Now’s the time to plan your Southwest Companion Pass Strategy

It's not quite yet time to apply, but it's time to start planning. For those of you that love Southwest, there is NO REASON for you...

Shopping Portal Mileage Bonuses Galore

  It's not a surprise that offers like these tend to come all at once, since the eShopping portals of the airlines are mostly managed...

Southwest debuts Premium Credit Card (and new Companion Pass opportunity!)

  Today, Chase launched their new Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority credit card. This is their premium tier product with a $149 annual fee and sits...

Kids First Charity Auction: Do good and get points/status/miles

Want to buy some miles or points, maybe even some airline or hotel status, and actually help out kids in need in the process? Well,...

Southwest announces routes to Hawaii

And if you live in LA, sorry.... We've been excited to see how the Southwest Companion Pass (which you can get for two years just...

The end of getting both Chase Southwest consumer cards for a Companion Pass

I predicted last year that something like this would happen, and it now has. TPG reports that as of today (no advance notice) you...

Free companion flights for a year (or two!) on Southwest- Just get 2 credit...

UPDATED: April 5th, 2018 This is a topic a lot of people have asked me to cover. I don't personally fly Southwest.  I have, and...

Boost your miles bank with every day shopping and dining (or just get cash!)

Today, a reader suggested I talk a bit about the ways you can get miles just by shopping. He had spent $400 and earned...

This weekend at SXSW in Austin

Tonight, I'm flying to Austin, Texas for 5 days at SXSW. Flights were insane, of course, but I still made the trip free -...

Please don’t buy “free” TSA PreCheck with Southwest or Club Carlson points

Don't fall for this terrible use of points or miles. I LOVE PreCheck. LOVE. Lately, people have been getting emails inviting them to get "free"...