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Hyatt 2025 Award Chart Changes Announced (Not Too Bad Overall)
As posted on Onemileatatatime blog, Hyatt program has just announced its latest category adjustments for 2025. You can see all the details via this link You have to book by March 25th to lock in the old pricing. This was fully expected, as Hyatt makes these changes every year around...
Suites and Lobbies
One Day in Tokyo Itinerary: Spoiled for Choice in Japan’s Megalopolis (2025)
So you’ve got one day in Tokyo to kill, you lucky thing. But where to even begin in a city with so many facets? Not to worry, we’ve got you covered with a guide of where to go and what to do, tailored to your interests. Read on for ideas...
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Have Points, Will Keep Adding Trips
We’ve preached before about NOT hoarding miles and points. If you don’t spend them, they’re worth nothing. Plus, hotels and airlines regularly increase the cost of award travel, so your points are worth less over time. Well, I’ve never had a problem with hoarding miles and points. In fact, I’m...
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Everyday Credit Cards I Usually Recommend to My “Normie” Friends
As Nancy and I have said repeatedly over the years, the easiest path to free(ish) travel is through signup offers on new credit cards. No, you won’t get billions of points that way, but if you have a trip coming up, you can put a significant dent in the overall...
Your Mileage May Vary
I Thought I Had Seen The Dumbest Luggage Ever. This Is Worse
A while back I posted a piece about what I thought may have been the most ridiculous piece of luggage ever. I was wrong. I found one that’s even more…
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Speculative Point Transfers, New 60k Bonus and More
Higher 60k Bonus on Virgin Red Mastercard: The Virgin Red Rewards Mastercard (non-affiliate link) now has a higher bonus of 60,000 points after spending $3000 in the first 90 days. The previous bonus was 40,000 points. You can get an additional 10,000 points if you add 4 authorized users. Use...
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Hot Offer Alert: 75k Miles + $250 on Capital One Venture Rewards Card
One of my favorite credit cards that I recommend for beginners in this miles and points travel hobby has an increased welcome offer for a limited time! Capital One Venture Rewards Card The Capital One Venture Rewards Card (affiliate link) currently has a bonus of 75,000 miles +$250 travel credit....
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Two New Transfer Bonuses
February started out as a slow month for transfer bonuses, but over the last two weeks more opportunities have emerged. Here are the latest two transfer bonuses: New: Citi 20% Transfer Bonus to Qatar Avios From now through March 15, 2025, get 20% transfer bonus when transferring from Citi ThankYou...
Pizza in Motion
How To Avoid Uber’s “Preferred Currency” Scam Price Increase
The travel industry, like so many other industries, is great at coming up with amorphous titles for changes that might sound like they benefit customers. Sadly, those changes rarely do. Uber adds an interesting entry to the mix with their announcement on new “Preferred... The post How To Avoid Uber’s “Preferred...
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Hong Kong: Avenue of Stars, Junk Boat Tea, Victoria Peak, Symphony of Lights
This is the last post in my Hong Kong trip report. See my previous blog posts about this trip: Hong Kong Highlights, Review: China Airlines Business Class Ontario to Taipei to Hong Kong,Review: United Airlines Business Class Hong Kong to San Francisco,Hyatt Regency Hong Kong Tsim Sha Tsui, Ngong Ping...
Points With a Crew
You Should Stand Up As Soon As The Plane Lands (Like I do)
What? You just sit in your seat when the plane gets to the gate? Have I got a story for you...
Travel Points Playbook
One Card, One Trip: New Orleans
In this edition I am looking at a destination that is one of our personal favorites for a long weekend getaway; New Orleans, Louisiana.  Laissez le bon temps rouler (let the good times roll)!
Miles For Family
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...