My chance to give back. I got in the game in 2003 with a "mistake rate" in Bora Bora and since then I've collected literally millions and millions of frequent flyer miles and hotel points. I've flown around the world in first class seats that would cost $29,000 using frequent flyer miles and a few bucks in tax. And I've stayed in some of the finest hotels - all for free! I've hosted two seminars on miles and points at South By Southwest in Austin, and have been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, published on Bravo TV's JetSet site, and spoken on the Condé Nast Traveler podcast series.
A few years ago I realized many of my friends actually thought I was paying for my flights!! So I started sharing my tips. My favorite thing in the world is helping others have the experiences I do, so please follow along and help me help you. Don't forget to sign up for the free email newsletter on the right side of the page so you don't miss anything.
Right now there are two deals going on in tandem that make it possible to spend just 58,000 Citi ThankYou points to book a one-way ticket between the US and Asia. Seoul and Beijing will be your origin or…
According to the all-knowing / all-seeing Doctor of Credit, transfers from Capital One to their transfer partners are now live. I wrote all about the details of this last month. As far as I know, the addition of Singapore and…
Royal Air Maroc announced yesterday that they are joining Oneworld. This is definitely great news for Oneworld airline’s customers for a variety of reasons. Interlined tickets will be available and you’ll get award booking reciprocity as well. You’ll be…
You may recall a post from September talking about the about-to-be-launched Chase Sapphire Banking. In short, it’s a new version of their Platinum checking, aimed at those with a Chase Sapphire Reserve or Chase Sapphire Preferred credit card. The offer: 60,000 Ultimate Rewards…
A quick reminder that if you participated in the Iberia Avios promo from earlier this year, where you could book up to 10 cheap flights and get 9,000 bonus Avios each for around $300 or less, your Avios expire Dec…
It is pretty big. In October, I wrote about the impending Category 8 at Hyatt. 40,000 points a night. I said that I could get behind it, as long as they stuck to what they said it was for –…
[Now being reported as dead- 11:30pm ET] First off, I wouldn’t do this myself – ever – because I can get more than 0.5 cents from Hilton points. But ever since Hilton did their latest mass devaluation and started moving…
I know…. yesterday I told you that all I was giving you was a fantastic guide to Thanksgiving travel deals for Black Friday and Cyber Monday – but not all of the deals because other sites already have that nailed. Still true,…
I’m going to give you an overview of how I’ve seen Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals go down the last few years and provide some tips and then tell you who I trust to fill you in on all…
About a week ago, I posted that we were hearing chatter, via a Reddit thread, that the Hyatt card was likely now subject to the dreaded Chase 5/24 rule. I’ve been monitoring that thread and it seems that the datapoints…
