Hyatt is planning on announcing category changes soon. If you've got a Hyatt Free Night Award, you'll probably want to use it before Hyatt changes categories. Here's our updated list of Hyatt Cat 1-4 properties where AwardWallet users have saved the most: awardwallet.com/hotels/world...

Trio of Citi news this weekend - both good and bad: 1. Citi is devaluing transfer rates to two hotel partners in mid-April: awardwallet.com/news/citi-th... 2. New 30% transfer bonus to Virgin: awardwallet.com/news/citi-th... 3. New 25% transfer bonus to LifeMiles: awardwallet.com/news/avianca...

Have a new kid? Heading back to school? Recovering from an illness or injury? Many (but sadly not all) airlines have a policy to let you pause or extend your elite status. Here's a breakdown of 11 airlines that offer these flyer-friendly policies: awardwallet.com/airlines/whi...

Love this post by Tyler about how college students can get started (responsibly) earning points and miles while in college, combining his recent experiencing doing exactly that with the knowledge of a few years working professionally in the space: awardwallet.com/credit-cards...

After more than 11 years of earning and burning, Katie and I are pretty much tapped out in credit card bonuses. So we actively look for other "hacks" to generate points. Here's how we scored a $4k flight in ANA THE Room for 15 hours for $1161 each: awardwallet.com/airlines/buy...

Southwest Airlines isn't what it used to be... but, the Companion Pass is still as powerful as ever! And you can get the Companion Pass through Febrauary 2027 (plus bonus points) through Southwest credit card offers ending soon: awardwallet.com/credit-cards...

AwardWallet is now on Substack! Subscribe for free to get an overview of each week's news, promotions, and card offers each Monday. To give you an idea what to expect, here's our first post: awardwallet.substack.com/p/this-week-...

Looking to use your Marriott Bonvoy points at luxury properties? Generally your points aren't going to go very far. But not at these properties. Here are 10 luxury Marriott properties where AwardWallet users have averaged more than 1.87 cpp in value: awardwallet.com/hotels/marri...

Thrifty Traveler Premium prices are increasing 😑 But, if you subscribe before Saturday, you'll lock in current pricing for life. Plus, save $20 off your first year using AwardWallet's link (and get a 100-day money-back guarantee): awardwallet.com/news/thrifty...

📰Scoop: Emirates just revamped its partner award charts, dropping award rates by up to 76%! Pecuiliar timing for sure, but great news for award travelers. Here's my breakdown of the changes: awardwallet.com/news/airline...

In March, Delta is flying a whopping 2,200+ domestic flights with lay-flat Delta One seats. Here's a breakdown of all 58 domestic routes and which flights to book: awardwallet.com/airlines/del...

The "AwardWallet Blog" has a new look — and a new name! Over the past year, we've been building a new points and miles learning experience to maximize the experience for AwardWallet users. Here are the new features of AwardWallet Learn: awardwallet.com/features/lau...

Tons of valuable new credit card offers have launched in the past couple of weeks. By our count, over 20 cards are currently offering sign-up bonuses worth at least $1,500! Here's a roundup of the best credit card offers currently available: awardwallet.com/credit-cards...

Got a small business? Good news: you can score a six-digit miles bonus plus a boost toward earning United elite status: awardwallet.com/credit-cards...

📰Just announced: Here's when and how American Airlines Barclays cards are being converted to Citi - and what you might want to do before that happens: awardwallet.com/news/credit-...

Did you know you can earn United elite status -- all the way up to top-tier Premier 1K -- just through credit card spending? But you'll want to have the right United card(s). Here's how to earn United PQPs on card spending: awardwallet.com/credit-cards...

Emirates just launched a new partnership with... Jet2?! Perhaps nothing beats a Jet2 holiday — but this probably isn’t how you want to spend your Emirates Skywards miles. Here's what to know about this new partnership: awardwallet.com/news/airline...

Capital One is back with an elevated offer on an excellent everyday spending card: Get 75k bonus miles plus a $250 travel credit. That's a minimum of $1,000 of free travel -- and even more if you maximize Capital One's transfer partners. Full details: awardwallet.com/credit-cards...

