by Cherry | Senior Travel Editor, The Miles Academy | Oct 3, 2025 | Maximizing Points and Miles
Many travel‑focused cards offer generous new‑account bonuses. To unlock them, you usually need to put a specific amount of everyday purchases on the new card within a set time window. That target can be higher than what you typically charge in a normal month, which is...
by Cherry | Senior Travel Editor, The Miles Academy | Oct 3, 2025 | Maximizing Points and Miles
The hotel group’s loyalty program allows members to begin choosing Milestone Rewards after 20 nights within a calendar year. Every time we add another 10 nights, we pick from a set of benefits. The options change by tier, but one choice appears at every level: food...
by Cherry | Senior Travel Editor, The Miles Academy | Oct 3, 2025 | Maximizing Points and Miles
The flexible points ecosystem from a major travel-rewards platform is rolling out several limited-time transfer bonuses. A new offer lets you move rewards into an airline loyalty program based in Istanbul, alongside other active bonuses to additional airline programs....
by Cherry | Senior Travel Editor, The Miles Academy | Oct 3, 2025 | Maximizing Points and Miles
As with any hotel elite status, there are upsides and trade‑offs when you compare this group’s status to other loyalty programs. That said, we’ve consistently seen solid value from this status and the broader points-earning program across many years of travel....
by Cherry | Senior Travel Editor, The Miles Academy | Oct 3, 2025 | Credit Card Reviews and Strategies, Maximizing Points and Miles
The homeowner‑focused card we are reviewing is built to reward you for your single biggest monthly bill. With this no‑annual‑fee card, you can finally collect points on mortgage payments, something that used to be off limits. On top of that, the card layers in bonus...
by Cherry | Senior Travel Editor, The Miles Academy | Oct 3, 2025 | Maximizing Points and Miles
Credit card miles and points can feel like a hazy mix of currencies, rules, categories, and fine print. This confusion spikes when you compare flexible, transferable points with airline-specific miles. Here is the plain truth: points that you can move across programs...
