Five years ago I started blogging so that I could share awesome deals with friends and family. Let me be clear: my intentions in creating this blog were 100% noble and altruistic. Filthy lucre was the farthest thing from my mind. As it turns out, … [Continue reading]
A brief history of IHG free night award category devaluations (or, why IHG changed Pointbreaks)
The new year brings new loyalty program devaluations, with the latest being IHG, followed by... IHG. I think Hiltonization is an apt description, as it seems the goal is to create a reward currency with a more or less consistent value regardless of … [Continue reading]
The stars aligned for one glorious moment and the PFD family booked another trip to Nicaragua
Sometimes it's a lot of work to put together a trip, and sometimes it's hardly any work at all. Our last family trip to Managua took a fair amount of work but one we just returned from was so easy a newly converted Million Mile Secrets reader could … [Continue reading]
Christmas in Managua
Since American Airlines has clamped down on low-level award availability during the holidays (I was very fortunate to score a Christmas-New Year's sAAver-ish fare last time around), our next trip to Nicaragua will be well after the holidays. … [Continue reading]
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