Award Travel Series: Flying to Europe for Free with Ultimate Rewards

by | Nov 30, 2021 | Award Travel Series | 2 comments

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Traveling to Europe conjures images of walking among tulips in The Netherlands, sipping espresso in a Parisian cafe, and marveling at Renaissance art in Florence – sounds nice, doesn’t it? With travel routes continuing to open around the world, many are planning summer trips across the pond to make up for the lost travel year that was 2020. Or, maybe you’ve had your fill of Hawaii and are ready for a new experience.

Luckily, there are many ways to get there using miles and points that will keep more money in your pocket for beers and brats in Germany!

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Autumn Adventures – Using 7 Hotel Free Night Certificates

by | Nov 2, 2021 | Travel | 23 comments

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These past couple of years have been light on travel, obviously. All of our best laid plans had to be postponed or cancelled.

Even though the travel industry has had to deal with a lot of adversity, some of the big players did try to do right by their customers. For example, extending status, extending point expiration, and the best of all, extending the expiration date on the hotel free night certificates offered to holders of certain credit cards.

Which is how we found ourselves with 7 free nights that had to be redeemed in the near future.

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