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25/10/2019

Drew’s $100 Bet With The Blog-Haters - https://travelisfree.com/drews-100-bet-with-the-blog-haters/

As of today: $0.00 has been claimed by haters. (I’ll update the dollar amount the minute it changes). To those who complain about bloggers killing your deals, I’ve got a $100 opportunity for you to prove that your deal was killed by one of those evil deal-killing bloggers. From discovering al...

22/10/2019

The Extreme Maximizing of JAL Miles
- https://travelisfree.com/the-extreme-maximizing-of-jal-miles/

Whenever I’ve done posts comparing the prices across different programs I’ve already found that JAL Miles are among the lowest, but today I’ll show you how to potentially double the value of these already great miles. As you’ll see, I first try to figure out the rules preventing me from a...

21/10/2019

Asia Miles Award Charts & Routing Rules

- https://travelisfree.com/asia-miles-award-charts-routing-rules/

Once again, I realized that there was no published Asia Miles partner award chart (which is different than the OneWorld Multi-Carrier Award Chart), and so I decided to make and quick publish the Asia Miles Partner Award Chart, alongside the Cathay and OneWorld Multi-Carrier. Plus, I’ll briefly com...

17/10/2019

British Airways Avios: Award Efficiency Rating

- https://travelisfree.com/british-airways-avios-award-efficiency-rating/

Drew, what in the world is an award efficiency rating, and how does British Airways Avios have one? Did you just make this up?” Yes, I did. But get used to it! Because I’m going to be doing posts with efficiency ratings more often! And not just British Airways Avios, but for many programs. In .....

21/09/2019

Explaining the 5+ British Airways Avios Award Charts

- https://travelisfree.com/explaining-the-5-british-airways-avios-award-charts/

To compliment the recent post on Iberia’s 7 Award Charts(!), I wanted to give all 5 of the British Airways Award Charts as well. Given that you can transfer between them, that’s 12 award charts you can “choose from”- (have to w**d through). Plus, BA Avios is one of the easiest mileage curren...

10/09/2019

Rules For Japan Airlines (JAL) Miles Award Charts
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https://travelisfree.com/rules-for-japan-airlines-jal-miles-award-charts/

Right now I’m digging into JAL Miles and before I do a post on the best uses, I wanted to give an overview of their four award charts. I have made condensed, easier to read charts and a map for JAL flights, and will generally explain which award chart you use for which redemption. I …

29/07/2019

Best Hotel Rewards Program [2019 InfoGraphic] - https://travelisfree.com/best-hotel-rewards-program-2/

Carrie and I both wanted to redo our Hotel Rewards Program infographic and my post on the best rewards program. The infographic does a good job of giving a visual display for the following areas: Number of hotels Which brands have the most 4/5 star hotels Which loyalty programs earn free nights the....

04/07/2019

How To Get Free Travel With Car/RV Relocation
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https://travelisfree.com/car-rv-relocation/

I’ve recently been intrigued by the idea of car/RV rental relocation as a way to get cheap (or even free) trips. That’s right. You can get a rental of an RV with beds and your gas reimbursed for free (or $1 a day) for simply relocating the vehicle. Your only expense on such a trip …

24/06/2019

Map of Choice Points Hotels
- https://travelisfree.com/map-of-choice-hotels-with-choice-points/

Finally, here is the map of Choice Hotels by points price. This is one of the last hotel chains as part of the Complete Map series (which can also be found on the Resource Page). So be sure to check out Marriott, IHG, Hilton, Hyatt, and Radisson there as well. (Click in the top left …

18/06/2019

Best Use of Virgin Atlantic Miles [by Partner]
- https://travelisfree.com/best-use-of-virgin-atlantic-miles-by-partner/

Like Alaska miles, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club has a unique set of mileage redemptions that varies by partner, some of which are amazing deals. In truth, I made a note to look into their partners after OneMileAtAtime booked and posted about a first class flight on ANA for 120,000 miles… Which ende...

