Shota Furuyama 9/6/26 Shota Furuyama 9/6/26

The JAL Award Calendar I Wish I’d Found Earlier: How I Search for 55k Business Class

By searching an entire year and leaving the destination open, I found 55k Business Class awards from Boston to a city I never would have checked

Shota Furuyama 8/30/26 Shota Furuyama 8/30/26

Points-Rich, Strategy-Poor: Why 300k Miles Can Still Get You Nowhere

A friend’s enormous Capital One balance made me think about the difference between collecting points and actually knowing what to do with them

Shota Furuyama 8/9/26 Shota Furuyama 8/9/26

Business Class is incredible. Premium Economy surprised me. And Economy? I’d happily fly it again

Shota Furuyama 7/12/26 Shota Furuyama 7/12/26

Not sure which airline miles to collect? Here's how I choose between American, Alaska, and JAL

Shota Furuyama 6/14/26 Shota Furuyama 6/14/26

The tools, strategies, and mindset I use to find Japan Airlines award flights without wasting hours chasing unavailable seats

Shota Furuyama 5/24/26 Shota Furuyama 5/24/26

How annual trips to Japan became a reality - and how we stopped paying full price for flights

Shota Furuyama 3/8/26 Shota Furuyama 3/8/26

From flexible search to confirmed ticket: my repeatable method for finding realistic award flights to Japan