You do not need to learn airline miles all at once. Start by understanding airline alliances, partner awards, and a few common mileage programs, then decide how to book based on yo...

The sign-up bonus on this card has now been increased to $200, and it ends on August 25! Rakuten points can be converted to Membership Rewards, which opens up access to a huge numb...

The most important part of booking award flights is not memorizing redemption charts, but building a search workflow. Over the past decade and more, we have written many real-world...

U.S. credit card points are far more than just “saving up points to exchange for flights.” What’s the difference between UR, MR, TYP, airline miles, and hotel points? Which setup i...

Ultimate Rewards (UR) is the points system for certain Chase credit cards. You can earn UR points through spending and other methods, and UR points are quite flexible: they can be...

The purpose of this article is simply to give readers a rough idea of how much points are worth, so you have a benchmark when redeeming them. I also hope that the value-maximizatio...

The most valuable use of U.S. credit card points is usually not cashing them out directly, but transferring them to airline miles or hotel points and then redeeming them for busine...

Citi has arguably been one of the most aggressive credit card issuers in recent years. While it is a bit weaker when it comes to point transfers, it is stronger at earning points....

Everyone has different needs when it comes to credit cards. This article rounds up the best credit cards for different spending categories and different types of cardholders. You c...

JAL miles are not especially easy to earn in the U.S., but they offer strong redemption value. When redeeming JAL-operated flights at the basic award level, a one-way business-clas...

Overall, Cathay's Asia Miles remains a program worth paying attention to, especially for trips via Hong Kong to Asia and Australia, as well as for booking oneworld multi-carrier it...