Our favorite way to track points and miles balances is AwardWallet. I was reminded of this when they notified me the other day that I had some Aeroplan miles that were about to expire. Not having a plan to use them or extend them, I asked our readers for their thoughts on what to do with the…
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Free Drinks On Delta Flights For Medallion Members
I’ve mentioned Delta’s “Have One On Us” (HOOU) program in the past. This is the program that rewards Medallion members with free drinks when they check-in online to print a boarding pass. But it isn’t always clear how to get these drink coupons to show up when you check in. So we thought a simply…
AwardWallet Plus Giveaway – Best Use For 5,000 Aeroplan Miles Expiring
AwardWallet is the best way to track your points and miles balances. A cool feature is how AwardWallet notifies you when one of your loyalty accounts has miles or points that are about to expire. For example, I have about 5,000 Aeroplan miles that are about to expire in December that I earned from the…
Earn Up To 30% Cash Back With Ebates
Mrs. Weekly Flyer has shared some of her online shopping tips in the past. But another option I haven’t mentioned may be an even better return for your online shopping. You can earn up to 30% cash back with Ebates. While you can earn up to 30% on some retailers, my favorite use of Ebates is…
How To Get Low Level Delta Award On Cross Country Flights (The Hard Way)
Delta Sky Miles members may run into an issues finding award space across the country. I’ve been there myself. The low level award space in First Class usually requires only 45,000 miles. But when that isn’t available, the mid level award space requires a significant amount more in miles, 80,000 miles in total to be…
How To Gift Delta Medallion Qualifying Miles EXPIRED
This week I received a message from Delta informing me I had the opportunity to select or gift 15,000 Medallion Qualifying Miles (MQMs) since I spent my first $30,000 on the Delta Reserve card in a calendar year. This was my first time through the process to gift or claim the 15,000 MQMs so I…
Hidden City Ticketing Can Save Money, But Should You Do It?
If you live in a large city that is a hub airline, you could likely benefit from hidden city ticketing. But should you take advantage of it just because it saves you money? What Is Hidden City Ticketing Let’s say for example, you want to fly from Los Angeles to Charlotte but the cost is…
Did You Win A Free AwardWallet Plus Upgrade?
I’ve shared how AwardWallet has help me simplify my ability to track points and miles by centralizing all of my accounts in one place. It’s a great service that we ourselves use. So we gave our readers a chance to win one of two codes to upgrade to an AwardWallet Plus account. Ever since I joined AwardWallet they’ve…
Avis Exchange Or Upgrade Program – Select & Go
Avis has a pretty convenient program where if you don’t like the car you’ve been assigned you can exchange or even upgrade it as you leave the lot. The best part is the process doesn’t take much time at all. On my latest rental, I was able to upgrade to a different car at no…
Forget credit cards for international travel and find a good debit card!
In an ideal world, I would use one of my no foreign transaction fee credit cards for all purchases internationally and rack up major points with spending abroad. In reality, almost all countries in the world are more cash-centric than the US so in some situations using credit cards overseas is simply not an option.…
CVS Vanilla Reload Update – Memo To Customers
I thought I’d share an interesting update from an experience at my local CVS. Not only have they received a memo, but now they are issuing memos to customers. That’s right, take a look at the memo in the picture below greeting guests at the gift card center. It states the following: Maximum gift card…
Earn 3,000 jetBlue TrueBlue Points With Rocketmiles Newest Partner
Rocketmiles, the hotel booking site that offers members a way to increase the amount of airline miles they earn with hotel stays, has announced a new partner and with it, a 3,000 point bonus offer for new accounts. Hotel bookings made through Rocketmiles allow members to earn thousands of miles for reservations booked through Rocketmiles.…
AwardWallet Plus Giveaway And New Features
I’ve shared how AwardWallet has help me simplify my ability to track points and miles by centralizing all of my accounts in one place. Ever since I joined AwardWallet they’ve continued make enhancements that make their application the go-to application for tracking points, miles and now travel plans. They’ve recently added the ability to track…
Your Upgrade Is Now Confirmed – And How To Check Your Upgrade Priority Level
Does your heart skip a beat when you get an email like the one below? I have to admit, mine doesn’t, by I do get a little excited when I get the email. The first thing I do is log in or scroll down the email to see which flight is confirmed to have a…
Easy way to find AA record locator when booking through BA.com
The ‘Amadeus Check My Trip’ tool is so simple I often forget that it exists. It is no secret that Avios are extremely effective for booking short haul domestic flights or west coast flights to Hawaii on American or Alaska Airlines. Yesterday I was booking a family trip to the Big Island and decided Avios…
My United Premier Platinum Status Packet Arrived
It only took 24 hours for my Premier Platinum status match to be processed and a few weeks for the Platinum stats packet to arrive in the mail. This is my first United Premier Platinum status packet and I was surprised by the contents. The packet felt thick so I was interested to see what…
Amazing Delta Award Availability To Aspen In Peak Season On New Flight
Delta offers a great in-flight experience, friendly Flight Attendants, good meal options, and nice seats up front, yet they get beat up quite a bit in the points and miles community for having a low value proposition with their SkyMiles program. The point of this post isn’t to argue for the value of the SkyMiles…
Qantas Chauffeur Service On Domestic Australian Flights In Addition To International Flights
Starting July 1, 2013, Qantas has announced they will offer complimentary Chauffeur service travelers in International First and Business on select US (Los Angeles & Dallas) to Australia routes as well as Dubai. But that is not where it stops. Apparently customers can get the Chauffeur service within Australia domestically as well, depending on the…
Earn Miles With Hotel Bookings Plus Bonus Miles
Rocketmiles offers a way to increase the amount of airline miles you’ll earn with hotel stays over the “airline mile” earning options through hotel loyalty programs. Hotel bookings made through Rocketmiles allow members to earn thousands of miles for reservations booked through Rocketmiles. It’s simply, really. Signup for a Rocketmiles account Book your hotel reservation…
Earn Airline Miles With AwardWallet While Tracking Your Points, Miles & Travel Plans
In the past, I’ve shared how AwardWallet has help me simplify my life by centralizing the tracking of my points and miles. Now the service is helping me track my travel plans and is even allowing me to earn points and miles while doing so. I used to track airline points and miles by logging…