Miles For Family

Miles and Points Recap: Cardwatchdog App Gone, Wyndham Garden Clearwater, Ebates, Amex Platinum Arrives and More!

May 13, 2016 By Leana 2 Comments

This is a news recap from last week. For faster updates, follow me on Twitter or check my feed on the right side of the blog. 1) If you’ve been living under a rock during the last week, then this will be surprising/shocking/delightful news. Ebates (my referral link) is giving 15% cash back on certain stores, y’all! […]

Burning Hotel Points (and Certs) on Several Rooms per Night in Washington DC, NYC and Niagara Falls

May 12, 2016 By Leana 11 Comments

One of the biggest challenges for big families is to utilize hotel points in an efficient manner. When you have to get two or three rooms per night, very often it’s simply cost prohibitive to do so. Sure, when you are doing a road trip, you may not have e choice. Otherwise, condos and vacation […]

At Last, My Husband and I are Proud Owners of Amex Platinum!

May 11, 2016 By Leana 13 Comments

Well, I pulled the trigger on new hot offer on Amex Platinum. Sure, some have been able to get this bonus to come up by going to different browsers and doing various tricks. Being IT illiterate person that I am, this offer has been a unicorn of sorts. I could never manage to get it […]

Well, I Thought I Was the Miles and Points Expert in the Family…

May 10, 2016 By Leana 10 Comments

I’ve mentioned before that I try not to bring up the topic of credit cards and especially my affiliate links IRL. I certainly don’t want to be known as one of those relatives who is constantly peddling her “wares” to friends and family. Image courtesy of Mister GC at FreeDigitalPhotos.net For the most part, very few […]

On Why I Decided to Cancel My Mom’s Avios Booking and Use Citi Prestige Points Instead

May 10, 2016 By Leana 4 Comments

Yesterday I’ve mentioned that I went ahead and canceled mine and my husband’s Citi Prestige. Of course, I needed to do something with our leftover points first (see my post for more on Citi rules). It wasn’t a huge amount, just 3,500 points between the accounts, but I didn’t want to lose them either. First, […]

(Dead) Hot Deal: Direct Link for Amex Personal Platinum 100K Points Bonus for $3,000 in Spending

May 10, 2016 By Leana 6 Comments

Update: Looks it’s dead. I just had to publish a quick post with heads up on this offer. This is as good as this bonus gets, at least for that amount of minimum spending. If you’ve been waiting for it, now is the time to apply. Regular bonus is only 40K points, so this should […]