Mike Friedman, Author at LVA Travel

The Best Hotel Program To Focus On If You Spend A Lot Of Time In Las Vegas

Mike FriedmanDecember 11, 2019

Part of the fun of Las Vegas, especially for first-time visitors, are the crazy hotels. In no other city can you stay in a New York hotel and then walk a few minutes to the Eiffel Tower. Not happy there? Don't worry, Venice is only a few blocks away....

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Buying Points? A Great Point Purchase Promotion

Mike FriedmanDecember 4, 2019

Hotels and airlines are more than happy to reward you with points and miles when you use their services. But, have you considered buying points directly from the travel providers themselves?...

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Fare Bucket Pricing | Booking Airline Tickets For Multiple People? Be Sure To Use This Trick…

Mike FriedmanDecember 2, 2019

So you're booking airline tickets for your family of four from Boston to Minneapolis and go looking for the best deal. The novice traveler will immediately go to their favorite website, input the origin & destination, choose "four passengers" and then book their tickets. And by leaving out one essential step, they may have just cost themselves hundreds of dollars. ...

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This Week In Travel

Mike FriedmanNovember 29, 2019

Before we get to TWIT (This Week In Travel), I hope all of you had a happy Thanksgiving. This week, I'm going to talk about Uber's public data, an airline that probably won't disappear and one site's best airline for 2020....

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BankDirect To Start Reporting Miles To IRS; Credit Card Miles Probably Aren’t Next

Mike FriedmanNovember 26, 2019

BankDirect* is a financial institution with a unique proposition for deposit holders and travelers. It's a subsidiary of Texas Capital Bank and, instead of large interest payments, offers its depositors miles, at the rate of one dollar saved equals one dollar per year. ...

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How To Survive Bad Weather When You Are Traveling

Mike FriedmanNovember 25, 2019

Airline delays are never fun, but I find weather delays and bad weather to be the most frustrating of all. Maybe it has to do with assessing culpability. Unlike a mechanical issue, which is on the airlines, there’s simply no one to blame and your rights are few and far between. ...

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Get Free Miles Or Cash For Your Holiday Shopping!

Mike FriedmanNovember 21, 2019

It's that time of year again, when your kids start begging you for the latest in electronics and the Christmas decorations come out for sale right after Halloween. Yes, it's holiday shopping and points and miles for shopping....

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A Tool To Track Your Points – Award Wallet

Mike FriedmanNovember 19, 2019

One of the most frustrating aspects of the miles and points game is keeping track of all your points, miles and accounts. Today we will examine how to track your points with AwardWallet....

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A Great Deal To Buy Hilton Points — Get A Hotel Room Cheaper With Points!

Mike FriedmanNovember 15, 2019

Hotels and airlines are constantly looking for new ways to generate revenue, and one of their favorites is selling points directly to consumers. But today, we will look at the prospect to buy Hilton Points and get a hotel room cheaper with points!...

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JetBlue Bad News – JetBlue Blue Basic Fares + Consumer-Unfriendly Changes

Mike FriedmanNovember 13, 2019

Passengers tend to book flights based on the lowest fare and worry about the ancillaries later. Today, we discuss some JetBlue bad news, or shall we say changes that are consumer-unfriendly....

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