Citi has dropped a big TYP update: JAL now appears as a transfer partner on the official website! This is just as significant an improvement as AA being added. Especially for fligh...

Let’s pick up from where we left off Lizi’s 2024 Christmas Trip: Part One LAX-DCA Lizi’s 2024 Christmas Trip: Part Two DC Museum Redemption As before, it’s the same: Amtrak points...

Part Two: DC Museums Let’s pick up where we left off: Lizi's 2024 Christmas trip: Part One, LAX-DCA. 2024.12.23 National Gallery of Art I got up early and had breakfast in Hyatt's...

Here’s a travel-diary-style write-up of the Christmas trip to Washington from three months ago in 2024. Part One: LAX-DCA For Christmas, I had originally booked UA 2282, a nonstop...

Using a free night certificate from the old Chase IHG card with the $49 annual fee for a stay at Hotel Indigo Los Angeles Downtown....

A one-day experience at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort, including a visit to Carpinteria Beach to see the natural asphalt....

On the way back from San Diego, we decided to make a stop to rest, so we booked a one-night stay at the Waldorf in Monarch Beach....

FNBO Amtrak credit cards have increased their welcome bonuses: the $99 annual fee version is now up to 40,000 points, and the no-annual-fee version offers 12,000 points....

I went back for a second stay at the Red House—this year I found that over Christmas, their The View room could also be redeemed for 95,000 points, so I decided to experience it ag...

If you’re tired of the sky-high award rates at InterContinental hotels in major gateway cities, consider places like Cleveland instead. Award nights at InterContinental properties...

Railfan Lizi’s train ride, plus a Hilton San Diego Bayfront stay experience!...