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Category[Chart] Best Hotel Credit Card Annual Benefits
Instead of making a chart of credit card signup bonuses, I wanted to make one of annual bonuses, but decided to include annual fee, passive benefits, and foreign transaction fee…
The Scary Indian Train Ride Video Is Here
My most popular story telling post is a story of the worst train ride of my life. Now HERE it is in video form.
A year later people come up to me at conferences
Locking Myself In A Hotel Room For A Week Straight
No offense Gary!
Today begins a big project for me. Unless you consider that I’ve been working at it for a while now…
But at some point today I will block all distracting
Best Chase Ultimate Rewards Transfer is still United Miles
Chase cards are incredibly generous and the Chase Sapphire Preferred has become nearly every traveler’s favorite credit card. There are a number of transfer options, and many pos..
Maximizing Discounts on BMW European Delivery
Accepting delivery at the BMW Welt in Munich
This is a guest post from Robert Dwyer, a Saverocity reader and points & miles enthusiast.
What was the thing that got you into
How to value an annual fee offer
I wrote yesterday claiming that a 70K no fee might be better than an 80K, the people being paid to promote the 80K offer disagreed with me, as did Ben,
What Credit Cards Are We Getting?
We’re continuing our Europe tour and it’s been quite a while since we’ve gotten a credit card and I’m working through my options at the moment. There are a few things
How Do You Help Kids Through Culture Shock?
My Impromptu Cure for Culture ShockI planned as soft a landing as I possibly could. I’m Vendoming the hotels and even planned our first day in Hanoi as a meltdown
Getting to South America in 2 Miles Tickets
There are so many cheap options to get to South America, but I want to talk about booking tickets to South America using two different mileage programs.
Earlier I wrote about thi..
Why We Suck At Traveling (like the 2 versions of Bali)
In my interview with Stefan, from Rapid Travel Chai, Stefan talked about how he plans his trips. Recently I also wrote about how I plan trips, using simple methods like google im..
8 Non-US Based Sweet Routes
Almost all of my posts have a disclaimer about all prices being from North America or the US. For example, my Cheapest Miles To… series is a chart of mileage prices to a region f..
Emotions and Manufactured Spend
I find that the study of one’s emotions can create interesting opportunities for enlightenment. This past week I noticed something odd about mine, and have been trying to see what
Our June Travels & Expense Summary
A little context here. 1) We publish all of our expenses publicly and the wife does short monthly expense summaries. This is my expanded version that will include expenses, the
My Love / Hate With Airbnb
Recently I wrote about ways to get free nights at non-points hotels, and one of them is Airbnb. Although it’s complicated, on both the earning end and also just some
Stopover Course: 6 Stopover Posts To Go From Beginner To Pro
One reason miles are so much cooler than paying cash is stopovers. Plus, there’s the added benefit of not paying money.
But seriously, a cash ticket raises the price when you
[9 Ways] How To Travel For Free
People have two huge misconceptions of completely free travel. 1) Free travel means camping, hitchhiking, couchsurfing, and living like a homeless hippy. 2) The only way to earn ..
21% off promo code good Site-Wide at Best Buy Outlet Cowboom
CowBoom (Best Buy’s outlet store) is offering 21% off for everyone using promo code “sunshine” till 6/21. Cowboom offers promo codes all of the time, but they’re generally for new
Video Interview with Frequent Miler: Talking about the deal of the year
“In this hobby we say maybe 3 or 4 exciting or big new promotions a year, to me, that are actually worth getting excited about and I actually think this is
How To Get Non-Points Hotels For Free
Too many hours of my life have been spent trying to find the free angle of a hotel in a city that doesn’t have points hotels. This post is the result
Planning A Trip: Deciding Where To Travel To?
I realize it might strike some as ironic that I’m giving tips on planning a trip. Obviously being full time travelers we get around, but you might also know that I often book
My Version Of Not Traveling: Hacking Austin, TX
In April Carrie and I did the unthinkable and put full time travel on pause and we stayed in one place for an entire month. A whole month without taking a
9 Amazing Stopover Tickets (with 7 different airline miles)
Tons of mileage programs allow stopovers, which is the ability to add extra stops to your ticket for no extra mileage cost. Plus, stopovers can be as long as you
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