Roll Call of External Miles and Points Resources

Format: name, website, acronym, brief description

Blogs focused on miles and points (alphabetical):

103East, www.103east.com, 103E, "Smarter travel from Singapore"

Aero'space, upgrd.com/aerospace, AS, "Dynamics of the airline industry"

Andy's Travel Blog, www.andystravelblog.com, ATB, 'A travel blog written by, unsurprisingly, a guy named Andy'

Canadian Kilometers, www.canadiankilometers.com, CKM, "Points north (and south) of the 49th parallel"

Canadian Travel Hacking, www.canadiantravelhacking.com, CTH, "Helping Canadians use Aeroplan, Air Miles, Hotels for less."

Renés Points, www.RenesPoints.com, RP "For better Travel"

Doctor of Credit, www.DoctorofCredit, DoC "Your Prescription For Healthy Credit."

Fishing4Deals, www.Fishing4Deals.com, F4D "Travel Cheap. Save Money. Have Fun."

Flying Piggie, flyingpiggie.com, FP, 'An expat's perspective on British Airways Executive Club, Virgin Atlantic Flying Club and other major airline, and hotel loyalty programmes.'

Food Wine and Miles, www.first2board.com/foodwineandmiles, FWM, 'Earning and burning miles in search of great food and wine.' RETIRED

Free Point Site, http://www.freepointsite.com/, mikeef, 'Totally free points from non-travel programs'

Free-quent Flyer, http://freequentflyerbook.com/, FQF, 'helping everyone travel the world for next to nothing."

Frequent Miler, boardingarea.com/blogs/frequentmiler/, FM, 'In search of the perfect perpetual point machine'

Frugal Travel Guy, www.frugaltravelguy.com/, FTG, 'See the world at prices you can afford.'

Frugal Travel Lawyer, www.frugaltravellawyer.com/, FTL, 'Love To Travel - Love To Save'

Head for Points, www.headforpoints.com, HFP, 'The UK's most widely-read blog for Avios, British Airways Executive Club, Virgin Flying Club and much, much more'

How You Can Fly Free, http://HowYouCanFlyFree.com, HYCFF, "Peek Into a Cheapskate's Scrapbook of Travel Deals and Tips, Some Free & Some Almost"

The #hustle Blog, http://thehustleblog.com/, THB, '#hustle hard. Travel easy. Miles & points all day!'

Jetsetter's Homestead, http://jetsettershomestead.com/, A long-time frequent traveler tackles the joys and challenges of home/work/life balance while traveling the globe for business and leisure.

Jarvis Marcos, JarvisMarcos.com, JM, "Travel in Style"

Live And Let's Fly, www.liveandletsfly.com, LALF, 'Detailed reports of worldwide travel'

Live From A Lounge, www.livefromalounge.com, LFAL, 'Miles & Points focus on India & Asia'

M J on Travel, mjontravel.boardingarea.com, 'An ex-airline guy blogs on airlines, cruise lines, and travel'

Mile Writer, milewriter.com, MW, 'I write about miles, credit cards, and travel.'

Mileage Update www.mileageupdate.com "Mile Collecting Resource"

Miles From Blighty http://milesfromblighty.boardingarea.com "An old world view of travel"

Miles Momma, MM, www.milesmomma.com "Creating family adventures....one mile at a time"

The Miles Professor, TMP, www.themilesprofessor.com, 'Taking miles and points to the limit!'

MilesTalk, MilesTalk.com, 'News and analysis on miles and points.'

Miles To The Wild, www.milestothewild.com/, MTTW, 'Create unforgettable eco-tourism adventures using miles and points'.

Million Mile Secrets, www.millionmilesecrets.com/, MMS, 'Big Travel. Small Money.'

Mommy Points, www.boardingarea.com/blogs/mommypoints/, MP, 'Giving my family the world (for free), one point at a time.'

My Points Blog, http://MyPointsBlog.com, MPB, 'Going the extra mile to help you travel free!'

One Mile at a Time, www.boardingarea.com/blogs/onemileatatime/, OMaaT, 'Tips, Tricks, and Travel with Lucky'

Plane2Port, www.plane2port.com, P2P, 'Cruising with Miles and Points.'

Points and Travel, http://www.pointsandtravel.com, "Combining points and travel to create extraordinary international experiences for your family ."

