Miles and Points, Travel Bug

1. Don’t forget to clear your schedule for tomorrow, so you can take advantage of Small Business Saturday promotion. In case you’ve missed it, here is my guest post on how this deal turned into fiasco last year. Don’t be like me! 2.Via Million Miles Secrets blog, get $100 off hotel booking of $100 on…

Are Frequent Flyer Miles a Scam?

milesforfamily @milesforfamily · Nov 16 Rant: Offered to redeem miles to Europe for a needy friend. Told her to be flexible. She comes back with dates Dec 24-January 1st. What?   If you are one of my 186 loyal followers, you’ve  probably already seen the above rant. Normally, I don’t like to abuse Twitter in such  manner. I mean,…

Miles and Points Update

1. New IHG PointBreaks list is now bookable. Don’t delay reserving your desired hotel. Remember, you can always cancel it without penalty if your plans change. 2. There is a new offer on Citi Thank You Preferred card that gives 30,000 points after spending $2,000 in 4 months. It pays me commission and you can…

Preview for New IHG PointBreaks List

I normally don’t post on Saturday, but wanted to give you heads up on the new IHG PointBreaks list. As always, it’s like a box of chocolates, so you never know what you’re gonna get. Since we are approaching holidays when the kids are off, the list may be of interest to you, in case…

Miles and Points, Boarding Area

1. Through January 8th, you can transfer Citi Thank You points (with eligible cards) to Hilton program and get 1:2 ratio. Not worth it for most people, except if you have low category redemption in mind. See my post on using 5,000 Hilton points to get a $99 room. (h/t Milevalue) 2. You can book…