The Points Mom

Award Travel Booking Services

You may be a person that has many points and miles and would like to use them to book free travel but don’t want to do the work yourself.  (Even though you could use my site as a guide 🙂  ) There are services out there that will actually look for and book award travel […]

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First Checked Bag Free On JetBlue

When you fly JetBlue your first checked bag flies for free. Each checked bag must not exceed 62″ (157.5cm) in overall dimensions (ie. length + width + height) and must not exceed 50 pounds (22.73 kilos). If you are checking more than one bag, there is a $50 fee for checking a second bag and […]

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Apply For Cards That Offer Sign-Up Bonuses

Be on the lookout for good credit card point bonus offers and take advantage of them.  Many credit card companies offer big point bonuses when you meet certain minimum spend requirements in a given amount of time. In addition, within many of these offers, the annual fee is waived the first year.  Recently, Rob and […]

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I Knocked $75 Off My $95 Annual Fee On My CitiBusiness/AAdvantage Platinum Select World MasterCard

  I just received the bill for the $95 annual fee on my  CitiBusiness/AAdvantage Platinum Select World MasterCard.  I did not want to pay this fee.  After I satisfied the terms of my offer and got my 45,000 American AAdvantage bonus miles,  I stopped using the card.  I did not want to pay $95 for […]

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