Miles For Family

Last week, I went on a quick 3-night trip with two of my kids to Chicago. I booked a Regency Club room at Hyatt Regency Chicago for just 14,000 World of Hyatt points a night (off-peak rate). Overall, we had a great experience at the hotel and found it to be a tremendous value on […]

Despite the fact that I consider myself a frugal traveler, I pay hundreds of dollars in credit card annual fees each year. Why? Hotel certificates that I get to collect as a bonus. Normally, I don’t have a problem utilizing them for travel plans we make anyway. While most folks try to maximize them by […]

I’ve been inspired to start exploring countries in Asia, as some of you may remember from my previous post. Of course, I’d love to spend a few weeks exploring multiple destinations. But, due to my family’s schedule, I’m going to compromise with a shorter trip with just me and my daughter next fall. To maximize […]

Earlier this month, I wrote about how much value I’ve received from my original Hyatt Diamond status match back in 2015. Well, now I can add one more free cruise to that list of benefits. Free Princess Cruise from Matching MGM Gold Status For the past few years, I’ve been on the Hyatt Explorist/MGM Gold […]

While most people are out shopping for physical gifts, I’m keeping my eye on travel deals today. These days, almost every travel company has a Black Friday sale, so I won’t list them all. Here are some that stand out to me: TAP Air Portugal Business Class to Europe from $1230 Round-trip: Great Economy prices […]

Update: The referral has been increased to $75, up to a maximum of $500. That’s quite a deal! I don’t write about shopping portals a lot because I really try to limit my online shopping. After all, I need to save somewhere in order to have fun money for all these trips I’m taking! 🙂 […]