Windbag Miles

Well, here’s some exciting news to start off the year… POINTS PALS, my brand new award booking service is now operational! This all started a few hours ago when a reader emailed me (as an aside, you have no idea how long I’ve been waiting to say “a reader emailed me”), asking for an opinionContinue reading “POINTS PALS is a go!”

Update: This post tends to show up in search results higher than my more recent articles rants about pieces of shit abusing the emotional support animal system. If you’re interested, you can read those articles here: A new hope (from Delta) The (emotional support animal) empire strikes back And now on to the original articleContinue reading “You’re a piece of shit if you lug a fake emotional support animal on a plane.”

Everyone does top 5 lists at the end of the year! Why should I be any different? I’m sure a nobody like me name-checking Ben Schlappig is really going to boost his career, but god dammit, I’m going to do it anyway. So, in no particular order, these are the 5 blogs that kept me goingContinue reading “My 5 favorite blogs of 2016”

I definitely don’t *need* ExpertFlyer by any stretch… I usually fly around once per month, meaning that paying $9.99/month for a service designed for road warriors probably counts as a dumb purchase. I tend to look at it like a fun toy, since I get my jollies by searching for availability on random routes just forContinue reading “ExpertFlyer to the rescue again!”

My experience in SAS’s new business class was great, as long as you start from the moment I walked onto the plane. SAS’s ground operations leave quite a bit to be desired (especially given that CPH is their hub), making my layover after arriving from the Faroe Islands one of the most stressful in recentContinue reading “SAS Business Class Review – 4 months after the fact, nearly devoid of photos, and way too long.”

A couple years ago, my wife applied for an Amex Premier Rewards Gold card after being targeted for 50,000 points after $3000 spend. That was actually one of the opening salvos in my churning period, since before that I was pretty focused on United/Chase, not realizing the utility of having points in multiple programs (I know,Continue reading “Stay Gold, Windyboy, Stay Gold”

New readers may not be familiar with this, but I’m a pretty big deal around here, given that I singlehandedly uncovered THE BIGGEST HOTEL MISTAKE FARE IN HISTORY, and I have received innumerable plaudits as a result. Okay just kidding, I just stumbled upon a Hyatt mistake fare this past summer, but it blew upContinue reading “Hyatt Regency Paris – Tell me how to feel about this…”

[Morning after addendum (seriously the last thing I’ll write about this, I promise): Upon further examination, I learned that both The Points Guy and Mommy Points wrote about the 45 miles per dollar deal yesterday, which also applied to American and United. (Alaska is by far the strongest program of the three in my opinion, whichContinue reading “One more quick thought about the Alaska Mileage Plan Magazines.com deal, which is going to be over by the time you read this anyway.”

This isn’t really a news blog, per se, given that I don’t usually have scoops before anyone else. That said, after a quick check on MilesFeed (which you should definitely add to your bookmarks if you haven’t already), I didn’t see any mention of this, so here you go. In addition to Alaska Mileage PlanContinue reading “Boxing Day quickie – Alaska selling miles for 2.2 cents each and throwing in free magazines!”

I figured I might as well go back and look at all the bonuses I received this year, since it would be nice to benchmark future years against this one. I have a feeling the next years won’t be nearly as good as these last two, given the tightening we’re seeing from issuers. Anyway, thisContinue reading “My year in bonuses”