Points & Miles

Strategies and insights on using points and travel rewards to book flights and hotels.

Points & Miles

The Middle Ground Between Cash Travel and Travel Hacking
June 12, 2026June 9, 2026

For a long time, I thought points and miles travelers either paid for everything with points or they weren’t really doing points and miles at all. The reality has been much different. Today, I use a combination of points and cash on almost every trip. Sometimes points cover flights. Sometimes they cover hotels. Sometimes they…

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Using Points for Hotels Instead of Flights: My Egypt and Jordan Strategy
June 2, 2026June 7, 2026

There’s a version of travel where points and miles completely shape your itinerary. And there’s another where they simply enhance it. I sit somewhere in between. I’m not someone who manufactures trips just to maximize redemptions, and I’m also not purely cash-based. Instead, I try to balance cost, comfort, and flexibility depending on the trip…

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