There are some creative ways to use airline miles to fly further with less miles. In other words, you can see more and spend less. We’ll talk about these fun tricks in today’s episode. Main Event: How to Save Miles by Flying More Watch the full episode below, or listen on your favorite podcast...

Just how dire is the coming summer for US-bound travel? We're looking at various data sources to try to figure it out.

There's been a trend where credit card issuers increase annual fees on rewards cards, and attempt to make up for it by adding credits and rebates for somewhat random things (which often require a lot of mental effort and organization to put to use.) Today, we'll speculate how far this...

A few years ago American Express introduced this kind of model for their Platinum card where they increased their annual fee, but attempted to make up for it by offering a whole collection of credits and rebates that could be valuable if you did the work to make use of them and...

Wyndham is having an excellent point sale that lasts until April 15th (2025). Read more about it here or listen to this episode for details. Coffee Break: Wyndham’s Excellent Point Sale Watch the full episode below, or listen on your favorite podcast platform. You can click the timestamps below to...

Winning the game doesn’t have to be hard. Points & miles is like complicated board game — seems overwhelming at first. But the rewards for winning are incredible. In today’s main event we’ll show you how to get started. Main Event: Getting started with points & miles Watch the full...

Bilt Rewards is a program that became famous for giving you rewards for your rent payments, but these days there are many ways to earn Bilt rewards. In this episode, we’ll pay special attention to how you might want to use your Bilt points. Main Event: Best uses for Bilt...

Starting May 28 of this year, Southwest will be making some major changes to the things we’ve known and loved. For example Most people will be losing free checked bags on Southwest starting May 28 of this year, they’ll be introducing basic economy, flight credits will now expire (after 6-12...

In today’s episode we’ll talk about how American Airlines out-crazies Citi, Southwest out-bonvoys Marriott, and we’ll talk about what we think are the 5 best award search tools that make it much easier to find those coveted awards. Main Event: The 5 Best Award Search Tools Watch the full episode...

Another close call, and a lot to consider as new orders and new routes come online.