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Quick hit: Ultimate Rewards points transfers are available instantly when you add an authorized user
This isn’t exactly news, but since I encountered it for the first time the other day, I wanted to pass it along to anyone else who might find themselves in
The Cheapest Hotels To Earn IHG Points
I like the timing on this as it follows my How To Earn IHG Points With IHG’s Promos. This post has a list of the cheapest ~200 IHG hotels, map
Rebooting ResellingDO – 20 July in Dallas-Fort Worth!
Big news! We are rebooting ResellingDO! am I overly excited about this? Heck yeah! One of the greatest things about the miles and points community (and reselling!) is the fact
Episode 22: “Etihad Awards, New Avios Rates, Fee Free Visa and MCGC, and More of Robert’s European Vacation”
Last week we had our first ever cliffhanger episode–this week we’re back to finish the story of Robert’s European Vacation. We also cover some great news on the redemption side,
Four possible deals spotted in the first three weeks of Daily Getaways
As predictably as the tides, summer approaches and the US Travel Association launches their “Daily Getaways” in an attempt to promote travel within the United States. And just li..
Our Awesome Trip To Switzerland’s Alps
Largely due to once seeing Rick Steve’s recommendation of Gimmewald, Switzerland, it has been on my bucket list for many years. Last fall we made that dream a reality and
Coming Monday 6 May – Ebates 20th Birthday!
May is a great time for online shoppers of all kinds! I’ve long talked about the power of shopping portals to increase miles and points balances, but May happens to
Master Chart of What Sites Search Airline Award Availability
Updated: April 30, 2019
This post was originally created in 2014 and I wanted this to be on the updated Resources page…
But I must say, a lot has changed since 2014. The
United & Star Alliance MileagePlus Award Charts
I realized that United no longer publishes an award chart, and the one I had on my “Complete List of Airline Award Charts” is outdated, so I decided to make
“Horizontal equity” is a perfectly reasonable idea used exclusively to make bad arguments
Become a Patron!Every once in a while a term of art is plucked from the world of academic literature and spread around like manure by journalists and pundits until people
TBT: Buying Cheese For Miles
Today we launched the new Travel Is Free Podcast!
If you’ve already listened to our first episode – which was just my co-host Dave and I – then you’ve already heard
Episode 21: Boutique European Hotels, Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Review, London, Venice and Rome With a Family of Four
And….We’re Back! Spring break is over and we’re here with a jam packed episode. Today we cover: News: 0:30 Chase 30% Transfer Bonus to British Airways (link) Through June 16,
A legal riddle: what's the difference between avoiding and evading a reporting requirement?
For years, I’ve held what I think is the mainstream view in the travel hacking community:virtually everything travel hackers do is legal;so there’s no reason to conceal what you’..
Three bad and one good way to think about public higher education and tuition
Elizabeth Warren made a splash this week with her plan to both ensure public higher education is tuition-free and forgive up to $50,000 per student of the existing stock of
Success removing a disputed item from my Experian credit report
Last month I explained the process I followed to dispute a derogatory remark on my Experian credit report. Experian told me it would take a month to resolve, and sure
My Experience with Tours & Activities Booked through the Chase Expedia Portal
We just got back from a week in Europe where we did tours and activities in London, Venice, and Rome – all booked through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal. I
Chart(s) of Hotel Loyalty Program Benefits & Rewards
While I just did a piece on hotel loyalty programs that was fairly critical (using data), this post is really meant for those who are looking to compare loyalty programs.
Perh..
Complete List of Airline Award Charts
This post is important to bookmark (not that I’m biased) because of the award charts that are unique to this site. (Although you can also visit this any time by
A Trick To Save On Delta Miles Flights
If you weren’t excited about the results of the Delta Miles Calculator from your city, I may have a trick for you…
For many cities, there are Delta flights for only
What would total employer-employee collusion look like?
Become a Patron!I’ve lately been researching some employer-side tax benefits and binge-listening to an organized-crime-themed comedy podcast, which I’m not going to name because ..
If you have employees, adopt a written paid family and medical leave policy right now
Become a Patron!While doing some research for another project, I was reminded that in the CPA Full Employment Act of 2017, Republicans included a tax credit for employers offerin..
Complete Guide To United Stopover Tricks
While I have gone over a lot of my findings on United Stopover and Routing Rules, I have never gone into the nerdy details of what is possibly driving United’s
Announcing The New Delta SkyMiles Calculator
While we just launched the Delta Miles Award Chart, that’s mostly for international and SkyTeam flights. We found flights to most regions, like China, are consistently the same p..