September 30 Update: U.S. airlines collected over $1.5 Billion in checked bag fees last quarter – here’s how you can avoid some of those dreaded fees!

Airline fees are ones that all travelers hate – doesn’t matter if you are once every two years flyer or once every day flyer it seems that there can be a fee for anyone. From checked bags to seat selection and more, airlines now seem to charge for almost everything. The latest report that came […]

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January 12 Update: Why aren’t you using a rewards credit card and two frequent flyer award ticket discount offers to be aware of

No news for you today! But we do have a question for newcomers to the site “Why aren’t you using a rewards credit card?“ In the bonus offers section check out the two new discounted award flight offers we added to the main site. They are pretty specific but we know some of you do […]

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December 11 Update: Best Western’s awesome redemption offer continues, get in on those holiday shopping bonuses & more!

The Best Western Rewards offer of being able to redeem 10,000 points for stays at any Best Western hotel in North America is actually still available for booking. We were wrong when we posted towards the end of November that it was also ending for bookings on November 30th. At that time the T&Cs seemed […]

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Membership Rewards Use Points for Purchases explained

In 2016 American Express took a major step in providing more flexible reward options for Cardmembers earning Membership Rewards points. They took their very popular TripFlex option, which allowed Cardmembers to redeem points against any travel charge that was paid for with a Membership Rewards earning card from American Express, and expanded it. The expanded […]

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