Miles For Family

Last fall, I wrote about how I booked an overwater bungalow in Roatan for $155. The low price was due to a $200 on-board credit I got from my “free” cruise on Carnival (see this post). The original price of $355 includes transportation to Turquoise Bay Dive Resort, open bar, food, and the overwater bungalow […]

Next summer, my daughter and I are going on a cruise through the Norwegian Fjords. We plan to visit a few places on land before our cruise. My window to book award flights is open for some airlines (mostly international airlines who open up schedules ~12 months in advance). For this trip, it was easy […]

Thank you to everyone who downloaded the Travel Freely app last week and entered the contest to win a $100 gift card. Travel Freely randomly picked one winner, and the winner is…. Vincent! Vincent, you should have received an email from Travel Freely already notifying you how to claim your gift card. If not, please […]

On my family’s recent European cruise, our first port stop was Santorini, Greece. I’ve been drooling over photos of Santorini for years now. I couldn’t believe I was finally there! It was surreal! Advice for Visiting Santorini on a Cruise The day our ship visited Santorini, there were four other ships. The island was crowded! […]

Back from Japan: a life-changing experience JAL business class vs. Delta premium select (review of our flights to/from Japan) Japan sightseeing and transportation logistics for the lazy and/or mobility-challenged  Why you should consider renting a machiya during your family vacation in Japan (this post) First things first. What exactly is machiya anyway? According to this […]

From now until 7/31/23, Capital One has a 20% transfer bonus to Air France/KLM Flying Blue. Instead of the usual 1:1 transfer ratio, this month you can get 1200 Flying Blue miles for every 1000 Capital One miles. My family has used Flying Blue miles to fly to Europe on business class–TWICE! We paid ~56,000 […]