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Wyndham Timeshare Presentation Opportunity, New Transfer Bonus and More
Inexpensive Vacation Opportunity with Wyndham Timeshare Presentation: Attending a timeshare presentation is one of the best tools for getting free hotel nights and points. In fact, my husband and I attended a timeshare presentation back in the day to get a free trip to Disney World, which is when/where he...

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Finalizing Spring Break Flights with Inflexible Travel Dates/Times
The other day, I started dreaming about Spring Break 2026 destinations. But our 2025 spring break is just a few weeks away! My family is going on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas cruise ship out of Miami. The problem is that we only have one week off school, and...

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Evaluating Various Mileage Options for Bringing My Mom from Poland to USA
As some of you know, all of my relatives live in Belarus. Ever since I moved to USA 26 years ago, trying to get together has been a challenge, to put it mildly. But it’s now 10X harder due to sanctions and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. No carrier can even...

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Spring Break Destination Decision: Punta Mita vs. St. Maarten
Spring Break for my kids is just a few weeks away, and we’re going on a cruise. Can’t wait! But that means Spring Break 2026 is only a year away, so for me that means it’s time to plan and start looking at award flights. Next year, we’re planning to...

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NEW: Chase 20% Transfer Bonus to British Airways
A new transfer bonus just popped up! Here are the details: Chase 20% Bonus to British Airways From now through March 31, 2025, get 20% bonus when transferring from Chase Ultimate Rewards to British Airways Avios. And once you have British Airways Avios, you can transfer to other partner Avios...

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Earn 20X Avios on Hotel Bookings, Aeroplan Award Changes and More
Earn 20X Avios on Hotel Bookings: Through the Avios travel portal, earn 20X Avios on hotel bookings and 15X Avios on car rentals when you book through 2/24/25 for travel through the end of the year. See this post on Frequent Miler for all the details. Aeroplan Award Chart Changes...

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Video Killed the Radio Star (but we’re not dead yet!)
I’m not gonna sugar coat it: 2024 was a tough year for mom-and-pop blogs like ours. Two major things happened: Google searches prioritized AI results and reddit discussions, reducing blog traffic and ad revenue A major bank changed its policy on affiliate links that resulted in a big loss of...

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Southwest Extends Schedule through November 1st 2025
A quick post to let you know that today, Southwest Airlines will extend its flight schedule through November 1st, 2025. Keep in mind, Southwest Airlines has announced that its flight credits will no longer expire. So, you can book a flight today and if the price goes down, you can...

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The Main Thing Stopping me From Booking a Lufthansa “Miles & More Bargains” Award Flight
Airlines sporadically have special deals and promos on award flights. While I sometimes peruse these deals, I rarely seriously think about booking anything. Until recently. Lufthansa just rolled out its latest Miles and More Bargains: Book by February 28, 2025 for travel between specific dates this spring (some destinations through...

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My First Credit Card Cancellation of 2025
Yesterday, I wrote about my first new credit card of the year. I don’t just keep adding new cards to my wallet, I also cancel cards from time to time if I don’t think the fees/benefits are worth it. I just canceled my first card of the year. Hilton Honors...

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February 2025 Transfer Bonuses
It’s been a slow start to the year for transfer bonuses, but two new bonuses just started for February 2025. Chase 30% Transfer Bonus to Virgin Atlantic From now through February 17, 2025, get 30% bonus points when transferring from Chase Ultimate Rewards to Virgin Atlantic Flying Club. Virgin Atlantic...

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My First Credit Card Approval of 2025
I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it for clarification: The easiest way to earn miles and points for award travel is by opening a new credit card to take advantage of a welcome offer of bonus points. Typically, a welcome offer is 50,000-100,000 bonus miles/points after spending $3k-$5k...