Points, Miles & Martinis, http://boardingarea.com/pointsmilesandmartinis/, PMM, TWF, 'Sharing Travel Tips'

Points, Miles & More, https://pointsmilesandmore.com/, PMM, 'Spend Less. Travel Better'

PointsNerd http://www.pointsnerd.ca, "A blog focused on Travel Hacking for Canadians"

Points Summary, www.pointssummary.com/, PS, 'Maximize your travel points.'

Points to be Made, www.pointstobemade.com, PTBM, "A European Blog on maximising loyalty programmes"

Prince of Travel, princeoftravel.com, "All Things Travel for Canadians and Everyone"

Regional First, upgrd.com/regionalfirst/ , "The business traveler's perspective"

Romsdeals, www.Romsdeals.com , "Roaming for deals!"

Running with Miles, www.runningwithmiles.com/, RwM, 'Running more races in more places for less.'

The Points Guy www.thepointsguy.com/, TPG, 'Make the most of your travel points"

The Points Jock www.thepointsjock.com'Make Your Own Travel Rules'

Traveling Well For Less, www.travelingwellforless.com, TWFL, 'Adventures in maximizing your travel dollars'

View From the Wing, www.boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfromthewing/, VFTW, 'Putting a little thought into a lot of travel.'

The Deal Mommy, first2board.com/thedealmommy, TDM, "An uncommon collection of tips and ideas on getting the best for less."

The Wandering Aramean, blog.wandr.me/, TWA, 'There’s a whole big world out there just waiting to be discovered through different sets of eyes.'

Travel Blogger Buzz, www.travelbloggerbuzz.com 'An eclectic journey of the Travel Miles/Points Blogoshpere'

Websites focused on miles and points:

BoardingArea, www.boardingarea.com, 'All the best frequent flyer blogs, all in one place'

First2Board, www.first2board.com, 'The First Destination in Your Travel Blog Journey'

Flyertalk, www.flyertalk.com, 'The World's Most Popular Frequent Traveler Community'

FreeFrequentFlyerMiles, http://www.freefrequentflyermiles.com/index.htm, The most complete and up to date resource on U.S. based opportunities to acquire free and cheap airline and hotel points and miles.

Frequent Flyer Bonuses, http://www.frequentflyerbonuses.com/, The world's largest resource of frequent flyer and frequent guest bonus mile and point promotions. Over 170 programs tracked and compiled into one site.

Milepoint, www.milepoint.com, 'Where frequent flyers meet'

Rewards Canada, http://www.rewardscanada.ca/, Canada's premier website for everything loyalty rewards. Providing Canadians with miles and points news, tips, tricks and more since 2001.

UPGRD, upgrd.com, 'Your shortcut to first class travel'

Miles and points seminars:

Chicago Seminars, www.flyertalk.com/forum/20361030-post4.html, 'This event is an all volunteer event put on by members of the community for the members of the community.'

Frequent Traveler University, www.ftuniversity.com/, FTU, 'An opportunity to learn the tips and tricks of the frequent travel game from the smartest and most personable travel experts on the planet.'

Miles and points award shows:
FlyerTalk Awards, www.flyertalk.com/awards/2013/, 'These annual awards honor the best affinity programs in the airline, hotel and car rental industries as selected by members of the most popular frequent flier community in the world.'

Freddie Awards, http://www.freddieawards.com/, 'The goal of the Freddie Awards is to give voice to the frequent flyer and to honor the efforts of an industry that counts more than 300 million members worldwide.'

Events and excursions focused on the miles community where there is benefit to the organizer, whether points, hotel rooms, or sponsorship money:

Star MegaDo 5 www.megado.com, SMD5, 'A once in a life time experience.'

Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Hua Hin Do February 8th-15th 2014. A fun social event in Hyatt hotels, including a prize draw.

Events and excursions focused on the miles community where there is no benefit to the organizer, whether points, hotel rooms, or sponsorship money:

Charleston Sessions, http://first2board.com/charleston-ci...s-information/

Reach for the Miles, http://www.reachforthemiles.com/

Miles and Points Non-Profit Organizations:
Frequent Traveler Education Foundation, (no website available), FTEF, 'Operates the Frequent Travel University and the Mega Do airplane charter events'