Hilton Honors has long been considered one of the least valuable rewards programs due to high points prices, constant devaluations, and limited status benefits like guaranteed late checkout and suite upgrades when compared to World of Hyatt or Marriott Bonvoy. While I'll agree there are some absurdities to the Hilton program, particularly at it's highest end properties, I personally still feel like I can often find some very good value in the program at what I'll call the "se

I get asked this question a lot - "where do I start with points & miles?" My answer is usually something along the lines of getting a credit card and importantly DO NOT REDEEM THE POINTS FOR STATEMENT CREDITS, GIFT CARDS, OR PRODUCTS. I feel a small part of me die inside when people tell me that's how they use their points. So I thought why don't I actually write down step by step how I would start in the points & miles world. And it just so happens that with the birth of our

This is how I traveled to Lisbon Portugal on points for a 4-night long weekend.

I figured I would start a series of posts which go into detail how I've booked some of the trips we've been on. I'll talk more about some...