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February 4, 2012

Southwest Companion Pass: How to Get Two Years of Free Southwest Flights in 15 minutes

Share Crazy! I wrote this post yesterday and had this back door way for you to possibly get in on the generous Companion Pass offer.  However, today while searching Southwest.com for flights I saw that they are advertising the 2 free flights (50,000 points offer) on their homepage.   In the fall of 2011, I [...]

The Mileage Combination Short Cut for Earning Your Free Trip in Record Time

Share It doesn’t come as any surprise that the fastest way to build up your frequent flyer mileage accounts is through credit card sign up bonuses. With all the 50,000 point sign up offers, you could either sign up for one credit card or fly to Australia roundtrip three times for the same number of [...]

The Ultimate Guide to Free(ish) 2012 Summer Travel

Share This week I had a post appear at Get Rich Slowly. That’s probably not new news to half of you since many of you just discovered this blog as the result of that post. In addition to receiving an influx of new subscribers, I also had a whole battalion of credit card consult requests. [...]

How To Use Miles and Points to Bless Others

Share My wife brought up an interesting issue the other day.  She wanted be sure that we were giving a part of our blessings from the frequent flyer miles we’ve earned.  We started to ask how we should give air miles or give a part of what we receive. As Christians, we believe in the [...]

Award Travel Booking | Creativity Required

Share Last week, I shared that I’ve redeemed over $26,000 worth of travel for 2012. While I usually focus on the earning portion of the frequent flyer mileage game, today I want to share a few tips I’ve learned about booking award travel. Of course, if I’ve learned something, that’s good for you and me [...]

New Limited Time 45,000 Mile Delta Credit Card Offer

Share If you’re a fan of Delta (I’m not really), then you’ll be happy to know that, for a limited time, you can get 45,000 miles when you sign up for a Delta American Express. Until December 19th, 2011, you can get 45,000 Delta SkyMiles after spending $3,000 within 3 months. If you don’t have [...]

50,000 American Airline AAdvantage Miles

Share This American Airlines 50,000 AAdvantage miles bonus is not new by any means, but I do want to be sure that you know about it.  The card has been listed on the best credit cards page, but I’ll give you a little more detail about it. The American Airlines AAdvantage program is one of [...]

$26,936 Worth of Travel | My 2012 Upcoming Trip Report Summary

Share In 2012, our family will be doing a lot of traveling. Today I’ll share our upcoming trip plans with you so that, if you’re still sitting on the fence, you can discover the amazing value of redeeming air miles collected by signing up for the best credit card sign up bonuses. In this report, [...]

Revealed: With the Right Strategy, British Airways Changes Can Be Awesome for Travelers

Share Most travel blogs I’ve been reading tend to bemoan the fact that the British Airways program totally gutted some of their best redemptions. Most of the feedback has been negative. In fact, there is only one voice out there (that I’ve read) that is talking about the positive aspects of the British Airways Avios [...]

Delta Airlines SkyMiles Program Overview

Share Today we’re continuing a series where I’ll be featuring some of the basic, introductory material about different award programs.  That way if you’re new to the ‘game’, you can just read this cheat sheet rather than trying to compile all the information by yourself. Previously reviewed: American Airlines Advantage Program United Airlines MileagePlus Program [...]