Air France & KLM Flights Are Bookable With Virgin Points Again!
We've got good news for travelers with credit card points and dreams of getting to Europe this year or next: Air France and KLM flights are once again bookable with Virgin Atlantic points. Booking Air...
View ArticleBilt Transfer Partners: How & Where to Transfer Your Bilt Points in 2024
Bilt is a relative newcomer to the world of travel rewards … but in short order, the company that set out to give travelers a way to earn transferable points for paying rent has become a points...
View ArticleShort on Points? Book These Hyatt Hotels for 5K Points (or Less!)
Hotels are often the most pricey expense you'll undertake when planning a trip, second only to airfare. The workaround for making airfare cheap is to book with points and miles … as for hotels, you...
View ArticleHow to Fly Biz Class to Asia & Oceania for Around 100K Points (Or Less!)
For years, it felt like finding business class flights to Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, Australia, or New Zealand bookable with points was searching for a needle in a haystack. With fewer...
View ArticleThe 7 Best Credit Cards to Use For Dining in 2024
Whether it's for your lunch break or a weekend outing with friends, heading to your favorite coffee shop or restaurant is one of the simple joys in life. But dining at a restaurant (or ordering...
View ArticleHow to Get A Last-Minute Passport: Urgent Travel & Same-Day Passport Service
It's every traveler's worst nightmare: You're in a rush getting ready for a big international trip, pulling out your passport … only to find that it's expired – or will soon. Take it from my personal...
View ArticleFee-Free ATM Cards: The Best Ways to Get Cash Traveling Abroad
We'll always default to using a credit card (and earning more points) whenever possible, and you should too … but even in 2024, there are some things that you can't buy with plastic. That's especially...
View ArticleSouthwest Flights Are Now Bookable into April 2025!
Summer isn't over yet, but it's already time to start planning your trips for this fall, winter, and even spring break. You're in luck: You can now book Southwest flights all the way through early...
View ArticleSign Up Now: Get 40% Off Thrifty Traveler Premium Flight Deal Alerts!
National Cheap Flight Day is tomorrow, Aug. 23. But we're celebrating early … the best way we know how: giving you a full year of cheap flight alerts for even less. New subscribers can currently get...
View ArticleGot SkyMiles? Delta One Business Class Deals are Back (… But Still Not Great)
Just three weeks ago, we warned travelers with their hearts set on flying business class to forget about earning Delta SkyMiles. The normal rates of 400,000 SkyMiles or more – yes, that's each way –...
View ArticleA Sneaky (But Questionable) Way to Turn Amex Points into Alaska Miles
Are you a gambler flush with Amex points? If so, I've got a deal for you! Right now, there is a potential opportunity to turn American Express Membership Rewards points, earned from popular cards like...
View ArticleEnding Soon: Earn 120K Points on the Chase Ink Business Preferred® Credit Card!
What would you do with 120,000 Chase Ultimate Rewards points? That's the question every small business owner should be asking themselves after Chase upped the ante with a record-setting welcome bonus...
View ArticleCan Someone Else Use My Credit Card’s Global Entry Credit?
You might be wondering: “If I have a credit card that reimburses the cost of Global Entry or TSA PreCheck can I use the benefit for someone else if I already have it?” Perhaps you have a friend, family...
View ArticleToday is National Cheap Flight Day: So What?
Officially, today is National Cheap Flight Day. But if you ask us, we call it … well, just any other day. Yawn. Along with Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Travel Deal Tuesday, today is the latest day...
View ArticleThe Cheapest Way to Fly Business Class to Europe: Just 27K Points!
Taylor Swift isn't the only one spending the summer in Europe: Just open your favorite social media app and you're bound to see someone you know sipping an Aperol spritz on a terrace in Italy. Why not...
View ArticleI’m a Travel Credit Card Reporter … with 0 Points
Yes, you read my headline correctly: I'm a reporter whose job it is to cover the ins and outs of travel credit cards and the best ways to earn points … and yet, as I write this, I've got practically...
View Article9 Great Ways to Use a Big Chase Ultimate Rewards Bonus
In the world of travel and points and miles, nothing beats having Chase Ultimate Rewards points – the points you earn from cards like the *csp*, the *csr*, or even business cards like the *ink...
View ArticleEnding Soon: Earn 75K Miles (& a $250 Credit) on the Capital One Venture...
How do you take one of the best entry-level travel rewards credit cards and make it even better? By adding a $250 travel credit to an already great welcome bonus offer, that's how. For over a month,...
View ArticleThe Best & Worst Planes for Delta One Business Class
If you're shelling out big bucks or a metric ton of miles to splurge for business class, you want the best seat you can find. With Delta, it's a mixed bag. Any lie-flat seat is a godsend when flying...
View ArticleSome Sun Country Flyers Paid More for Bags in New App
Minnesota low-cost carrier Sun Country finally joined the 21st century earlier this year when it finally launched a smartphone app. But travelers using that long-awaited app to book flights might have...
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