💳New Bilt cards just launched!💳 Full details of Bilt's new card portfolio are now live! Existing cardholders can sign up for these new cards starting today -- and even earn a sign-up bonus on the new card. Here are the full details: awardwallet.com/news/bilt-re...

Happy Festivus! Episode 70 of the #TravelStories Podcast is live on the @milenomics.bsky.social no annual fee feed. @TktweetsKim and I welcome @jtgenter.bsky.social to celebrate Festivus! Take a listen to hear our airing of grievances and more! milenomics.com/2025/12/trav...

DECEMBER: - Hotel nights: 20 - RV: 6 - Family: 4 - Redeye: 1 - Brands: 7 (7 nights at Moxy, 4 at Hoxton, 3 at Ibis, 2 at Lidner, 2 at Holiday Inn-The Niu, 1 at Clarion, 1 at Element) Cost: - $2,067.48 out-of-pocket - 24k IHG (0.94 cents per point) - 20k Choice (1.13 cpp) - 17.5k Hyatt (3.36 cpp)

Last night was my last night in a hotel this year! Breakdown of my hotel stays in 2025: - 252 nights in hotels - $19,060.59 out-of-pocket - 1,280,500 points redeemed - $839.44: most expensive night (Six Senses Laamu x4) - $54.20: cheapest night (Garner Hotel Istanbul Arnavutkoy)

After living nomadically for 8+ years, there aren't many places left on my bucket list. But there are experiences. I checked off one of those last night: Push The Button at an Above & Beyond show. Katie and I made a sign for our 20th A&B concert and were picked to come on stage for the honor.

American Airlines just unveiled its newest plane: the Airbus A321XLR ✈️ This plane will start flying transcon next week and internationally as soon as March. Soon, it will become AA's narrowbody long-haul fleet workhorse. Here's your first look inside: awardwallet.com/airlines/ame...

JetBlue is about to open its very first lounge. AwardWallet's Tyler Glatt got an early sneak peek, and the lounge looks spectacular! However, not everything is going to be up-to-speed from opening day 😬 From access to a secret gift mailbox, here's Tyler's report: awardwallet.com/airlines/jet...

I've logged 115 airlines -- but LEVEL hasn't been one of them. And that's for one particular reason: despite using Iberia flight numbers, you couldn't earn AAdvantage miles on their flights. Now that's changed: awardwallet.com/news/america...

Today, Chase opened a brand-new Chase Sapphire Lounge in Las Vegas - but AwardWallet got an early sneak peek yesterday! Here's our phototour of this surprisingly small lounge: awardwallet.com/credit-cards...

📰Yet another AwardWallet scoop: Citi is losing a transfer partner next month. That still gives time to transfer (but there are better uses of Citi points): awardwallet.com/news/citi-th...

📰(Another) AwardWallet scoop: Capital One will devalue the transfer rate on miles transfers to Emirates Skywards, following similar devaluations by Amex and Citi. But the good news is you still have time to transfer miles at current rates: awardwallet.com/news/capital...

📰AwardWallet scoop: Chase quietly announced that it will close it's first-ever Chase Sapphire Lounge. Here's the timeline and what we know so far: awardwallet.com/news/chase-u...

NOVEMBER: - Hotel nights: 29 - Redeye flights: 1 - Brands: 10 (5 nights at Sonder, 4 at Crowne Plaza, 4 at Comwell, 3 at Four Points, 3 DoubleTree, 3 Fairfield, 3 Courtyard, 2 Staybridge, 1 Hyatt Regency, 1 Garden Inn) Cost: - $2,956.93 out-of-pocket - 67.5k Wyndham (1.38 cpp) - 8k Hyatt (2.7 cpp)

NOVEMBER - Flight miles: 15,876 (1,138 in biz/first) - Flights: 13 - Airlines: 5 (KLM, United, American, British, SAS) - Airports: 9 Cost: - $674.85 out-of-pocket - 61,500 Rove miles - 17k AAdvantage miles - 12k Virgin points - 7,500 Alaska points

Looking for ways to stretch your Hilton Honors points? Between dynamic award pricing and ever-rising award rate caps, that's not easy. But here are 10 luxury hotels where AwardWallet users have averaged 1.47 cents or more per point in recent redemptions: awardwallet.com/hotels/hilto...

