I love and value a flight in a premium cabin, especially lie flat seats and impeccable service. I love that just as much as anyone else, but I still prefer to spend my hard earned points and miles on economy redemptions. Unless you run your own business and can charge all of your expenses on your personal card, points are not limitless. Every year, my family tends to go on two … [Read more...] about Why I Prefer Redeeming My Miles for Economy
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Hang Up and Call Back
Travel can be challenging. With having to manage multiple reservations for one trip, something often goes wrong or needs to be changed. Whether the airline changes its schedules that affects your flights or a last minute event means you need to switch your reservations, the next step is often reaching out to the company’s call center. Sure, sometimes changes can be made … [Read more...] about Hang Up and Call Back
Why to Pick Your Least Flown Airline for Your Fee Credit
American Express offers an Airline Incidental fee on a number of their credit cards. This includes a $200 on the consumer American Express Platinum Card, and a $250 credit on the American Express Hilton Aspire Card. While this fee can be used for checked bags, seat selection, in-flight meals and more, it cannot be used to purchase flights themselves, upgrades, etc. … [Read more...] about Why to Pick Your Least Flown Airline for Your Fee Credit
Still SkyMiles Not SkyPesos
Ever since Delta airlines pulled their award chart a few years ago, many have thought that the program has been extremely devalued. Without the award chart, the airline was able to price awards however they chose, often based on the revenue price of that ticket. These dynamic pricing awards took out sweet spots where you could have used fewer points for pricey flights; now … [Read more...] about Still SkyMiles Not SkyPesos
How Buying Points Saved Our Trip
Today I want to tell you about a recent time when buying $250 worth of points saved my family $1800 on a spring-break trip. After booking flights using Southwest companion pass and Southwest points to Aruba for spring break, we now had to decide where we would stay. At first, we were looking at an Airbnb, since it allows us to make our own meals and gives us more living space. … [Read more...] about How Buying Points Saved Our Trip
