My parents are planning a trip to Australia and New Zealand in January, so of course the first choice is to use the miles and points I’ve accumulated to book the itinerary. This po...

Earlier, chanye wrote a Niagara Falls trip report from the perspective of a credit card/points enthusiast. This time, we’ll continue by looking at how to plan a trip to Chicago usi...

I recently planned two spur-of-the-moment trips and also spent some time researching airline Close-in Booking Fees. Today I’ll share how to avoid the Close-in Booking Fees on Ameri...

Use an AMEX Offer strategically to stack savings when buying Disney tickets. See: How to Buy Tickets at 10% Off...

[1/31] There are now fewer than two days left before the BA mileage devaluation takes effect. If you have a redemption in mind, we recommend booking as soon as possible! By now, re...

Yesterday, the Chase BA credit card’s 100,000-point welcome bonus returned. Combined with the 40% bonus earlier this year for transferring MR to BA, those of us in North America ca...

There are tons of airline mileage programs out there, and every airline has its own program. Learning how each one works can take a lot of time. If you spread your earning across t...

To keep things interesting, I’m putting the booking story for our flight from Orlando to a small city in this post. It took several twists and turns before this ticket was finally...

You’ve probably seen plenty of Disney guides online already. On sites like Mafengwo and Qyer, travel experts have written page after page of incredibly detailed tips, which really...

In our introductory series on points systems, we explained what miles are. But that article also mentioned terms like “Star Alliance,” “Oneworld,” and “SkyTeam.” So what exactly ar...

If you want to redeem a oneworld award ticket for a trip back to China, in North America you can use American Airlines (AA) miles or British Airways (BA) Avios. Among oneworld carr...