17/06/2019

Master List Of Airlines To Bid On Business Class Upgrades

- https://travelisfree.com/list-of-airlines-to-bid-on-business-class-upgrades/

Many airlines offer last minute upgrades as an auction / bidding system, and some offer them on sale at check in, or on the app. Below I made a list of 37 airlines (in alphabetical order) with their paid upgrade policies, and links to how to either check if you’re eligible, bid, or see an …

17/06/2019

50 Cheapest Hotels To Earn Hyatt Points
- https://travelisfree.com/cheapest-hyatt-hotels-to-earn-hyatt-points/

I want to be clear that this is a post about the cheapest hotels to earn Hyatt points (instead of “cheapest Hyatt hotels”) because some are SLH hotels, and by far the cheapest hotels are the MGM Resorts in Las Vegas. This examines the same data from my Data-Driven Look At Best Hyatt Hotels. It.....

11/06/2019

Cheapest Miles To Hawaii
- https://travelisfree.com/cheapest-miles-to-hawaii/

Continuing my reborn “cheapest miles” series is the cheapest miles to Hawaii post where I’ll list all the best airline miles deals to Hawaii, and break down some of the best options. There are tons of great Hawaii deals! There are 11,500 mile flights to Hawaii from the majority of the country,...

10/06/2019

Why It's Actually Worth Considering Chasing Copa Airline’s Status (for United upgrades)
- https://travelisfree.com/why-to-consider-chasing-copa-airlines-status/

Copa Airlines has a tight relationship with United (whom I believe owns 51% of Copa) and has cloned a lot of United’s program, like its award chart. I realized that Copa upgrades work on United airlines, which made me look into the rewards program further. With 6 global upgrades and 6 regional upg...

07/06/2019

A sad Throwback Thursday: The Decline Of FlyerTalk

- https://travelisfree.com/tbt-the-decline-of-flyertalk/

This week’s Throw Back Thursday is about the decline of the once single most important site for miles and points collectors. It was not only a place to get information, but a community. Recently I tweeted out my frustration with how bad FlyerTalk has become and I got a bunch of likes and a dozen ....

05/06/2019

Best Places To See Wildlife In Yellowstone National Park (& Things To Do)

- https://travelisfree.com/best-places-to-see-wildlife-in-yellowstone-national-park-things-to-do/

We went back to Yellowstone National Park last summer because I love wildlife, however, I have a few opinions on general things to do. My experience of Yellowstone is a lot like Bali. I get people who say they didn’t love Yellowstone and I quickly inquire about where they went only to discover we ...

04/06/2019

All-Inclusive Hotels Using Points

- https://travelisfree.com/all-inclusive-hotels-using-points/

As someone obsessed with free things and food, you'd think I'd love all-inclusives that are bookable with hotel points...I've become disgruntled by the hit-miss experience (mostly miss). In fact it's my love of food that has me avoiding cheap all-inclusives at all cost. I can't last two meals at mos...

03/06/2019

Most Valuable Hyatt Hotel Redemptions [A Data-Driven Look]
- https://travelisfree.com/most-valuable-hyatt-hotel-redemptions/

I put together a list of the cash rate for each Hyatt hotel (and partners) to find the Hyatt hotels’ best points to cash value, the most expensive Hyatt hotels, best category 4 Hyatts (for the free night) and the average points rate. This ended up being especially valuable to me since I was unfami...

30/05/2019

Why Amex MR Is Best & LifeMiles Loopholes [Ep 6 of TIF Podcast]

- https://travelisfree.com/why-amex-mr-is-best-lifemiles-loopholes-ep-6-of-tif-podcast/

Nick Reyes of Frequent Miler joins the podcast this week. And substituting for Dave as co-host is Greg, THE Frequent Miler. Right away Nick comes out saying why American Express MR points are better than Chase UR points. I actually think it’s an easy sell, since Amex has way more partners and Chas...

