Miles For Family

Over the years, Nancy and I have mentioned Barclays AAdvantage Aviator card multiple times. It’s rare that I use a term no-brainer when it comes to sign-up bonuses, but this is definitely one of them. Oh, and did I mention that it doesn’t pay us commission? In fact, I don’t remember a time when it […]

Starting today, June 15, 2023 and lasting through July 31, 2023, Chase has a 20% transfer bonus to Aeroplan Air Canada. This offer is stackable with the Aeroplan cardholder transfer bonus of 10% on transfers over 50,000 or more points. So, Aeroplan cardholders can potentially receive a 30% bonus on transfers from Chase to Aeroplan […]

A few weeks ago, my family stayed at the Hyatt Centric Murano Venice. It’s a Category 3 World of Hyatt property that costs 9000-15,000 points per night depending on the date. I used a credit card free night certificate for one room and paid cash (~$250) rate plus 6000 points for a Duplex Suite for […]

On my family’s recent European trip, we flew on Air France in business class seats to and from Paris, with connecting flights to Venice and from Rome. I booked these flights for 55k Flying Blue miles (see this post). Even though I wrote a detailed review about our experience in Air France’s business class last […]

I have to admit, when I see a travel blogger use the term “life-changing experience”, I often roll my eyes. Not that yours truly is not prone to exaggerations, but over the years very few travel-related things have  left me in awe. Yet, that’s the only way to describe our recent family trip to Japan. […]

No trip is perfect. Sure, social media makes it look like travel is all sunshine and rainbows. But, hiccups happen. Things go wrong. I always like to mention these things to keep it real and temper everyone’s travel expectations. The other night as I started thinking about the hiccups on our trip, I had a […]