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Capital One Miles Sweet Spots

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Capital One really shook things up in the rewards card space when they increased the transfer ratio to 1:1 on almost all of their airline transfer partners. Capital One "Miles" (earned via the Capital One®...
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Marriott’s Luminary Hotel, Fort Myers Florida: Bottom Line Review

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I don't usually write hotel reviews before leaving a hotel, but I'm making an exception this time because the point price for this one will soon go up.  Currently the Luminary Hotel is priced...
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Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach, California: Bottom Line Review

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My wife and I recently spent two nights at the Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach in Dana Point, California.  We used a free night certificate for one night and paid 95,000 points for the second...
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[Update: Points have posted!] Marriott Bonvoy: travel package refunds still coming, held up by...

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Update 3/10/22: We have had multiple reports from readers today that points are now in their accounts for these cancelled Travel Packages! Looks like Marriott said what they meant and meant what they said...
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Le Meridien Maldives: wide-open almost every day until February 2023 (30-40K pts/night)

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Earlier today, Greg wrote about the Best Uses of Marriott Free Night Certificates, where he highlighted some of the best options worldwide for spending the 35K,40K and 50K certificates that are awarded via Marriott...
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(EXPIRED) Qantas Premium Economy to Australia starting at 47.5K miles

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Update 3/6 - Western Australia is now open to vaccinated tourists, making the Perth option discussed below viable.  Availability has lessened quite a bit in the two weeks since we first posted this, but I'm...
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(EXPIRED) Qatar Qsuites available for 70,000 Aadvantage Miles from US – Maldives

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Thrifty Traveler Premium reported that Qatar Airways has open Business Class availability to the Maldives from airports throughout the US all the way through January 2023.  Since they sent out the e-mail this morning,...
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(EXPIRED) Up to half off awards to Fiji, Australia, and the South Pacific via...

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Alaska Mileage Plan is offering a pretty awesome sale on award tickets for travel on Fiji Airways, offering up to 50% off on awards booked by 3/31/22 for travel through 11/30/22. Unfortunately, business class...
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My Round the World Reprieve [ANA miles extended thru March 2023]

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Yesterday, my wife and I were discussing options for shoehorning an around the world trip into our crowded schedules.  You see, I had 269,000 ANA miles set to expire at the end of this...
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Delta Award Sale: US To UK & Spain For 32k SkyMiles Round Trip

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Thrifty Traveler Premium sent out an alert today advising of a new Delta award sale that gives you the opportunity to book award flights to the UK and Spain from only 32,000 SkyMiles round...
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Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach: Bottom Line Review

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My wife and I recently spent four nights at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach.  We paid 20,000 points per night and applied a suite upgrade award to secure a standard suite. This stay was part...
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Best ways to get to cities in the US and Canada using miles

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While pandemic restrictions are lifting in various ways and settings, international travel still has an unpredictable quality with restrictions and rules subject to change frequently and the risk of quarantine is a potentially expensive...
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United Airlines: Another upgrade to the award calendar?

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This seems to be the week that everyone is working on their award calendars.  Earlier, both Marriott and IHG made changes that made it easier to look at award availability and pricing over a...
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IHG Rewards Calendar: Two ways to find it

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IHG is an increasingly appetizing program due to soon-to-be enacted changes to their award program and their credit card portfolio.  There have been a couple of historical challenges to the program, though.  First, IHG...

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