Weekly Points: Clarification On Hyatt Suite Upgrades, Book Air Tahiti Nui Through Flying Blue, Sweet Spot To Ireland and More!

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MR vs UR, Who Wins?:  Keep in mind that everyone values points differently, which is totally ok!  I thought this was a very, very good breakdown comparing two of the most popular flexible point programs around.  Do you share Nick’s sentiment on MR? Clarification On Hyatt Suite Upgrades:  Many chase elite status with hotel chains […]

Understanding Award Ticket Service Fees

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Award Tickets (tickets booked using miles) are incredibly flexible – they can usually be changed or cancelled for minimal fees – especially when comparing the fee structure to normal revenue tickets. Every frequent flyer program has their own rules and fees for changes and cancellations. For example, American Airlines allows you to change the date […]

Understanding Mileage Expiration

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There’s nothing worse than checking your mileage account to find your balance to be “0 Miles” – especially after you worked super hard to earn those miles and were saving up for your dream redemption… and award availability just happened to show up today. It is extremely important to understand the mileage expiration rules and […]

Weekly Points: ThankYou Points Now 1:1 With JetBlue, Delta Flash Sale, Great Deals To Australia and More!

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TY Points Transfer Ratio Now 1:1 With JetBlue:  Competition always heats up when one bank makes a moves and this change is no different.  Before, for every 1,000 Thank You points you transferred to JetBlue, you’d only get 800 TrueBlue Points.  Now it’s 1:1. Change Your Browser When Booking With Avianca Lifemiles:  Avianca Lifemiles are […]

Strategies for Booking Award Travel

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Everyone has their own strategy for booking award travel – whether that’s booking right as the schedule opens or booking the day before departure. There definitely isn’t one, best strategy for everyone (as that depends on what you are booking, where you are going, number of passengers, etc.), but some of the important, key concepts […]

Taking Advantage of Delta SkyMiles Flash Sales

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Delta SkyMiles certainly aren’t the world’s best points – mainly being due to the fact that Delta loves to frequently make changes to their frequent flyer program without notifying members in advance. Delta makes horrible changes to SkyMiles overnight without advance notice. Oh yeah, and they don’t even publish award charts.. insane, right?! There are still […]

The Benefits of Redeeming Alaska Miles on Finnair

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Alaska Airlines added Finnair as a partner more than a year ago – yet award redemptions on Finnair were not available until a few weeks ago. Alaska provided no notice as to why award bookings on Finnair are not possible for such a long time – however, Finnair redemptions are now live on Alaska’s website! […]

Weekly Points: Marriott Status Challenge Is Back, Best Use Of Alaska Miles, Rules For Approvals And Bonuses And More!

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Evaluating Ultra Premium Cards:  With the steep annual fees of these cards, one must evaluate if you get enough value out of them every year.  Here’s an excellent article where one takes a deep dive into their analysis of their ultra premium card arsenal. Marriott Status Challenge Is Back:  Status challenges are a great way […]

Tips For Constructing Your Dream Award Flight

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Miles are boundless – you can see the entire world on miles and points for little to none in taxes and fees. I’ve been able to visit so many unique destinations around the world thanks to miles & points in true luxury.. that would otherwise cost a fortune to fly to (i.e. Fiji, French Polynesia, […]

Understanding an Open-Jaw

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Do you ever book a round-trip ticket and then add on a separate round-trip ticket within your original ticket to visit another city? Well, you likely won’t ever have to again! For example, if you book something like New York – London round-trip and also want to visit Paris, you may think that you’d need […]