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Carrie and I both wanted to redo our Hotel Rewards Program infographic and my post on the best rewards program. The infographic does a good job of giving a visual display for the following areas: Number of hotels Which brands have the most 4/5 star hotels Which loyalty programs earn free nights most quickly Status […]
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I’ve recently been intrigued by the idea of car/RV rental relocation as a way to get cheap (or even free) trips. That’s right. You can get a rental of an RV with beds and your gas reimbursed for free (or $1 a day) for simply relocating the vehicle. Your only expense on such a trip […]
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Gary Leff (of VFTW) originally broke the news on Hyatt acquiring Two Roads Hospitality… Well, he also reported that Alila Hotels Joined Hyatt Rewards. Some of the hotels are going to get added next month (for which Gary lists the dates), but the majority are currently bookable with Hyatt points. So I did two things. […]
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Finally, here is the map of Choice Hotels by points price. This is one of the last hotel chains as part of the Complete Map series (which can also be found on the Resource Page). So be sure to check out Marriott, IHG, Hilton, Hyatt, and Radisson there as well. (Click in the top left […]
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Like Alaska miles, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club has a unique set of mileage redemptions that varies by partner, some of which are amazing deals. In truth, I made a note to look into their partners after OneMileAtAtime booked and posted about a first class flight on ANA for 120,000 miles… Which ended up being only […]
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Many airlines offer last minute upgrades as an auction / bidding system, and some offer them on sale at check in, or on the app. Below I made a list of 37 airlines (in alphabetical order) with their paid upgrade policies, and links to how to either check if you’re eligible, bid, or see an […]
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I want to be clear that this is a post about the cheapest hotels to earn Hyatt points (instead of “cheapest Hyatt hotels”) because some are SLH hotels, and by far the cheapest hotels are the MGM Resorts in Las Vegas. This examines the same data from my Data-Driven Look At Best Hyatt Hotels. It’s […]
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Continuing my reborn “cheapest miles” series is the cheapest miles to Hawaii post where I’ll list all the best airline miles deals to Hawaii, and break down some of the best options. There are tons of great Hawaii deals! There are 11,500 mile flights to Hawaii from the majority of the country, 27,500 business class […]
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Copa Airlines has a tight relationship with United (whom I believe owns 51% of Copa) and has cloned a lot of United’s program, like its award chart. I realized that Copa upgrades work on United airlines, which made me look into the rewards program further. With 6 global upgrades and 6 regional upgrades that work […]
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This week’s Throw Back Thursday is about the decline of the once single most important site for miles and points collectors. It was not only a place to get information, but a community. FlyerTalk was the center of the miles and points universe. However, it was bought by a company that purposely neglects its websites […]
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Julian Kheel, the artist formerly known as “The Devil’s Advocate”, joins the podcast this week. Greg, the artist still know as “The Frequent Miler”, also joins, which is extra interesting because The Devil’s Advocate wrote “Bet You Didn’t Know” on Frequent Miler until he quit to take an offer at TPG… which we discuss. Mostly […]
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We went back to Yellowstone National Park last summer because I love wildlife, however, I have a few opinions on general things to do. My experience of Yellowstone is a lot like Bali. I get people who say they didn’t love Yellowstone and I quickly inquire about where they went only to discover we were […]
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Redone: June 3, 2019 As someone obsessed with free things and food, you’d think I’d love all-inclusives that are bookable with points… I’ve become disgruntled by the hit-miss experience (mostly miss). In fact it’s my love of food that has me avoiding cheap all-inclusives at all cost. I can’t last two meals at most all-inclusives. […]
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I put together a tool for finding the cash rate for each Hyatt hotel (and partners) to find the Hyatt hotels’ best points to cash value, the most expensive Hyatt hotels, best category 4 Hyatts (for the free night) and the average points rate. This ended up being especially valuable to me since I was […]
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Nick Reyes of Frequent Miler joins the podcast this week. And substituting for Dave as co-host is Greg, THE Frequent Miler. Right away Nick comes out saying why American Express MR points are better than Chase UR points. I actually think it’s an easy sell, since Amex has way more partners and Chase only has […]
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A while ago I saw a sale for a $149 (pp) cruise from the Mediterranean to the US, and it peaked my interest in finding repositioning cruise deals. Essentially, a repositioning cruise is often a discounted cruise that is a oneway instead of a roundtrip because the cruise line is transitioning the ship to a […]
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My friend Seth is sincerely among the nicest people on earth. However, he’s a terrible travel companion. Unbeknownst to him, I took photographic evidence to prove just how bad Seth is. It seems to be correlated with transit itself. Otherwise, he’s a great travel buddy, up for an adventure… But as you’ll see, when it […]
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This week Dave and I had Greg from Frequent Miler join us on the podcast, where he initially says we aren’t discussing MS… But then immediately talks about how what’s happening with Ebates is the most exciting thing since Redbird. How To Listen Available on: travelisfree.com/podcast – just listen below Apple Podcast Google Play Google Podcast Spotify […]
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I’ve written a lot about our personal experiences of full-time travel, but when thinking about what my strategy would be today, I realized that, of all the “guides” I’ve written, I’ve never written one for full-time travel specifically. For years we traveled full-time and publicly published our expenses, adding monthly and yearly recaps as well. […]
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If you need a 3+ night stay this summer, consider this promotion to earn 25,000 Choice Points. 25,000 Choice points is enough for 1 night at a nice hotel, or multiple nights at a decent hotel. There are hotels in Norway that are $200+ a night or 16,000 points. Find the promotion link here. Rules […]
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