A refusal to give up a window seat for a special-needs child led to a catfight between two women and ultimately a massive fight between two families in which 15 passengers were eventually removed from the flight. Catfight Over Window Seat, Rudeness Leads To All-Out Battle Between Two Families, With...

It’s been almost six years since I traveled from San Francisco to Denver with my kids on an Amtrak train. See my post here. My kids look so young! Well, they’ve never forgotten those 34 hours on the overnight train. I said we will do it again. And then the...

Delta just increased the welcome bonus on its personal and business co-branded American Express cards. These offers are good through March 29, 2023. Let’s take a look. Delta Amex Cards Personal cards: Delta SkyMiles Gold Amex Card: Bonus is 70,000 miles after spending $2000 in the first 6 months. Annual...

I recapped my airline status achievements for 2022 last week.  I finally got a free moment to talk about where I ended up in regards to hotel elite status last year.  The title of this post is only a little deceptive, in that at most I have one hotel status...

I must admit, extended warranty benefit on certain credit cards is something I was aware of, but never really paid much attention to. I figured it would be hard to cash in on it, based on my experience with filing travel insurance claims. Plus, most appliances last way longer than...

Traveling can be stressful. But traveling with kids can make many situations worse. Far worse. Here are our top four family travel mishaps:

I’ve always been a big cheerleader of using travel agents for cruise vacations. In the past, booking a cruise through a travel agent was a win-win situation. You could book a cruise through a travel agent at no additional cost. Travel agents would receive a commission from the cruise line...

As reported by many blogs (I first saw this news on One Mile at a Time), you can now convert your Radisson Americas program points to Choice, and vice versa. Via this new scheme, one Choice point will be worth two Radisson points. Naturally, you need to be a member...

Last year, Frontier Airlines introduced a new annual all-you-can-fly pass, the GoWild! pass. See this post. It started selling in November for an introductory price of $599 for the year. Now, the price has increased to $999/year. But today, Frontier Airlines announced a summer version of this all-you-can-fly pass for...

Last week there was a lot of excitement in the miles and points community when ANA airlines  has released a ton of first-class award seats on their San Francisco-Tokyo route. Btw, we did share it on our Facebook and Twitter pages. Some flights, including the one that would actually work with...

Who in their right mind is already planning for Thanksgiving 2023? It’s me. Hi. I’m the person, it’s me. 🎤 When it comes to award flights, often it’s the early bird that catches the worm. And that seems to be the case for the Thanksgiving holiday week. AA Web Special...

Why isn’t everyone doing this thing I love??? Sometimes, when I’m signing up for a new credit card with a great bonus or I’m booking flights with miles, I wonder why more people aren’t travel hacking with miles and points. Seriously! The majority of people I know aren’t using miles...