Miles For Family

Getting Travel Bug Out of Your System Before You Have Kids

November 13, 2015 By Leana 6 Comments

One of the reasons I wanted to start this blog was to show that your life isn’t over when you have kids. That you can still travel, explore and most importantly enjoy discovering new things. Well, today I’m going to take on a bit of a contrarian view. I know that many of my readers […]

“Occupy The Hobby” Movement and Other Musings

November 12, 2015 By Leana Leave a Comment

This rant was inspired by Point Centric post on what bad blogging is and how to identify it. I debated on whether to write a commentary, but feel this is a good chance to re-state my message and goals. So here it goes. If you head on over to read the post, you will see that […]

Must-Read Posts for the Week

November 12, 2015 By Leana Leave a Comment

Why you should join AARP by The Deal Mommy No, you don’t have to be 50. Tons of great discounts, so you should easily get your money’s worth. Be aware, AARP reportedly sells your information to marketing companies. It does seem like I get more junk in the mail. Oh yes, I am a proud […]

Should You Consider a Bank of America Alaska Signature Card?

November 11, 2015 By Leana 14 Comments

An update: This offer has been increased to 30K miles. If you decide to apply, try to do a dummy airfare booking on alaskaair.com You should get an offer that comes with an extra $100 credit. A few days ago, I got an email from one of my loyal readers asking about Alaska Air co-branded credit […]

Visiting Alaska With the Help of Miles and Points

November 9, 2015 By Leana 14 Comments

Part 1. Can a middle-class family really afford a cruise to Alaska? Part 2. Visiting Alaska with the help of miles and points This is a second installment in my quest to convince USA to give Alaska back to Russia. Wait, wrong blog… No, we are going to focus on ways to visit Alaska using […]

Miles for Rants

November 7, 2015 By Leana Leave a Comment

One of the things that sort of became my trademark is ranting. It honestly wasn’t planned, it just happened. Organic (or dysfunctional) blogging evolvement, depending on who you ask. The problem is, ranting is dangerous, especially in the miles and points industry. It tends to polarize and offend. And you never know if you’ve gone […]