Introduction Last Saturday evening (5/18/2019), Middle Age Miles was scheduled to fly from Denver (DEN) to DFW on American Airlines. Severe thunderstorms in the Dallas-Fort Worth area earlier in the day caused ripple-effect delays and cancellations impacting AA’s operations far…
The Choice Privileges program doesn’t get a lot of attention in the points-and-miles blogger world. Yet, Choice is a huge hotel chain, with more than 6,800 hotels globally, 12 brands, a vacation rentals group, a Resorts partnership with Bluegreen Vacations,…
Introduction More often than not, Middle Age Miles stays in hotels and uses hotel loyalty programs to score nice perks when we travel. Recently, though, we ran into a situation on our trip to Italy where booking an Airbnb apartment…
Introduction Back in January, we wrote an article sharply criticizing the state of the Amex Fine Hotels & Resorts (FHR) program – Amex FHR Is a Hot Mess These Days. That post has been one of our more widely-read articles,…
Yesterday, we published a lengthy article analyzing pros and cons of whether we should go for top-tier Hyatt Globalist elite status in 2019. One of the concepts we touched on was the potential to “manufacture” elite night credits to get…
Middle Age Miles is seriously considering going for Hyatt Globalist status during 2019. The analysis process is interesting to us, so we wanted to lay out our situation and thoughts, and pose the question to our readers whether going for…
With the College Football Playoff National Championship game on tap for tonight, this seemed like a perfect day for a “case study” article on planning two fully cancelable trips during high-demand times. Hopefully the tips and tricks we discuss in…
Introduction Middle Age Miles’ great friend Jason Voorhies 13 (JV13) is gearing up in the points-and-miles world. He has read up on our “How to Get Started” articles, including What Card Should I Get First? A Getting-Started Points-and-Miles Strategy with…
After we first published this update, commenters on Doctor of Credit’s article on the Prestige changes pointed out that Citi included a new term in the fine print with respect to the fourth-night-free (4NF) benefit that appears to be very…
If you fly Southwest, the Southwest Companion Pass is one of the most valuable perks in the credit card, points and miles world.  The Companion Pass allows you to choose one person to fly with you, free of airline charges…