Miles & Points

Free Night Certificates: How to Use Them Well

May 2, 2026

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2 min read

Free Night Certificates: How to Use Them Well

Across Marriott, Hilton, and IHG

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New York City

Apr 11, 2026

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9 min read

Wingate Long Island City Hotel Review

What a high-priced NYC weekend looks like when you step outside Manhattan

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Expat Logistics

Mar 10, 2026

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3 min read

The Cost of Collecting

The final stage of a Capital One Offers experiment from abroad

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Miles & Points

Feb 27, 2026

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4 min read

Virgin Miles Purchase: Two Months In

And whether I reload for 2026

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Expat Logistics

Feb 10, 2026

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6 min read

What Came After

Capital One Offers, tested from abroad

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Program Mechanics

Marriott Points Sales: The Price Keeps Returning to the Same Range

Feb 8, 2026

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7 min read

Marriott Points Sales: The Price Keeps Returning to the Same Range

What the Buy-Points History Shows

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Hilton

Feb 2, 2026

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7 min read

Hilton Points Are Almost Always on Sale

How Often Hilton Runs Buy-Points Bonuses, Quantified

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Expat Logistics

Jan 30, 2026

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9 min read

Capital One Offers: A Test From Abroad

A real-time experiment using Capital One Offers outside the US

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Expat Logistics

Are Frequent Flyer Miles Taxable for Expats?

Jan 29, 2026

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6 min read

Are Frequent Flyer Miles Taxable for Expats?

The border-proof perk hiding in plain sight

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IHG

When Points Pricing Ignores Room Hierarchies

Jan 26, 2026

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4 min read

When Points Pricing Ignores Room Hierarchies

How IHG’s “standard room” logic can quietly erase cash premiums

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IHG

Jan 24, 2026

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6 min read

IHG Points Are Almost Always on Sale

How Often IHG Runs 100% Buy-Points Bonuses, Quantified

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Miles & Points

Why Transferable Points Behave Differently When a Member Dies

Jan 20, 2026

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6 min read

Why Transferable Points Behave Differently When a Member Dies

Upstream currencies, downstream rules (January 2026)

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Miles & Points

What Happens to Airline Miles and Hotel Points When a Member Dies (And Which Programs Allow Transfers)

Jan 20, 2026

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4 min read

What Happens to Airline Miles and Hotel Points When a Member Dies (And Which Programs Allow Transfers)

Most airline miles expire on death. Some hotel points can be transferred. Here’s how the major programs actually handle it.

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Miles & Points

Jan 10, 2026

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7 min read

Becoming the Miles Bank

Liquidity, trust, and the hidden cost of ‘free’ miles

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Miles & Points

The Free Night Certificate Decision Framework

Jan 6, 2026

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3 min read

The Free Night Certificate Decision Framework

Pick the right certificate for the stay, not the stay for the certificate

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Miles & Points

Not All Free Night Certificates Are the Same

Dec 31, 2025

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3 min read

Not All Free Night Certificates Are the Same

Why capped, flex, and uncapped FNCs behave very differently in practice

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Expat Logistics

An Expat’s Sweet Spot: Virgin Points, Kenya, and a Closing Window

Dec 29, 2025

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6 min read

An Expat’s Sweet Spot: Virgin Points, Kenya, and a Closing Window

How Virgin Points, Safari Seasonality, and Expat Geography Briefly Line Up

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Miles & Points

Why I Didn’t Automatically Choose Maximum Points

Dec 28, 2025

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4 min read

Why I Didn’t Automatically Choose Maximum Points

A British Airways booking and the pricing most people miss

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Hilton

Dec 27, 2025

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3 min read

Hilton and Me

How I actually use statement credits, certificates, and Diamond status

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Miles & Points

Why I Bought Virgin Atlantic Miles Speculatively

Dec 22, 2025

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5 min read

Why I Bought Virgin Atlantic Miles Speculatively

And how I evaluate large mileage purchases, transfer bonuses, and real redemption value

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Miles & Points

Free Night Certificates: How to Use Them Well

Wingate Long Island City Hotel Review

The Cost of Collecting

Virgin Miles Purchase: Two Months In

What Came After

Marriott Points Sales: The Price Keeps Returning to the Same Range

Hilton Points Are Almost Always on Sale

Capital One Offers: A Test From Abroad

Are Frequent Flyer Miles Taxable for Expats?

When Points Pricing Ignores Room Hierarchies

IHG Points Are Almost Always on Sale

Why Transferable Points Behave Differently When a Member Dies

What Happens to Airline Miles and Hotel Points When a Member Dies (And Which Programs Allow Transfers)

Becoming the Miles Bank

The Free Night Certificate Decision Framework

Not All Free Night Certificates Are the Same

An Expat’s Sweet Spot: Virgin Points, Kenya, and a Closing Window

Why I Didn’t Automatically Choose Maximum Points

Hilton and Me

Why I Bought Virgin Atlantic Miles Speculatively

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