Award Travel

We love visiting London. It’s familiar, it’s endlessly walkable, and it’s one of those places that always feels worth the trip. The only thing we don’t love? The bill on …

Some love the Delta SkyMiles loyalty program, while others despise it for doing away with award charts and making changes without notice whenever they want. I fall somewhere in the …

Stop chasing partner awards. I know — ten years ago, that sentence would’ve sounded like I’d lost the plot. Because in the “old days” of points and miles, booking through …

When it comes to earning points, it’s actually pretty hard to make a truly catastrophic mistake. Sure, you can forget to use the “right” card and earn 2X instead of …

Bilt’s roster of transfer partners has grown fast—some are even exclusive to Bilt. So I pulled the whole list and sorted them by usefulness, not just headline “sweet spots.” If …

While searching for flights to New York, I noticed something that reminded me why I hardly ever book round-trip award tickets these days. JetBlue reminded me of something I already …

People who collect miles and points to book “free travel” have the desire to put a value on each “currency.” Several websites publish guides listing these values and announce updates …

If there’s one thing you should do before you start gathering points and miles, it’s make sure you have a goal. That goal will be different for everyone. Some people …

Not long ago, we received an email from one of our readers: My parents started dabbling in points, miles and credit cards during the pandemic. They currently have a certificate …

Booking flights with points can feel like unlocking a secret travel hack—until it doesn’t. If you’ve ever found the perfect award flight only to discover it’s not actually bookable, you’ve …