IHG Hotel Group (Intercontinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, etc) is having a 100% bonus sale on points through 30 November. The price you pay is dependent on how many you buy, but with this sale, if you purchase anywhere from 52,000 points through 120,000 points (including the 100% bonus) you will only pay .575 cents […]

‘Tis the season of status matching, and now Hilton has joined the fun. Reports are that the hotel chain is now matching status up to Diamond through March 2017. While Hilton Diamond status is not nearly as great as Hyatt’s diamond status, you can definitely can a significant amount of value from it. Keep reading […]

On the heels of the big news about the merger between Marriott and Starwood Hotels, which will create the largest hotel chain in the world, comes news of a Hyatt status match offer. News of the Marriott and Starwood merger has worried many loyal SPG members (and maybe some Marriott loyalists)–and Hyatt appears to be […]

Last week I wrote about AwardWallet and how it is awesome at keeping my points and miles organized. If you missed the article, check it out, here. Several people checked out the site and signed up for a free account and used a code for a FREE upgrade to AwardWallet Plus, which offers some great […]

  A few days ago I wrote an article about how you could travel to Europe this Spring for almost free by signing up for the Citi AAdvantage Platinum Select MasterCard with a waived annual fee the first year, and once you completed the minimum spend requirement you would have plenty of miles for a FREE round […]

Earlier this week, I wrote about American Airlines devaluing their AAdvantage miles program, here. This devaluation takes place on May 22, 2016–but you can still book award flights using their old charts until that date. This is good news because it means it is not too late to take “AAdvantage” of some of the best […]

Rumors have been out there for months regarding proposed changes in American Airline AAdvantage program–today, finally the airline announced the official word. Overall, not terrible news for most people–some devaluations in their award chart, but the biggest change is following in the footsteps of Delta and United in going towards a revenue based mileage earning […]

Even if you are just beginning to dabble in the miles game, keeping track of your point balances and various programs quickly becomes a challenge. Each program has a different account number, user name, password, expiration date, etc. It can quickly become difficult to track everything even with just a few programs—and once you forget […]

I often get offers from the various airline programs to purchase miles via a “special” sale. Often these sales advertise bonus miles if you purchase a certain amount of regularly priced miles. Buying miles when they are not on sale is almost always a terrible value, unless you need just a handful to increase your […]

By far, the easiest way to accumulate significant numbers of points and miles for high value travel is through credit card sign-up bonuses. As I have written previously, here, this practice assumes that you have decent credit and can effectively manage your budget.  However, many people have asked me if opening several credit cards at once or […]