Travel & Award Hacking
A curated guide to navigating loyalty programs, maximizing flexible point redemptions, and leveraging strategic flight and hotel hacks.
Core Travel Guides
Award Flight Hacking & Sweet Spots
Strategies for booking transoceanic saver space, flexible point transfers (Amex MR, Chase UR, Bilt), partner award charts, and automated search tooling.
Hotel Loyalty & Points Optimization
Maximizing World of Hyatt redemptions, points splicing across Chase Ultimate Rewards and Bilt, and securing high-value luxury stays.
Short-Haul Flight Hacks
Unlocking high-cpp regional redemptions, including the JetBlue TrueBlue partner sweet spot for West Coast routes and British Airways Avios regional flights.
Alaska Subscriptions
Tracking fare sales, error fares, and strategic West Coast route alerts with Alaska Mileage Plan.
Key Principles
- Keep Flexible Points Liquid: Do not transfer Chase UR, Bilt, or Amex MR points to partner programs until an award seat is confirmed available.
- Prioritize High-CPP Transfers: Target redemptions yielding >2.0 cents per point (cpp) for flights and >1.8 cpp for hotel stays.
- Airport Efficiency: Optimize for origin/destination airports with lower friction (e.g., preference for BUR over LAX on West Coast routes).