Miles For Family

Ever since I started following the miles community more closely, there have been regular proclamations about how this hobby is dead, points are worthless, yadda yadda yadda. Oh, and that greedy bloggers are ruining all the best deals. It usually happens when there is a massive devaluation on a particular route or some “sweet spot” […]

I’ve been doing this miles and points hobby for a very long time, before it was cool. In fact, I stumbled on it accidentally in 2001, after I needed to top off my Northwest account for a trip to Hawaii. No blogs to show me the “way”, just good ol’ research and occasional scanning of […]

I’ve used Air France Flying Blue miles to book business class seats for my family to Europe twice now. For both of our trips, I found great availability and and award prices from DFW to Europe. I love that I can transfer my Capital One miles and my Chase Ultimate Rewards to Flying Blue (Citi, […]

One of the major decisions that comes with planning any trip is how many places you are willing to see in one vacation. How many attractions can you squeeze into one week? How much schlepping around can your kids handle? This decision is magnified when you visit Europe since countries are so close together and high […]

In a few months my family is planning to finally visit Japan. This trip has been booked and cancelled so many times due to Covid pandemic that I refuse to get too excited until we are actually on the plane to Osaka. You can see all the details on my mileage redemptions in this post. […]

I’m currently on a cruise ship. Wahoo, my favorite place to be! Even though this cruise is only 4 nights, there are things my family does before and during our cruises to make them extra festive. Door Magnets Cruise ship doors are made of metal. I like putting magnets on our doors not only so […]