29/05/2019

How To Find Cheap Repositioning Cruises

- https://travelisfree.com/how-to-find-cheap-repositioning-cruises/

A while ago I saw a sale for a $149 (pp) cruise from the Mediterranean to the US, and it peaked my interest in finding repositioning cruise deals. Essentially, a repositioning cruise is often a discounted cruise that is a oneway instead of a roundtrip because the cruise line is transitioning the shi...

22/05/2019

Drew’s Guide To Full-Time Travel - https://travelisfree.com/drews-guide-to-full-time-travel/

I’ve written a lot about our personal experiences of full-time travel, but when thinking about what my strategy would be today, I realized that, of all the “guides” I’ve written, I’ve never written one for full-time travel specifically. For years we traveled full-time and publicly publishe...

22/05/2019

Promo: 25,000 Choice Points for 3 Night Stay (in US)
- https://travelisfree.com/promo-25000-choice-points-for-3-night-stay-in-us/

If you need a 3+ night stay this summer, consider this promotion to earn 25,000 Choice Points. 25,000 Choice points is enough for 1 night at a nice hotel, or multiple nights at a decent hotel. There are hotels in Norway that are $200+ a night or 16,000 points. Find the promotion link here. Rules …

22/05/2019

Asiana Airlines Miles Award Chart - https://travelisfree.com/asiana-airlines-miles-award-chart/

While making the List Of Airline Miles Stopover Rules, we decided to make another award chart, this time an Asiana Airlines Award Chart. It may not be as important as our AA award chart or Flying Blue award chart, since it required little research and the program isn’t as important as AA. Also, I ...

21/05/2019

List Of Airline Miles Stopover Rules - https://travelisfree.com/list-of-airline-miles-stopover-rules/

I first posted a “list of stopover rules” 6 or 7 years ago, and recently realized how out of date the list was (it included US Airways). Today I’m posting an updated list, but below I also include more details from the terms and conditions. (Note that this is completely different that the List...

20/05/2019

A Data-Driven Look At Delta SkyMiles - https://travelisfree.com/a-data-driven-look-at-delta-skymiles/

In the process of making the Delta Miles Calculator and Delta Miles Award Chart, I learned a lot about Delta and their program. I thought it would be great to do a post on data and stats that went into creating the Calculator and Award Chart. How often are awards available? Which types of awards …

17/05/2019

TIF Podcast Ep 4: Gary Leff of ViewFromTheWing
- https://travelisfree.com/tif-podcast-ep-4-gary-leff-of-viewfromthewing/

Gary Leff, author of ViewFromTheWing.com joins Dave and I on the podcast this week. There are two notable things about Gary. 1) He was basically the first miles and points blogger, and began in 2002! As I discuss, much of the style of many miles/points blogs have been adapted from him. 2) I find tha...

15/05/2019

A Guide To Earning IHG Points
- https://travelisfree.com/a-guide-to-earning-ihg-points/

I’ve recently written a number of posts about earning IHG points, and since it was such a big part of us living in luxury hotels for $600 to $700 a month, I wanted to do a single post on all the ways to earn IHG points. Every IHG points earning strategy in one place. I’ll discuss …

13/05/2019

Cheapest Miles To: Europe - https://travelisfree.com/cheapest-miles-to-europe/

I’m resurrecting a series I used to do where the concept is pretty simple: I list frequent flyer mile prices and then discuss details and deals for getting to different regions. If you want to start getting into credit card miles or have a bunch of bank points, where do you start? Or if you’re ....

