Ever find the perfect award itinerary only to have your hopes and dreams dashed by an error message when you go to book it online? This happened to me recently when trying to take advantage of United’s Excursionist Perk. While this problem is not unique to United, I’ll walk through what to do about phantom…
A few weeks ago I was so excited to use the United Excursionist Perk for the first time. I was breezing through the checkout process and even scoffed when I saw the option to buy travel insurance. You wouldn’t believe my reaction when I saw this in my confirmation email a few minutes later: One…
A few weeks ago, I sat down to start planning our trip to Peru for next spring. It can be tough booking award travel with my fiancé’s inflexible vacation schedule. For this trip, we needed to leave on a specific Friday in May after 5pm. I guess finding the best route with these limitations adds…
It’s always exciting when banks release new credit cards, but sometimes the new products can be a bit disappointing. Earlier this month, Chase released a new United credit card and American Express released a new Delta card. While both cards have no annual fee, there are a few things to consider before applying. Here’s what…
