Miles For Family

One of the unexpected side affects of the Trump presidency has been the thawing out of the relationship between Belarus and the United States. Before I go any further, let me be clear that this is NOT a political statement, so please don’t take it as such. But apparently, the president of Belarus likes Trump, […]

Few weeks ago I published a post on  new lineup of Amex Hilton credit cards. I don’t believe  it’s an earth-shattering development for  most of my readers. Getting 100k Hilton points is not nearly as exciting as it was just a few years ago. However, Hilton program does have its strengths, and that’s what this […]

Remember Nancy’s post The case of missing 200k Hilton points?  A short recap: Amex has created two new Hilton accounts for her husband, and it took a mild heart attack, multiple phone calls and several weeks for her to straighten everything out. Based on readers’ comments on that post, this sort of thing is not […]

One or more of these credit card offers may no longer be available. See our Hot Deals page for the latest offers. Although in the past I’ve joked about cheating on Disney, it does look like my family will be visiting Universal Orlando Resort before our next Disney Cruise. My kids have seen the commercials. […]

Few weeks ago I wrote about my plans to visit Washington DC in spring of 2019. Nancy (my blogging partner) made an interesting comment on the post: Hmm, I wasn’t really considering this option until she mentioned it. I have a love/hate relationship with overnight trains. I vividly remember going on a long-distance train trip […]

Many of us at one time or another have found ourselves in a situation where we were few thousand miles/points short. Often, the only way to remedy the problem is to buy that  currency right then  and there. After all, if we wait, our award seat may disappear. Few of us would pay 3 cents […]