JetBlue’s rewards program is TrueBlue and personally, I have always found much availability booking award tickets for very low and attractive point redemptions through this program. In fact, Rob is going to Puerto Rico for a 50th birthday guys weekend this October. (How are we so close to 50?) I got him a ticket on JetBlue […]
Category: Reward Program Updates
Matmid Points Got Us Free Flights to Israel on El Al–We saved about 10K!!!
El Al is an American Express Membership Rewards transfer partner. Membership Rewards points can be transferred to EL AL’s frequent flyer program, Matmid. At the time of this post, 1000 American Express Membership Rewards points equals 20 Matmid points. Over many many years, I have had Rob accumulate his Membership Rewards points in anticipation of […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us 9 Free Nights in London and a Savings of $2,800
Not only did we fly British Air Business Class on miles and saved $12,000 on our family trip to London, but we also stayed 9 nights for free on Starpoints!!!! We stayed at the Park Lane Hotel, a Starwood Resort (SPG Category 7!) We used 160,000 Starwood points for a […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us A Kids Free Getaway to the Amazing St Regis Monarch Beach on Starpoints and A Savings of $2,500
Rob and I spent 5 nights a few of summers back at the St. Regis Monarch Beach. This resort is a Starwood Resort and SPG Category 7. Conservatively, this hotel is about $500 per night. So for 5 nights, the hotel would have cost us about $2,500. Instead, we stayed on Starpoints, of course, at 30,000 […]
Starwood Preferred Guest Points Got Us 5 Free Nights in Costa Rica at the Westin Playa Conchal-A Savings Of $4,000
Last December we went to Costa Rica over December break. We spent 5 nights in the rainforest at the Springs Resort and Spa, amazing! Unfortunately, I did not have enough points in any form, to use for this stay (i.e.-using Chase Ultimate Rewards points or American Express Membership Rewards points), so we paid for […]
Ways To Use American Express Membership Rewards Points To Book Free Travel
American Express Memership Rewards points are earned by using certain American Express cards. Once you have earned the points, how do you then use the points for free travel? I have listed the methods below. Also, you can read about how The Points Mom used American Express Membership Rewards points for free travel to […]
About American Express Delta SkyMiles Gold Card
Card Highlights American Express Delta SkyMiles Gold is a Credit Card With a credit card, you can carry a balance and accrue interest if necessary. Note this is not advised by me. The points game does not work well, if you are carrying a balance and accruing interest. See #4 in Let’s Get […]
Earning and Accumulating United MileagePlus Miles
Below, I outline the main ways in which to earn and accumulate United MileagePlus miles. 1. Fly United or United Express. Members earn 5 miles per $1 on fare. Premier members earn more. Silver members earn 7 miles per $1 spent on flights, Gold members earn 8, Platinum members 9 and 1K members 11 miles per […]
Earning and Accumulating Marriott Rewards
The Marriott Rewards Program has been combined with the SPG Program to become one program. You can get all the details of the combined Marriott/SPG Program here. Below, I outline the main ways in which to earn and accumulate Marriott Rewards points. Read about how we earned a […]