Strategies and insights on using points and travel rewards to book flights and hotels.
Disclosure: This post contains referral links. If you choose to apply through one of my links, I may receive points at no additional cost to you. I’ve written before about why the Chase Sapphire Preferred is one of the travel cards I find easiest to recommend. Its relatively low annual fee, useful earning categories and…
For a long time, I thought getting better at points and miles meant learning more: more credit cards, more transfer partners, more airline programs, and more ways to maximize a redemption. And yes, I’ve learned plenty of those things along the way. But the longer I’ve used points and miles, the more I’ve realized that…
Disclosure: This post contains referral links. If you choose to apply through one of my links, I may receive points at no additional cost to you. Up until about a month ago, I was seriously considering closing my Chase Sapphire Preferred. It wasn’t because I thought it was a bad card. My spending habits had…
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. At least, that’s what you’d think from watching ten-second social media clips. The reality has been much different. Today, I use a combination of points and cash on almost…
There are trips where points and miles completely shape the itinerary, and others where they simply make the trip you were already planning a little better. I tend to fall somewhere in between. I’m not someone who plans a trip purely around maximizing a redemption, but I’m not entirely cash-based either. I try to balance…