Miles For Family

Bilt Adds Southwest Rapid Rewards as a Transfer Partner: I did not see this one coming! As of April 24, Southwest is now a 1:1 transfer partner of Bilt. This makes 19 transfer partners for Bilt! Update: For Rent Day on May 1, Bilt has a transfer bonus to Southwest Airlines. I predict that Japan […]

I mentioned in my post yesterday that I need more points for my lofty travel plans. Recently, my husband received an upgrade offer from American Express that would bring more points to our stash. Upgrade Offer from Amex Gold to Amex Platinum Last year, my husband got the Amex Gold credit card. He’s almost at […]

Well, that was unexpected! This morning Award Wallet was the first blog (to my knowledge) to report on this new arrangement. As someone who is planning  a trip to Japan  next year, I was very excited by this announcement. I don’t have a ton of Jet Blue points (about 75k), but I can transfer my […]

The other day, I called my husband at work and said I needed to run something by him. He immediately said, “What new trip are you planning now?” Ha! I actually wasn’t calling about a new trip, but I can see why he said that. I usually have several trips in the works at any […]

I just read on One Mile at a Time this morning that EVA Air is launching nonstop flights between DFW and Taipei, Taiwan starting in October 2025. In fact, these flights are already on sale. Why am I so excited?? DFW is my home airport, and having another option for nonstop flights from here to […]

Now and again, I like to feature real-life situations, where I get to help someone who dabbles in this hobby occasionally (or not at all). So, when a relative has recently reached out for assistance  with covering flights to South America, I figured I might as well write a post. So, here is the situation. […]