To Redeem Awards, You Must Find the Flights Yourself and Spoon Feed Them to an Agent

Reader Mike asked, I’ve booked myself a flight to Hawaii but having trouble finding a good one home in F. I’m looking at AS,AA & UA since I have points for all & UA seems to have the most options in general, just not to MSP. My idea is to do separate award searches to […]

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27 vibrant Instagrams of the world

It's the perfect moment to remember how vivacious our planet is as we try to shake off the last remnants of a cold and dreary winter.



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Yes, now there's a micro pig cafe

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From poisoning lions to paying to protect them

The Rwandan government has hit on a solution to protect its endangered species: employ local villagers to lend a hand.

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Vietnam opens revolutionary tunnels to tourism in Ho Chi Minh City

Most visitors to Ho Chi Minh City will make the hour or so drive out of town to visit the legendary Cu Chi tunnels.

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6 French work culture myths

Five weeks of vacation, recurring cigarette-espresso breaks, and two hour lunches are among the stereotypes perpetuated about French work culture and I can say from experience, only two of three are still true today. 1. Vacation Reserving time for travel and personal time is as entrenched in French culture as those extended lunches that once […]



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Rick Report: Tracking Two-Year Bonuses, or How I Almost Screwed Up My Game

Chase has this rule that states that you aren’t eligible for a sign-up bonus if you have received one for the same card in the last two years. Our record keeping is in shambles, but I wanted my wife Katy to apply for the Hyatt card that gives us two free nights. I had no […]



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How was she supposed to know her car would spontaneously combust?

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I’m Using Miles: Why Do My Award Tickets Have Such High Fees?

Reader Carol asked, When I try to make a reservation using my American Airline miles, there’s always a fee of $500-$1200 included. Do you know why? Yes, I do know why! It’s because you’re looking at award tickets involving travel on British Airways. And because awards on British Airways incur fuel surcharges. The idea is […]

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My Latest Round Of Credit Card Applications

While I spend a lot of time writing about credit cards, I've actually not applied for that many credit cards the past year or so. I'm not sure why. I've been living in hotels and have been happy with my overall card portfolio. So I guess I've just been complacent.

This past Friday I planned on applying for a US Airways MasterCard before the opportunity went away, and got instantly approved. So I figured I might as well apply for a few more cards that I've been eying for a while.

In the end I applied for five cards, all of which I got approved for (eventually).

Here are the five cards I applied for:

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American and US Airways Expect to Merge Frequent Flyer Programs in Just 6 Days!

On March 13, American sent out word that the American and US Airways frequent flyer programs would be combined within 30 days. Or in American parlance, that’s when they’d move to ‘Single Frequent Flyer Program’ (SFFP). When the 2015 program and details of how the US Airways and American programs would be combined were released […]

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You Can Still Book Free One-Way Awards When You Redeem Miles. These Mileage Programs Let You.

Reader fauxblogger asked, Which foreign airline mileage programs permit tag flight to/from [North American] gateway city to [North American] home city on a single award when redeeming its own program’s miles? I think I understand what fauxblogger is asking. This reader wants to know what mileage programs allow stopovers on award tickets. The reason they […]

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Etihad Releasing Two A380 First Class Award Seats To New York

A couple of weeks ago Etihad Airways announced that they’d begin flying the Airbus A380 between Abu Dhabi and New York as of December 1, 2015.

While Emirates has well over 100 A380s on order, Etihad has only ordered a total of 10 of them, and will be flying them exclusively between Abu Dhabi and London, Sydney, and New York. Etihad’s A380s are truly one-of-a-kind, in that they feature amazing First Class Apartments.

I had the opportunity to fly the Etihad A380 inaugural flight from Abu Dhabi to London late last year, and was blown away by the hard product. The First Class Apartment is unlike any first class hard product I’ve ever seen.

The best part is that Etihad partners with American AAdvantage, and Etihad has been extremely generous about making first class award space available on these flights.

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How to Stretch Hyatt Points and Get Great Upgrades

Reader Christian asks, I have a lot of Hyatt award nights booked for this fall in Asia and planned for next summer in Europe. While building up my points, I’d intended to do a Diamond Challenge early this summer, to have the status for this year and next. Now, with the Challenge effectively dead, I […]

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Top 20 #travelstoke images 3/15

Did your Instagram photo make the cut?



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