Around the World In Luxury with Miles and Points – Hotels
To continue on with my last post about how we were able to obtain flights for our round-the-world trip, I wanted to have a post regarding how we were paying for our hotels with points. As you probably know, hotel and accommodation costs can quickly add up to the point where the trip becomes too
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Around the World In Luxury with Miles and Points – Flights
If you’ve been reading up on the blog for the past few months, you will know that my family and I are going to be heading out on an adventure of a lifetime. We will be visiting Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Auckland, Melbourne, Cairns, Sydney, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, New York and Vancouver. As with our
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What Are Phantom Awards?
If you’ve been around the block a time or two, you’ll have run into a situation where you just want to cry in frustration because even the best-laid plans can crumble at a moment’s notice. I’ve calmed down but yesterday, I had my hands in the air screaming, What Happened? As part of my new
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PointsUYYC Coupon Code
PointsU is quickly selling out of tickets! The first tranche of 30 Early Bird tickets was sold out in less than 12 hours and we are over half sold out! The conference promises to be the best one yet with lots of great surprises in store and a fantastic new interactive format designed to engage our
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Louvre Abu Dhabi Opening in November
As my family and I get closer and closer to our mega-vacation to Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Auckland, Melbourne, Cairns, Sydney, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, New York and Vancouver, I have moved from the planning stage to the “what should we do there” stage. To be honest, one of the things that I am most looking
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How To Use ExpertFlyer to Find Your Awards
In the past, I have shown you some of the free tools I use to help me find awards such as Award.Flights but sometimes, these tools just don’t cut it. Maybe you need to search for an award with an airline that isn’t part of the Award.Flight search criteria or maybe you would rather automate some of
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How To Write Effective Complaint Letters
This entry is part 11 of 14 in the series How ToWe’ve all had poor experiences with our travel. Whether it be with the hotel or the airlines, something has probably happened to you where you feel like you got gipped on your vacation. It can be as small as a flight attendant forgetting to
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OMG! Alaska Airlines Partnering with Singapore Airlines!!!
As you probably know by now, I am a HUGE fan of Alaska Airlines and their Partner Redemptions. In fact, I’ve written a very extensive series on how to redeem on partner airlines. Well today, Alaska has once again proven beyond a reasonable doubt that it is THE MOST powerful program for Canadians, especially
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PointsU Calgary is LIVE!!!
Hey guys and girls. My sincere apologies for not writing more on the blog as of late … but there’s a reason. A good reason (I hope). As you may have figured out, I have been running point on PointsU for the last 2-3 months and while there have certainly been challenges, it has been
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Hot Deal – Lonely Planet eBooks Up To 70% Off
I don’t know about you but I take a certain comfort in knowing that I have a guidebook to a place I have never visited before. As much as the internet is great for research, there’s something to be said about the accessibility of having a book in your hands dedicated to one specific subject
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