Last August 2024, I attended my first points & miles meetup in Seattle. It was with the Award Travel group and I made connections and learned a lot. During that meetup, they announced the next one was going to be in Chicago. I purchased my ticket, my flight and my hotel right away. I didn’t […]
Chicago / Indiana Dunes National Park – May 2025 Read More »
I have just returned home from my latest trip. My sister, Lisa, and I went to St. Thomas, USVI over Easter weekend. Silly us, we booked the trip back in January while returning home from the Bahamas without looking closely at the calendar to realize we would miss Easter with our families. But I believe
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I have been on quite a few trips since my last blog post! And one of those trips led to several other amazing trips due to points and miles. I’m signing on to write about my most recent trip as I am sitting in the Capital One Lounge at the DFW airport, but just to
The Eagles at The Sphere in Vegas!! – March 2025 Read More »
In order to travel on points, you have to have points! How do I earn points? That is a question I get asked frequently. And I’m here to tell you how I do it. There are many ways to do it, but this has worked for me so far! I got my first travel credit
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This was our 6th “Bama Mom” trip. I mentioned in my last post that there are over 20 ladies that get together annually for a trip. This tradition started in 2018 when Alabama (my son’s college) played Arkansas (my alma mater and home state) in football. My friend Roni and I had discussed in the
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I met Roni in person way back in 2014. Our history went back a little before that, though. Years ago there was a forum called College Confidential before Facebook grew to what it is now. Eager parents would go online to find the best schools for their precious high school students. My son Matthew was
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One of the Facebook groups I follow is Award Travel 101. It is a points and miles group where I have read and learned a lot about this new hobby of traveling frugally. These groups have meetups several times a year for networking and education in different locations. Several months ago, I learned of a
Seattle / Olympic National Park – August 2024 Read More »
Air travel currently is unpredictable! Two of my coworkers and their daughters and I started off on our trip to San Antonio (SAT) from our home airport of Fort Smith, Arkansas (FSM) on a Thursday evening after working all day. This later flight works out perfect to get on our way for a long weekend
San Antonio – August 2024 Read More »
Travel on a whim… I love the way points & miles – and the benefits of my credit cards and previous travel – affords me the ability to travel on a whim! I was eating lunch with my co-workers today and made a comment that I wanted to get away. We pulled up the American
A friend, Latonia, had a conference in Salt Lake City, so we took this opportunity to rent a campervan from Escape Campervans. We planned enough in advance that when we saw the Black Friday sale of 40% off, we jumped on it! “Hilly” was our ride for the week. Friday, June 14 – I picked
In my intro post, I mentioned that I have had other credit cards before – even travel cards. But the Chase Sapphire Preferred (CSP) was my first card I opened after joining the points & miles hobby. The CSP is frequently recommended as the best beginner card. There are a lot of things to consider
Chase Sapphire Preferred … so it begins! Read More »
Come along for my adventures in traveling! I have started expanding my horizons and traveling with friends and family. And I’d love to share my experiences with you. I plan to use this space for blogging my travels, how I pay for my travels (points & miles) and what products I have found to make