Strategies and insights on using points and travel rewards to book flights and hotels.
If you spend any time in the points and miles world, you’ll learn one lesson pretty quickly: Transferable points are king. And for the most part, I agree. The flexibility of programs like Chase Ultimate Rewards, Capital One Miles, American Express Membership Rewards, and Citi ThankYou Points is hard to beat. Being able to transfer…
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…
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…
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…
This post introduces my Central Europe series, which includes Poland, Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Flight That Started the Trip When I first started planning this trip, my goal wasn’t to fly business class. My goal was to use up a pile of Flying Blue points. About a year earlier, I…