BREAKING: American Express (finally) shut down my Serve account
My Serve account was one of the few that were spared from the great Birdageddon shut downs back in January. That is… until I got an email from American Express this morning…
SPG Get in the Game online game – win Starpoints, gift cards and more – play every day through March 18th
There’s a new online game from Starwood called SPG Get in the Game. You can win SPG Starpoints, gift cards and the grand prize is 2 tickets to the World Series. Play once per day per account through March 18th.
PSA: Get your absentee ballot if you’re traveling during voting season!
I know lots of you are traveling now – make sure to check if you’ll need to vote early or by absentee if you’re going to be gone during your primary election date. Mine is later this month and I almost missed it!
On stealing money from Staples
We’ve all stolen money, right? Errrr, no? Maybe just me? An interesting dilemma on how hard you have to push to give a company back some money! Plus a reddit AMA by The Points Guy, a new city with flat fare airport taxis and finding hotels that give premium rooms on standard award bookings and more
Fly from the US to South Africa AND Europe for $386!
There’s a current fare deal where you can fly from several different cities in the US to Johannesburg, stay as long as you want there, and then continue on to several cities in Europe for UNDER $400
$25 for a test drive, another deal we killed, and my #2 miles and points tool coming through for me again!
The top posts from February – a test drive deal still going on, disappearing award space, surprising my kids with a Disney trip, a $27,000 trip and more!
Reminder! Book SPG hotels by Monday to avoid category increases! Here’s a map
As a reminder, SPG is changing the category of 282 hotels effective March 1st, which means all bookings under current prices have to be done by Monday. Here’s a map of the hotels changing in category to help you plan better!
Earn 500 Virgin America points for signing up and referring friends (up to 2500 points)
Virgin America is currently offering a signup bonus of 500 Virgin America Elevate points for signing up and 500 points for referring a friend, up to a total of 2500 points. My referral link is here (site automatically plays audio).  If you are not a current member...
“We’re going to Disney… but I don’t know because I can’t read!”
I’ve been invited to attend the Traveling Dad 2016 retreat which is being held at Walt Disney World in Orlando. Â The Traveling Dad conference organizers invited our whole family, which, when you have a family of 8, is quite the undertaking. For whatever reason,...
Sub $100 fares to Sweden are STILL available!
As of the time of this post, there are STILL fares to Sweden for under $100 one way. Act fast if you want to book one!
About Me
Dan Miller travels with his wife and 6 (SIX!) children. He loves to help families travel for free / cheap, especially larger families. If you are looking for help, drop him an email at dan@pointswithacrew.com.
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