Update: Some of the credit card offers in this post are no longer available. Check our credit card page for the latest offers. Citibank’s 40,000 Thank You Points offer is back! If you missed out on the previous 40,000 point offer this summer, now’s your chance. The 40,000 Thank You Points offer doesn’t require a …
Today’s Sunday Someday is the Galapagos Island. The Sunday Someday weekly series features photos of bucket list destinations. The best time to visit is from December to May. Is the Galapagos Island on your bucket list? Want more travel tips, learn how to travel for free, find out about travel deals, and maximize your miles …
Here’s a summary of this week’s miles and points offers, deals, specials, and news that I haven’t posted on the blog: Airlines Qatar Airlines will join Oneworld on October 30, 2013. This should open up more use of your miles. Southwest Airlines started enforcing no shows on September 13. Effective September 13, you must cancel …
This week’s Sunday Someday is the Appalachian Trail. The Sunday Someday weekly series features photos of bucket list destinations. The image is of the Catawba Valley from the McAfee Knob overlook. I’d love to be able to hike the entire trail but given the time commitment I’d have to do it in sections. Have you …
Here’s a summary of this week’s miles and points offers, deals, and specials that I haven’t posted on the blog: Airlines Free roundtrip anywhere Alaska Airlines flies. California residents can earn a free roundtrip to any Alaska Airline destination simply by flying 2 roundtrips between San Diego and Boise, Boston, Fresno, Honolulu, Kahului (Maui), Lihue …
Today’s Sunday Someday is the Northern Lights aka Aurora Borealis. I visited Anchorage in May, several months too early to see the Northern Lights…I’ll have to go back again or see them from another country. Is the Aurora Borealis on your bucket list? Want more travel tips, learn how to travel for free, …
Here’s a summary of this week’s miles and points offers, deals, and specials: Airlines 10,000 bonus miles on Alaska Airlines for flying 3 roundtrips or 5,000 bonus miles for 2 roundtrips between Seattle and Boston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, and Philadelphia or between Portland and Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los …
At Saturday’s San Diego Flyertalk dinner, nzpilot and I started talking about upcoming mileage runs to Shanghai. I mentioned I had stayed at a hostel on my last trip and would post a review. In November 2011, I did two mileage runs to Shanghai, but to get the lowest airfare you had to stay …
Looking for a quick Caribbean getaway? Southwest is offering flights from Fort Lauderdale to San Juan for $89 each way. You could do several of these if you need to reach Southwest’s A-List or A-List+ elite status level. So you could reach elite status for $2,230. I found several flights for $89 each way. Even …
Today’s Sunday Someday is Iguazu Falls. The best time to visit is between May to October. Now to find cheap airfare…. Staying on points? The Sheraton Iguazu Falls is a Category 5 hotel and requires between 12,000 to 16,000 points a night. Have you been? If so, did you access from the Brazil or Argentina? …
Today’s Sunday Someday is Thailand. Thailand is very inexpensive to visit, especially since $1 US gets you @ $31.22 Thai Baht (based on currency exchanges rates as of this post). The best time to visit Thailand is between November – February since it’s not as rainy or hot. I’ve been playing around with places to …
After a little hiatus, Sunday Someday is back. Today’s Sunday Someday is Egypt. I would love to visit Egypt – the sheer magnificence of the pyramids and how they were built intrigues me. How did they do that? And if the Egyptians could figure out how to build a mammoth structure such as the pyramids, …