Well, that was unexpected! This morning Award Wallet was the first blog (to my knowledge) to report on this new arrangement. As someone who is planning  a trip to Japan  next year, I was very excited by this announcement. I don’t have a ton of Jet Blue points (about 75k), but I can transfer my […]

The other day, I called my husband at work and said I needed to run something by him. He immediately said, “What new trip are you planning now?” Ha! I actually wasn’t calling about a new trip, but I can see why he said that. I usually have several trips in the works at any […]

I just read on One Mile at a Time this morning that EVA Air is launching nonstop flights between DFW and Taipei, Taiwan starting in October 2025. In fact, these flights are already on sale. Why am I so excited?? DFW is my home airport, and having another option for nonstop flights from here to […]

Now and again, I like to feature real-life situations, where I get to help someone who dabbles in this hobby occasionally (or not at all). So, when a relative has recently reached out for assistance  with covering flights to South America, I figured I might as well write a post. So, here is the situation. […]

To satisfy my wanderlust in between trips, I’ve been making more of an effort to go to local events and attractions and be a tourist in my own city. Last week, my daughter and I splurged on a city tour and afternoon tea with Tea Around Town in Dallas. This company operates double-decker bus tours […]

I’m loving all of these recent elevated credit card welcome offers! While the increased offers on the Chase Sapphire Preferred card (see this post) and the Capital One Venture Rewards card are still the best offers for newbies, there are more cards worth considering for free travel if you already have those cards. 100k Welcome […]