Last week, while waiting for our flight home to Texas, my family witnessed a bit of drama at the Orlando airport. The Scene We had disembarked from a cruise earlier that morning. The waiting area at our plane’s gate was full, so we sat across the hall at a nearby...

My family just returned from a 4-night cruise on the Disney Wish, Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship. Overall, we had a wonderful time. It’s really difficult to NOT enjoy yourself on a Disney cruise, regardless of your age or how much you like or dislike Disney stuff. The service is...

In the early days of the pandemic airlines scrambled to find ways to save money.  One cost-cutting method that the airlines have relied on frequently over the years is to reduce catering options onboard planes.  Catering cuts are likely centered around the belief that customers choose an airline based on...

Ever since I started following the miles community more closely, there have been regular proclamations about how this hobby is dead, points are worthless, yadda yadda yadda. Oh, and that greedy bloggers are ruining all the best deals. It usually happens when there is a massive devaluation on a particular...

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: actions have consequences, often unintended, and if the goal is to preserve life, then you cannot think about a single policy without weighing its foreseeable ramifications. Sara Nelson, known as the world’s most powerful flight attendant, is renewing her call for...

Each airline has its own policy - here's my recent experience while booking a lap infant award ticket with Singapore Airlines.

I’ve been doing these miles and points hobby for a very long time, before it was cool. In fact, I stumbled on it accidentally in 2001, after I needed to top off my Northwest account for a trip to Hawaii. No blogs to show me the “way”, just good ol’...

I’ve used Air France Flying Blue miles to book business class seats for my family to Europe twice now. For both of our trips, I found great availability and and award prices from DFW to Europe. I love that I can transfer my Capital One miles and my Chase Ultimate...

One of the major decisions that comes with planning any trip is how many places you are willing to see in one vacation. How many attractions can you squeeze into one week? How much schlepping around can your kids handle? This decision is magnified when you visit Europe since countries are...

In a few months my family is planning to finally visit Japan. This trip has been booked and cancelled so many times due to Covid pandemic that I refuse to get too excited until we are actually on the plane to Osaka. You can see all the details on my...

I’m currently on a cruise ship. Wahoo, my favorite place to be! Even though this cruise is only 4 nights, there are things my family does before and during our cruises to make them extra festive. Door Magnets Cruise ship doors are made of metal. I like putting magnets on...

Southwest Extends Flight Schedule: Southwest just extended its flight schedule through November 4, 2023. The next big schedule extension is May 4, 2023, when Southwest will extend its schedule through January 7, 2024. Adventures in Atlantic City Fishing for Another Free Cruise: See this post on Frequent Miler. Nick really...

Yesterday, the show MH370: The Plane that Disappeared debuted on Netflix. It’s a 3-part show that covers the Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared in 2014. I couldn’t wait, so watched all 3 episodes yesterday. The show covers three theories about the plane’s disappearance: Theory 1: The pilot committed suicide/murder. Theory...