Image courtesy: Starwood Preferred Group We recently looked at how the partnership between Hyatt and MGM Resorts makes the Las Vegas Strip more open to miles and points collectors than ever before. What if you are loyal to one of the other major hotel programs out there? This feature will help to fill in the […]
We received an interesting reader submission from Betsy, who wants to travel to Fiji sometime during the Fijian summer, lasting from December to March. It’s a bucket list trip for her, and I’m sure it’s on many other people’s lists, too! I was fortunate enough to spend just a few hours in Fiji in July […]
Image courtesy: Starwood Preferred Group Most hotel programs offer the ability to convert hotel points to airline miles. This feature is typically unremarkable for our purposes since the transfer ratios are consistently horrendous. For example, transfers of Hilton points to most airlines occur at a 10:1 rate, slashing your balance by 90% when shifting out […]
Image courtesy: Starwood Preferred Group This post is part of Project Pacific Circle, a journey of more than 25,000 miles from Orlando to Los Angeles, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan. Along the way, I flew on some of the world’s best airlines and shared my thoughts on the ground and in the […]
Image courtesy: American Airlines Trip Information Reader Kevin wants to travel from Washington, DC to Toronto sometime this Summer. He’s new to the miles and points game, but his trip provides us with a great opportunity to dive into the great new award flights available using British Airways Avios thanks to US Air’s entry into […]
Image courtesy: Hilton Worldwide Our focus here is typically on how to earn free nights and flights while doing as little paid travel as possible. That might mean capitalizing on card sign-up bonuses, spending category bonuses, shopping portal and dining opportunities, and other ways to earn miles and points through the daily course of your […]
Image courtesy: Reaching the Goal Trip Information After retiring, reader Linda and her husband Bill spent a year teaching children in Rundu, Namibia. After seeing the plight of these children firsthand, they decided to take more action after their time teaching had finished. In 2009, they founded Reaching the Goal for African Children. The charity […]
Image courtesy: Evil Twin21401 Trip Information Reader Leslie wants to travel to Churchill, Manitoba in October of next year. Though the town is located on the southwest end of the Hudson Bay, it remains a very northern city, located far from Canada’s population centers. Leslie wants to make her way to this remote village with […]
Image courtesy: eGuide Travel Trip Information Reader Shannon wants to travel from Dallas to Myanmar to visit a childhood friend teaching students in the country for the next two years. Her schedule is flexible – anytime between now and Summer 2015 – and she’d like to visit at least one other location in the area […]
Image courtesy: Starwood Preferred Group Two Different Routes to Hawaii Part 1: Newark to Honolulu Part 2: Charlotte to Honolulu We decided to take two days to look at award possibilities to Hawaii given the high level of interest from readers in the 50th state. Today, we’re following up with our second part in the […]
