Looking for a way to earn free flights without opening new credit cards or spending a lot of money? The United MileagePlus X app is a powerful tool to rack up miles through everyday purchases (and in addition to the credit card points you’re already earning). For travelers, especially those flying out of United hubs…
It’s a new quarter, and you know what that means. New opportunities to earn easy points for travel! If you’re looking to build up your Ultimate Rewards points balance, now is the perfect time to check out the Q2 2025 Chase Freedom and Freedom Flex bonus categories. These cards provide an excellent chance to earn…
We first visited Hawaii in January 2023 thanks to points and miles. We were fortunate to island hop and visit three Hawaiian islands (Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island) during our eight-night trip. The experience left us wanting more, so we decided to keep our eyes out for a chance to visit Kauai, the last…
New year, new chances to earn points! If you’re looking to rack up Ultimate Rewards points for travel, there’s no better time than now to check in on the Q1 2025 Chase Freedom and Freedom Flex bonus categories. These cards offer fantastic opportunities to earn 5x points on certain categories each quarter — and who…
Curious how much we saved thanks to travel hacking in 2024? In this post, we’ll outline where we went using points and miles and exactly how much we saved. If you’re familiar with us and our blog, one of the reasons we share is to de-mystify travel hacking and make it clear that truly anyone…
Points and miles are the currency of travel hacking. And if you’re looking for significantly discounted or even free travel, it’s a no-brainer that you want to earn as many points and miles as possible. In the last two years, we’ve gone to Zurich, Madrid, Barcelona, Lisbon, Vienna, Dublin, and Edinburgh thanks to points and…
So you want to travel for free. But as you start researching travel hacking, you encounter a number of unfamiliar terms and abbreviations. And if you’re talking to experienced travel hackers, it seems like they understand (and speak) a language you’ve never even heard before. CPP? P1 and P2? SUB? Earn and burn? It’s a…
In October, Gallup reported that Americans plan to spend an average of over $1,000 on holiday gifts this year. And whether you plan to spend that amount, more, or less, there are many ways to maximize your holiday shopping. Depending on where you’re making your purchases, you can 5, 10, or 15x your points and…
This post provides the details on how we went to Zurich on points and miles over Labor Day weekend. Switzerland is largely regarded as one of the most expensive countries in Europe. And its largest city, Zurich, is no exception. When we identified Zurich as one of the next destinations we wanted to visit, we…
Points and miles have allowed us the opportunity to travel significantly more while spending less thanks to our redemptions. Last year, we identified Portugal and Spain as our destination for our last international trip of the year. We targeted the week before and week of Thanksgiving to take advantage of some days off work without…