Points & Miles

I typically do everything I can to keep points from expiring. The only exceptions are when keeping the points active aren’t just worth the trouble, at which point I’ll look…

If there’s one thing you should do before you start gathering points and miles, it’s make sure you have a goal. That goal will be different for everyone. Some people…

Most of the worldwide hotel chains have a policy wherein your account becomes inactive if you don’t have any activity over a certain time-frame. If you allow that to happen,…

We weren’t even one full day into 2021 and points and miles junkies were already crying about the loss of another award “sweet spot.” If you enjoyed the first day…

Occasionally there are corporate deals that may seem insignificant to the average person but make a huge difference. They usually get into the wonky details of how things happen behind…

One of the biggest things we gave up in 2020 was our next trip to Japan. I had award flights booked with points in business class. Like most of us,…

As you may remember, we had a blowout trip through the American Southwest in 2017. Not knowing it, this road trip was the first of many more to come in…

In May of 2020, Hawaiian Airlines announced that they were postponing the expiration of the miles in all HawaiianMiles accounts until the end of 2020. While many airlines tried to…

I wrote this article pre-COVID, when traveling around the world was relatively easy. That’s not the case right now but with the possibility of an effective vaccine coming soon, I’m…

In an article on Bloomberg News, a representative of American Express said that even during the global pandemic, members with Membership Rewards points appear to be hoarding them for future…