Points & Miles

Shortly after I paid my annual fee for my World of Hyatt Visa card, we had a use for our category 1-4 free night certificate. It was one month before …

During the travel slowdown, almost every hotel loyalty program held off making changes. That means even planned devaluations were placed on hold. Now that we’re at a point where locations …

Almost every airline loyalty program offered waivers to their mileage expiration policies because of COVID. I’ve kept a close eye on the US-based programs, which isn’t too difficult because most …

There are endless posts about Marriott Bonvoy and how it’s a terrible hotel loyalty program. Even the most loyal members don’t get the benefits they’re promised. The number of points …

Since we’ve only started to stay at Hyatt hotels, I’m a relative novice dealing with the World of Hyatt program. Besides knowing the program has the most confusing category names …

I’ve been planning a trip to Hawaii for almost 9 months. Once Sharon and I hammered out our dates for the trip, I went through my usual process. Start with …

Ultimate Rewards is Chase’s transferrable points currency. You earn points when using the Chase Freedom, Chase Sapphire and Ink Business credit cards. If you have a no-annual-fee card, you can …

I find American Express Membership Rewards to be the most versatile program to pay for our travels. AMEX’s transfer partners fit our travel style and there are plenty of ways …

Using your points to book an award ticket is the payoff for all the hard work you put in to earn those points. Redeeming JetBlue points for flights is relatively …

Marriott Bonvoy flooded the newsfeeds at the end of October when it announced several upcoming changes to the program. The main story was the eventual ending of hotel categories and …