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Founded in 2013, the Award Travel 101 Facebook group teaches members how to travel the world using points and miles. Today, our community of nearly 100,000 people from around the world share, teach, and learn how to travel anywhere on any budget....

As we kick off the new year, we would like to take a moment to thank you for being a member. Your enthusiasm for travel made 2018 an exciting year at AwardWallet, and we’re glad you’ve chosen us to help you manage your loyalty programs and travel plans. Our team put together some 2018 statistics on the AwardWallet community that we thought you might enjoy.

In what could spell bad news for the industry, large merchants like Amazon and Walmart want the right to be able to refuse premium reward credit cards according to The Wall Street Journal. The key to the merchant’s desire is mitigating the interchange fees they pay for accepting various credit cards.

If you're looking to meet with hundreds of like-minded points and miles enthusiasts; this is the event. The Chicago Seminars is the longest event dedicated to points and miles enthusiasts. The 9th year of this annual event will take place Friday, October 19 through Sunday, October 21.

This week we've teamed up with the good people of Radisson Rewards and the Radisson Rewards™ Premier Visa Signature® Card to offer two (2) prizes of 100,000 Radisson Rewards points, which are redeemable worldwide. That's enough points for between 1-11 nights depending on the property you choose.

Uber has won a reprieve for its operations in London after magistrates at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London granted Uber a 15-month operating license.

Loews Hotels has announced that it will be terminating its YouFirst Loyalty program effective December 6, 2018.

Russia has announced a visa waiver for the 2018 World Cup. According to a statement on the website of the Russian embassy in Washington DC, if you hold a valid match ticket, fan ID, and passport you will be able to enter the Russian Federation without a visa. The program is not restricted to citizens of the 32 participating countries, and the holder of a match ticket from any country can use the visa waiver program.

A new website is up and running to issue electronic visas for visiting Brazil. This new service is open to citizens of the US, Canada, Japan, and Australia.