What do you use your miles and points for? Aspirational travel or freedom? When people talk about miles and points it’s always aspirational travel they’re referring to. Places on your bucket list. Travel to Australia. Travel to the Maldives. Travel to Bora Bora. Trips to Hawaii. Trips to the Caribbean. We use miles and points …
A year of free flights? Heck, yeah, right? Yep, but you better hurry because it’s the last day to get 1 year of free flights! With flights to Hawaii starting soon, come on, you do not want to miss out. If you’ve been waiting to get your Southwest Companion Pass now is the time. Because …
Want to learn how to travel for free? Come to a miles and points presentation. I’m excited because it’s a topic that I’m passionate about. And I’m willing to bet, you might be too. 🙂 Come to a Miles and Points Presentation This is a casual one-day event where you’ll learn about miles and points, …
Imagine if you had unlimited miles and points. What would you do? Where would you go? Australia, Hong Kong, the Maldives, or Hawaii? Would you fly First Class or coach? Miles and points can take you to faraway places like Malaysia. Or places closer to home like Ohio. Wherever you want to go, miles and points …
Australia is one of my favorites countries to visit. Especially when you can use miles and points for an almost free trip! Here’s how to take a $26,000 trip to Australia for $208. We flew roundtrip First Class from the United States to Australia and stayed in five star hotels for 8 days for a …
Pay with points or cash? That’s always the question when you play the miles and points game. And usually the answer is, “Do you need stays for elite status?” or “Are you points rich and cash poor?” What works for you might not be the best solution for someone else and vice versa. That’s why …
With all the award chart changes, it costs more miles for a free airline ticket or hotel night. Especially if you want to go to far away places like Australia. So you may be looking for lots of easy and creative ways to earn miles and points. You could buy Visa gift cards or apply for lots of credit cards. But with …
When you travel with kids, most of your traveling is done over breaks, holidays, and summer. We usually go to Hawaii because we get practically free vacations using airline miles and hotel points. Our Kauai vacation only cost $400, including 4 round-trip First Class tickets, a beachfront resort hotel, rental car, activities, and food. But …
On Sunday I committed a cardinal sin… …in the miles and points community…I used cash to pay for my purchases at Costco. And it wasn’t even cash that I had withdrawn from my Bluebird, MyVanillaDebit, or American Express for Target; it was cash that I had in my purse. I could hear the wailing and …
In the world of miles and points, names like the PuddingGuy and MrPickles are common place, but few have heard of the man who started it all – Stanley A. Dashew. Stanley A. Dashew invented the plastic credit card. I doubt he had any idea how revolutionary his invention would become nor the lengths that frequent …
What do you consider extreme mile and point collecting? Just how far will you go to collect frequent flyer miles and credit card points? Overall I consider myself pretty conservative. I like black and white and tend to avoid the gray area. That’s why each post about bonus miles and points offers, etc. always include …
Update: Some of the credit card offers in this post are no longer available. Check our credit card page for the latest offers. Time to take stock and see how many miles and points I’ve earned this year solely from signup bonuses and the total came to 434,000 miles without flying. Now before you get …