12/05/2019

We just made a new award chart: EVA Air (Infinity MileageLands) Award Chart
- https://travelisfree.com/eva-air-infinity-mileagelands-award-chart/

We again made this award chart, which I couldn’t find anywhere on the web. And per usual, I will be adding it to the Complete List of Airline Award Charts, which is found at the top of the Resource page. Not much to see here. Just the EVA Air Star Alliance Award Chart, the EVA …

11/05/2019

Why I Use Google Maps to Search For Hotels In Farflung Areas
- https://travelisfree.com/why-i-use-google-maps-to-search-for-hotels-in-farflung-areas/

Google Maps is now one of the best ways to search for hotels, it’s seamless and most important to me, it is simply the best at showing the location. It is now one of two sites to search for hotels or homestays in farflung places. If you’re in a farflung and rural area, you may …

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United Stopover & Routing Rules

This is going over my recent post: Complete Guide To United Stopover Tricks --> https://travelisfree.com/2019/04/16/complete-guide-to-united-stopover-tricks/

Hiking to Havasupai Falls

Navajo Falls of the Havasupai Falls, in the Grand Canyon. No filter needed, because as I mentioned, it's paradise.

Road Trip Through Northern Mexico

A video of our road trip through Northern Mexico.

Puente De Dios, Mexico

Here's a video of our favorite spot in Mexico so far! Puente De Dios is a series of waterfalls and caves.

Puente de Dios is paradise! You can swim through a cave to other waterfalls! (It's also our last waterfall for the day). #sanluispotosi #mexico #watefall

Talking far-flung travel destinations with Stefan of Rapid Travel Chai.

Stranded in nowhere, Kenya

That time we got stranded without a spare tire while trying to do a self-drive safari in Kenya.

Zakynthos, Greece - the best Greek Island

Zakynthos, Greece - the best Greek Island... (and the first video we ever made).

InterContinental Danang Resort review

Our IG Stories video of the InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, in Vietnam. One of the most amazing resorts I've been to. Read our blog post here --> http://travelisfree.com/2017/06/13/intercontinental-danang-review/

24 Hours in Ninh Binh, Vietnam

InterContinental Danang room

InterContinental Danang, Vietnam check in

No fireworks in Budapest NYE?

Turns out Budapest doesn't have an "official" fireworks show NYE... But they do have fireworks!

Carpooling to the Christmas Markets around Europe

Carpooling to the Christmas Markets around Europe.

Kosovo - to the Sheraton, Tirana

This is a video of our last day in Albania. We drove through (and stopped in) Kosovo, and then stayed at the Sheraton in Tirana. All the videos (which are now all on the TravelisFree page) were actually taken from our instagram Stories feed. So we were posting these shots live on our trip. Follow on instagram to follow our next trip live --> www.instagram.com/travelisfree Also, we did a post today breaking down all the costs --> http://travelisfree.com/2016/12/13/cost-breakdown-of-18-days-in-albania/ - We spent $226 each on the flights to Europe. - $27 a day on food, for 2 people - etc... In our 18 day trip, we spent $1,800 (including flights, hotels, car rental, food, everything) for both of us.

Skopje, Macedonia

Skopje, Macedonia... is one of the weirdest city downtowns we've seen. There are opulent statues EVERYWHERE. Like hundreds. New statues of ancient characters. Apparently it was called the "Skopje 2014" project, and may have cost half a billion Euros (which would be spending 5% of their GDP on statues in downtown Skopje). Obviously, a poor country with high unemployment spending crazy amounts of money on art is controversial for many citizens. Citizens have also been protesting some corrupt government officials... with paint bombs. So the Arc covered in paint in our video was part of their protests. They aren't street tags, but govt protests. Here is an article that shows a video of paint bombs being shot from a slingshot onto the capitol. --> https://www.rt.com/news/345638-colorful-revolution-macedonia-protest/ Crazy. Anyways. City was small and nice enough. But man, it just has a weird vibe.

Ohrid, Macedonia

Ohrid, Macedonia. We toured the town, went hiking, then stopped at an abandoned soviet hotel.

Trying To Leave Berat, (Darned) Albania

Trying to continue our Albanian roadtrip and failing...

Albania: Gjirokaster and Berat

Albania: Gjirokaster and Berat. (This again is just the videos we did live on the Travelisfree Instagram).

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No fireworks in Budapest NYE?

Carpooling to the Christmas Markets around Europe

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