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Last Call: Use These Credit Card Perks Before the End of the Year
Beyond earning valuable points and miles you can use to book free flights and hotels, many travel rewards credit cards also come with a host of benefits that can save you even more money on your...
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Ending Soon: Get a 40% Transfer Bonus from Amex to Virgin Atlantic!
This is one of the best transfer bonuses for American Express Membership Rewards points ever – and it could be one of the best ways to use your Amex points, period. Right now, you can get a 40% bonus...
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Condor Cuts Baltimore & Minneapolis from Summer 2025 Schedule
German carrier Condor is nixing two longstanding U.S. nonstops and one Canadian route, dropping service to Frankfurt (FRA) from Baltimore (BWI), Halifax (YHZ), and Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) from its...
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Getting High on Our Own Supply: Our Team’s Favorite Flight (& Hotel) Deals of...
Scarface and the Notorious B.I.G. famously warned to “never get high on your own supply,” but we're in a very different business than Tony Montana or Biggie. We're in the flight deal business. Here at...
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Just Opened the Capital One Venture X Card? Here’s What to Do Next
If you're looking to add a new travel rewards credit card to your wallet, your search could very well begin and end with the *venture x*. For starters, you can currently bonus_miles_full That bonus...
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Uh-Oh: Hilton Quietly Raises Award Rates at Several Top Properties
The Hilton Honors program features a broad range of properties and easy-to-earn points, making it a favorite for many travelers. With the recent addition of nearly 400 Small Luxury Hotels of the World...
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Why Did Delta’s Cheapest Fares Disappear from Google Flights, Other Sites?
Virtually all of Delta's basic economy fares briefly disappeared from Google Flights and other popular flight search engines like KAYAK earlier this week, raising the prospect of major changes to how...
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The TT 3: New Zealand from $556 RT, Biz Class to London from 21K & Our Other...
You can't bank on finding sub-30,000-point business class seats to Europe, but that's exactly what our Thrifty Traveler Premium members got in their inboxes this week. Every week, we send dozens of...
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The 10 Craziest Flight Deals We Found in 2024
We spend all day, every day looking for flight deals for our Thrifty Traveler Premium members and 2024 has been a banner year of amazing deals. In fact, narrowing down this list to just 10 of our best...
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Where to Find (& How to Book) ANA’s New First, Business Class Cabins
With names like “The Room” and “The Suite,” you know you're in for a treat flying first or business class with Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA). These premium cabins at the front of these new...
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False Alarm: Flying Blue Rolls Back Partner Award Rate Increases
Flying Blue – the joint loyalty program of Air France and KLM – offers one of the best workarounds to fly Delta (and other SkyTeam partners) for fewer miles. But an unannounced Christmas Day price hike...
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How Delta Has Turned SkyMiles into the Clearance Meat of Airline Miles
Delta might as well label its SkyMiles sales “the clearance bin.” Liquidation sale, everything must go: Get it before it's gone … or goes bad. The headline seems provocative – and maybe it is. But you...
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Delta Baggage Fees: What You Pay & How to Avoid Them
The days of getting a free checked bag on every flight are long gone – unless you're flying Southwest Airlines. Luggage fees are huge money-makers for airlines, and they add up fast. These days, you'll...
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How to Get Elite-Like Benefits Without Hotel Status
There's no doubt about it: Hotel elite status has its perks … but it (almost always) comes at a steep cost. Spending 50 nights (or more) a year with the same hotel chain can give you some worthwhile...
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Thrifty Traveler Wrapped: 2024 Flight Deals by the Numbers
No doubt about it: 2024 was the best year of flight deals since we launched our Thrifty Traveler Premium flight deal alert service. And it's even more impressive by the numbers. We've heard from...
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Ending Soon: Earn up to 175K Points with a Hilton Credit Card!
Hilton and American Express offer a suite of co-branded credit cards ranging from the no-annual fee *Hilton Honors* to the top-tier (and pricey) Hilton Honors American Express Aspire Card. With such a...
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Our Top 10 Most-Read Stories of 2024
While it's been another banner year of flight deals at Thrifty Traveler Premium, here at Thrifty Traveler dot com, our team is also closing out another year covering some of the biggest stories in...
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Get Up to 50% Off Amazon Purchases by Using 1 Amex Point!
Saving on Amazon purchases doesn't get much easier than this: Some American Express cardholders can, once again, easily save up to $80 on their purchases from Amazon with this latest promo. Amazon and...
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Last Chance: Get a 40% Transfer Bonus from Amex to Virgin Atlantic!
The final countdown is on for the best transfer bonus for American Express Membership Rewards points we've ever seen – and arguably one of the best ways to use your Amex points, period. Right now, you...
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How to Choose the Best Travel Credit Card … For You!
When it comes to adding a new travel rewards credit card to your wallet, there's no shortage of options to choose from. Plenty of travel influencers and websites – us included, to a certain extent –...
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