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  • Understanding Transferable Points To Book Cheap Flights

    Understanding Transferable Points To Book Cheap Flights

    As a complement to last week’s post on booking award flights, I thought it’d be helpful dive into each section in more detail.  The sections covered in the previous post were Transferable Points, Wikipedia, Award Hacker, Google, and Award Search.  For this post, I’ll kick it off by focusing on Transferable Points to help you…


  • How To Book Award Flights With Points And Miles

    How To Book Award Flights With Points And Miles

    Award Travel I know all too well the frustration that occurs when wanting to book award flights.  Where do I start?  How do I know which points and miles to use?  What airline program has the best redemption?  These are many of the questions that I had when starting out. For today’s post, I’m going…


  • How to Save Money on Delta Flights With Korean Air Skypass

    How to Save Money on Delta Flights With Korean Air Skypass

    I am finally able to breathe a sigh of relief after I was able to piece together our Italy trip that looked dire heading into last weekend.  My wife Ashlee‘s lack of work vacation days put us in a pinch to find award availability within a tight window.  With the knowledge I’ve gained from Richard…


  • How To Book Hyatt Hotels With Ultimate Rewards [2019]

    How To Book Hyatt Hotels With Ultimate Rewards [2019]

    World of Hyatt, loyalty program of Hyatt Hotels, is a program that allows members to book Hyatt hotels among other redemptions. The award program is considered to be one of the best, if not the best, hotel loyalty programs for elite members.  Above all, Hyatt requires fewer points for premium hotels and elite members receive…


  • How To Book Ritz-Carlton Hotels With Ultimate Rewards

    How To Book Ritz-Carlton Hotels With Ultimate Rewards

    Ritz-Carlton Ritz-Carlton Rewards, loyalty program of Ritz-Carlton, is a program that allows you to book Ritz-Carlton hotels, Marriott hotels, and Starwood hotels, among other redemptions.  The Ritz-Carlton brand is under Marriott International but the award program is separate.  You can be a member in either Marriott Rewards or Ritz-Carlton rewards, but not both programs.  With…


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