We got free companion passes until February with SW airlines until the end of February. It was a promo when you get their credit card. That means when 1 flies, the other flies free. Then they had their 50th-anniversary sale a few weeks ago. So we got 2 tickets for the price of half for one person. So we grabbed tickets to Vegas in Aug, Mexico in Oct. and Vegas again for Halloween. The hotels in Vegas are free. So they're pretty cheap vacations. Riu will match the published rate on those discount travel sites but when you book direct you get a better room.
Shit was really cheap to travel in May to Mexico. We got the Riu Palace in Playa for $129/night. The nights in Cozumel and Valladolid were free with CC points from Chase Sapphire. The flight was free with the 80,000 CC points from the SW Card. And it was that flight that triggered the companion pass thing, lol.