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100,000 Points: Weekend Edition – Panama City
About This Series Stop saving points. Start taking trips. Welcome to 100,000 Points: Weekend Edition, where I use roughly 100,000 transferable points to plan international getaways you can actually book. In each post, I’ll show you how I’d get there, where I’d stay, and how I’d spend four days using whichever airline, hotel, or credit…
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100,000 Points: Across the Ocean – Singapore
About This Series Booking your first long-haul award flight can feel intimidating. A weekend getaway is one thing. Crossing an ocean with points is another. This series explores realistic ways to reach destinations around the world using around 100,000 points or less. That may mean flying economy, premium economy, or when award space and transfer…
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Why I Almost Never Book Roundtrip Flights (And Why You Might Want to Stop, Too)
Why I Stopped Booking Roundtrip Flights For years, I assumed booking a roundtrip flight was simply how travel worked. Pick your destination, choose your return date, and call it a day. Now, I rarely book roundtrip tickets. Whether I’m paying cash or redeeming points, I almost always book two separate one-way flights instead. It isn’t…
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What I Learned After Two Weeks in Central Europe
This is the final post in my Central Europe series. If you’re just joining, start with How a Business Class Redemption Turned Into a Two-Week Central Europe Trip. When I booked a business class redemption to Warsaw, I already had a route in mind. The trip wasn’t spontaneous. Before I even left home, I had…