Whether aiming for a single vacation or unlimited travel, remembering all the details of your reward programs and credit cards can become overwhelming. This guide explains how services like AwardWallet, Travel Freely and MaxRewards reduce the load on your brain while helping you maximize your benefits.

When unique events led to a larger than expected tax bill, we decided to make the best of the situation and pay with credit cards. Using timely sign-up bonuses, we planned to convert the one-time payment into a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Find out what actually happened!

Paying with points for Amazon purchases is often a poor value. However, shopping with a single point is an opportunity to realize incredible savings. Learn how to set up your account to maximize those savings without the risk of accidentally draining your points.

Hilton's Price Match Guarantee offers a generous 25% discount if one finds a better deal on an external website. But this generosity comes with very strict qualifications that are difficult to find. If you think you have a candidate, follow these steps to efficiently test your luck with a claim.

With new ownership, LastPass has established a pattern of removing features and support for non-enterprise users. If you signed up for LastPass Families, be wary of the features that have been secretly taken away. There are alternative password managers ready to help you regain control.

Maximizing the benefits of reward programs ultimately leads to multiple new accounts and credit cards. This guide explains how to protect your credit and your online accounts as you venture into the world of points and miles.

We are pleased to introduce the PointHeads Podcast, our first service helping credit card users realize the full potential of rewards programs. Follow along as we guide the transition from beginner to expert on our mission to help credit card users travel frequently and affordably using rewards earned from everyday spending.

After dreaming of Hawaiian beaches for over a decade, it was finally time to make a Hawaiian vacation reality with our first ever award trip. We frantically earned points and miles to book award space before it ran out. Find out the lessons we learned so your next award booking can be much smoother.

The Hilton Points Explorer is one of the most useful tools for finding award stays, but it is not always the best tool for every scenario. Follow this guide to quickly find and book the best award stay for a Hilton hotel.

With eyes on Hawaii and a desire to separate business expenses from personal expenses, it seemed to be the perfect time to apply for our first ever business card. But are small businesses eligible for lucrative business cards, and is such a small business capable of meeting the large spending requirements to receive the sign up bonus? We dove in to find out.

For years we were content with paying cash for flights and hotels while enjoying cash back offered by a handful of credit cards. Last year we decided to focus more on travel cards and maximizing rewards programs. What prompted us to make the switch? It was the culmination of many factors that led us to the realization that we could utilize rewards programs to better meet our goals.

What a wild year it was. After months of reading blogs, listening to podcasts, building spreadsheets and making plans, we decided to dive into the "points and miles" game.