With international travel seeming to largely be out of the picture, at least for the near future, but summer and fall vacation plans upon us, let's talk about how to take a basically free road trip - or to plan one for next year. Road trips are one of my favorite ways to travel. There…
Over the past few weeks, we have spent a lot of time talking about both airline miles and hotel points, and some ways to earn them. Today, we are going to take a brief moment to discuss the third type of points "currency": transferable points. Transferable points are those earned via a credit card issuer…
As we've talked about collecting points and miles, and some basics in how to redeem them for value, it brings up an interesting point. When using a credit card that can earn points or miles, there is an opportunity cost, typically the 1-2% cash back one could normally get from those purchases by using a…
To borrow from the opening line of Restaurant at the End of the Universe and the amazing Douglas Adams, "the story so far:" We have talked about what points and miles are. We have discussed basic ways to earn them. We have gone over credit card sign-up bonuses as the most efficient way to earn…
Two weeks ago, we set out to begin a basic series about traveling using points and miles. We covered the basic - what these currencies are. Then we talked about general ways to earn them. Today we will talk about one of the fastest and easiest way to earn huge chunks of points and miles,…
Ok, so we've been over the basics, and now we know what points and miles are. That's a great step and puts us on a nice path. So how do we start collecting them? How do we end up going on free trips already? There are a few ways to collect points and miles, and…
Welcome to a brand new feature here at The Royal Tour: points and miles for beginners. In this series, we will examine basic questions like: how do I earn points/miles, what is the best way to earn and to use points/miles, how much are they worth, and more. We will look at these things both…