post about my “adventures” booking award tickets to Europe while using Avianca Lifemiles program. It appears that they finally fixed the browser issue, and search is now working for everyone, not just those who were crafty enough to download Firefox on their desktop. Well, at least until another weird problem […]

  Earning a Southwest Airlines Companion Pass usually means opening new credit cards, flying a lot, or a combination of both. To get this coveted pass that lets you bring one companion on flights with you for free, you must earn 135,000 Rapid Reward points in one calendar year or take 100 one-way flights. However, […]

This post is geared towards newbie travelers on miles and points. Back in June, I applied for the Barclays AAdvantage Aviator World Elite Mastercard when the welcome bonus was 70,000 AA miles after just one purchase and paying the card’s $99 annual fee. Currently, the card has a lower welcome bonus, so I advise you […]