Last week a reader wrote in to suggest that I address the topic of saving up miles and points for emergencies, which gave me an excuse to think about two

For the last two years, I’ve shared an accounting of my year in earning and burning miles and points (2013 and 2014). A reader recently reached out and asked whether

If having too many points in a single program is one kind of problem, both because of the increased exposure to devaluations and the fact that the least valuable point

Travel hacking is a specialized combination of knowledge, skills, and opportunities, plus of course making the time to take advantage of them. For those willing to invest in this..

One fascination of the miles and points community is “valuing” their loyalty currencies. This should be, in principle, one of the most important aspects of an earning strategy: e..

After 4 years involved in travel hacking, I still find myself learning something new almost every week. For example, since until this year I’d never had Hyatt Gold Passport Diamond

In the comments to last Wednesday’s post, reader Paul Wellington made a great comment, which read in part:”this sort of redemption nerd logic makes me chuckle and misses the forest

I wrote a few weeks ago that I’ve been craving a beach vacation, and I decided to take a look at so-called “all-inclusive” resorts, mainly out of curiosity: I’ve never stayed

Every once in a while I take a break from blogging about travel hacking and write about whatever personal finance topics are on my mind. For the past few weeks

There’s been some interesting discussion lately of how much you should be willing to pay for miles and points. I got the conversation started on Twitter by asking how much

A reader recently pointed out to me that last week over at Travel with Grant, Grant wrote that he noticed on his last US Bank Flexperks Travel Rewards credit card statement