My Experiment with the Bilt Mastercard as a Renter – One Year In
*Note: If you use my link, I may get bonus points via my refer-a-friend link. However, note that I will always put the link that gets you the…
A Niche Cheap Way to Get to Europe on Miles Using Aer Lingus Avios
As part of my job, I get to fly to London a few times a year. For these trips, I fly economy. I don’t mind that, as I’m…
Another Update on Me and the Site
Wow, talk about a long time since I’ve posted. Just checked the website, and I haven’t posted since June 26th. It’s been too long…and in the spirit of…
Welcome to Class: Points & Miles 101 – 4. Earning Points and Miles
Now that we’ve gone over all of the theoretical information associated with loyalty programs and using travel cards, it’s now time to get into the nitty gritty of…
What To Do When You Miss Your Flight or Your Flight is Cancelled at the Airport
Everyone who has done any travel knows that airlines are a mess right now. This is happening on two fronts: airports are understaffed (TSA agents, wheelchair pushers, vendors)…
Quick Update on the Site
Wow! What a few months it has been. My apologies for starting the blog off strong and then stopping after a month. It’s been a crazy few months.…
Welcome to Class: Points & Miles 101 – 3. The Two Key Principles to Earning and Redeeming Points & Miles
Now that we have learned what points and miles are and how they fit into a loyalty program ecosystem, it’s now time to start thinking about how to…
Welcome to Class: Points & Miles 101 – 2. What is a Loyalty Program?
This next class will be rather short! In our first class, we discussed what our points and miles. Within that post, we discovered that points and miles are…
Welcome to Class: Points & Miles 101 – Case Study #1: A Weekend in Miami!
Hi class! While most posts will be instructional in nature, I will demonstrate every few posts how we can use all of those points to do something fun:…
Welcome to Class: Points & Miles 101 – 1. What are Points & Miles?
Before we can understand how to use points and miles to be able to travel, we have to have a conceptual understanding of what they actually are. When…