miles

Manufactured spending. What does that mean? It’s not apparent from the name, but a good guess would be that it has something to do with spending money concerning travel since…

I’ve had credit cards that earned points or miles for over twenty-five years. I originally had an American Express Gold travel card that paid me 1.5x points for all travel…

If you read other websites that talk about points and miles, you’ll see articles about purchasing gift cards, and you might wonder, “Why? What’s the purpose of using a credit…

We’ve only been on two Qantas flights during our trip to Australia with Adventures by Disney in 2014. I didn’t have a Qantas account at the time. However, I did…

As bloggers, we take pride in helping our friends collect points and miles. It brings us great joy when they plan their first award trip. As a mentor, I occasionally…

Although sign up bonuses can give you a quick boost to your points and miles balances, the majority of our points are earned through everyday spending. It may not be…

Y’all, I have a confession to make. Although Your Mileage May Vary initially started because of Joe’s talents with points and miles and other ways to save money while traveling,…

In April 2021 I found a way to burn our Citi ThankYou points. I spent 100K points and booked two round-trip tickets to Iceland on Icelandair. While I implied that…

After collecting points for a while, you eventually come across this problem. I currently have random point balances with Hilton, Choice Hotels and Wyndham. Not enough points to book a…

I’m sure you’ve seen posts saying how you can get a value of 12 cents per point on hotel bookings. Before you run out and sign up for that co-brand…