Looking for a roundup of airline, hotel, car rental, cruise, etc. Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Travel Tuesday promotions? We've got you covered! Here are 37 promotions (and counting) that are live so far, and we will keep updating this as more launch! awardwallet.com/blog/shoppin...

No annual fee cards usually don't have many perks. But that's not the case for all cards! From streaming credits and food delivery perks to cell phone and car rental protections, here are our favorite card perks on no-annual-fee cards: awardwallet.com/blog/benefit...

Big changes announced this morning by Hilton Honors -- including a new top-tier status and lower requirements for other elite status tiers: awardwallet.com/news/hilton-...

I'm a Turkish miles millionaire! And @katiegenter.bsky.social is too! 🙌 Turkish Airlines stretched out posting the bonus miles almost as long as it could. But the bonus miles are finally in our account! Here's how we did it and how we plan to redeem those miles: awardwallet.com/news/airline...

Over the last few years, card issuers have continually increased annual fees in exchange for new statement credits. But you don't have to pay a huge annual fee to earn points and miles. Here are 9 no-annual-fee cards that earn transferrable points: awardwallet.com/blog/credit-...

Today, Singapore Airlines opened a brand new 11,300-square-foot first-class lounge in Singapore. Here's a look inside: awardwallet.com/news/airline...

A boatload of points and miles news the past 24 hours: - New Southwest partnership: awardwallet.com/airlines/sou... - Timeline for new Bilt cards: awardwallet.com/news/bilt-re... - JetBlue flash sale from 1500 points: awardwallet.com/news/jetblue...

Two big award sales launched today: - 50% off select Alaska awards: awardwallet.com/news/alaska-... - AA awards starting at 5k domestically, 7500 Caribbean, 17.5k Europe, and 20k Asia! awardwallet.com/news/america...

8 years ago today, I showed up to the airport for a "confirmed" flight to find out that the airline had cancelled the flight months prior. Here's the story and my takeaways from the experience: thepointsguy.com/news/things-...

This month, you can fly between North America and Europe for just 18,750 miles each way in economy or 45k miles each way in business class (and not just from Canada) And you can transfer many types of points to Flying Blue to book these deals: awardwallet.com/airlines/fly...

Lots of points & miles news with a new month: - Capital One transfer bonus: awardwallet.com/blog/capital... - IHG 15% award discount: awardwallet.com/blog/ihg-new... - Wells Fargo adds transfer partner: awardwallet.com/news/wells-f... - 50% bonus miles for SQ members: awardwallet.com/news/airline...

Another month, another round of silent changes to the @MarriottBonvoy program terms and conditions. Thankfully, we've got your back. Here's a breakdown of changes to the 48-Hour Guarantee, points posting window, and the removal of just one exception: awardwallet.com/news/marriot...

Amex just opened its latest Centurion Lounge location: a massive 18,000-square-foot lounge in Salt Lake City (SLC). AwardWallet's Tyler Glatt was there this morning to get an early look. Here's his photo tour of the new lounge: awardwallet.com/blog/amex-ce...

A 100% transfer bonus, free rent, double points, free coffee and pastry, free fitness experiences, new comedy club events, and so much more -- but only for one day. Here's this month's Bilt Rent Day promotions: awardwallet.com/blog/bilt-re...

Curious which luxury properties provide the best value for Hyatt points? Us too. So, we dug into tens of thousands of AwardWallet redemptions. Here are the top 10 luxury Hyatt properties, ranked by average cents per point based on actual points bookings: awardwallet.com/blog/top-lux...

Whoa! You can now earn and redeem United miles on JetBlue flights -- and JetBlue points on United flights! Here are the rates we're seeing so far: awardwallet.com/news/airline...

Never thought I'd see the day when Chase launched a transfer bonus to Southwest! 🤯 awardwallet.com/news/chase-u...