My son’s hilarious travel bucket list, living on airbnb for a year, a transfer ending on Monday, and what hotels really think about you

I hope that you’ve enjoyed the past week of travel information – here’s a recap of what you may have missed from Points With a Crew over the past week or so

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One of the reasons that I started getting into the miles and points game was to teach my family the whys of travel

So one thing that we’ve been working on is coming up with travel “bucket lists” of places they want to see

This week I shared my 11 year old’s bucket list that he came up with of the 10 places he wants to see (#9 cracks me up)

I know it seems like we’ve been talking about hotel status matches forever but…

I took advantage of the match to Hilton Diamond status, and after wondering for awhile if we were going to hear anything…

My IHG Platinum status finally matched me to something good – Hilton Diamond

Speaking of status matches, there was a lot of what I’ll classify as “whining” from current Hyatt and Hilton elite members.

Basically upset with the fact that the top tier “Diamond” statuses were being diluted

My response: Hey elites: hotels and airlines don’t care about you!

Family Travel

• 3 tricks to visit Hoover Dam for free

Miles, Points and Credit Cards

• Ever been bit by no Delta one ways with Alaska miles? It stinks.
• Which cards with annual fees do you keep?
• Chase Ultimate Rewards transfers to Amtrak ending soon! (like, TOMORROW – Monday, December 7th)
• Chase Marriott Business application reconsideration – maybe I WILL have to call
• Citi Dividend Categories 2016: Complete list and how to maximize

News and Notes

• A new tallest building in the world? Plus travel like you’re transferring serial killers from a prison
• A year of living in New York with airbnb
• Avis admits they were wrong for not accepting Israeli documentation to rent a car
• Best of November: new churn, bad devaluations, #statusgate, great CC offers and more

If you’re still up for more travel reading, here’s last week’s recap: A new churn, what is “rude” when traveling with children, the worst kind of traveler and worst upgrade tips