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

United's Excursionist perk has been around for many years but I've found surprisingly very few people know about it. This perk allows you...

I used to take an annual weeklong ski trip with a group of friends, but since getting older it's now several years between ski trips. The...

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...