The Points Mom

Taking The Plunge In Bintan, Indonesia

After our four full days in Singapore, we hopped a ferry (I booked the ferry tickets in advance of our trip) for the Indonesian island of Bintan.  After customs and some paperwork upon arriving at the Indonesian Ferry terminal, we were escorted by our driver (sent by the resort) to the Banyan Tree Bintan. This […]

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A Very Long Journey To A City Within A Garden

I am writing this blog while I am currently sheltering at home due to Covid-19.  Rob, my husband, had an antibody test and tested negative despite the 40 hours we spent on a plane to and from Asia and our visits to three Asian countries, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia back in December. (2 months later, […]

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Jazzing It Up N’awlins Style

A trip to New Orleans this past September left me wanting even more after our visit, the main purpose of which was a tour of Tulane.  Recall, that we all flew for free using JetBlue points and stayed for free at the JW Marriott New Orleans. We did a lot of research deciding on what […]

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NOLA-We Are Coming For You (And For Free!)

We are New Orleans bound for Columbus Day weekend.  We will be looking at Tulane, and hopefully checking out some of the city’s other fun attractions and eating really good food! This 3 day weekend trip is costing us……nothing!  The flights were booked with JetBlue TrueBlue points and the hotels booked with Bonvoy points.  Here […]

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