Sharm El Sheikh: The Good, Bad & Ugly
“Excuse me! Where are you from?”
The next guy yells at us, “Hey, friend, where are you from?”
The next guy yells at us in Russian.
The next guy runs up and yells,
Episode 14 – Travel Talk
We’re not worthy
Episode Description
Wherein the gang gets back together and it isn’t pretty. We make some random musings on travel and update our plans for travel/status in the..
Ninja Battle of Eastern Carrier Business Class! (Part 2)
My name is Dan, and I am a friend and avid follower of the “asthejoeflies” blog. As one of Joe-sensei’s top protégés in the points and miles game, Joe has
Taking a manufactured spend inventory
Last week I wrote that — unless you’re a reimbursed business traveler — your best bet for earning as much travel as possible, as cheaply as possible, is to manufacture
Extract Extra Value When You Manage Through Exceptions
Prior to working in New Jersey I was at a company in New York that has a $10 billion market cap. It was an interesting journey because I started that
Miles and Points helping us to come full circle
This weekend, my wife and I returned to Bermuda. It is the place that has significance importance within my family.
My parents met in Bermuda. I’ll spare you my father’s story,
Do this now: register for Discover it and US Bank Cash+ bonus categories
Registration is open for the Discover it and US Bank Cash+ bonus categories for the fourth quarter of 2015.Discover itSign into your Discover account and click here to register to
Food is Free!
I’m pretty sure that most of you guys have read the blog travelisfree.com if you haven’t, stop living under a rock and snap to it. The executive summary: Drew and
Choice Hotels Gift Cards 10% Off on Ebay (18 Others, too) + 2% Cash Back on Ebates
View from room 311, Hotel Bolivar, Rome, August 2014.
Ebay is holding a “Labor Day Frenzy” this weekend with 19 discounted gift cards. Most interesting are the Choice Hotel gift ..
9-5-15 A Nice Staples ipad Deal.. 10%/20% cashback at Groupon with Discover; Dell deals for expiring Sync offers
Staples, you evil temptress. After warning me not to buy ipads online after the ebates 16% reseller bait, they are now offering the best price I’ve seen on this hot
Manufactured Spending woes, The Phonetic Alphabet, British Airways’ #avgeek obsession with 747
Note: We’re short this week, in advance of the holiday, primarily due to workload in my full time job. Sorry!
The Weekly News Roundup is a collection of headlines from around
How much is a fixed rate of return worth to you?
Here’s one of my classic questions to advisors, and to arm chair advisors. “Should I take out a Home Equity Loan to invest in stocks?” My gut feeling is that most people
Do this now: register for IHG fall promotion
Between September 1 and December 31, 2015, IHG is awarding a range of points for completing a targeted set of offers. Here are the offers I was targeted for:
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New blogs worth reading?
It’s been extremely busy in the PFD household lately. In addition to the usual family and full-time job duties keeping me busy, we’re also adding on to our house (thank
Manufacture spend furiously
Yesterday Miles Per Day reported that US Bank Visa Buxx cards, which have been closed to new applicants for many months but have continued to work in the interim for existing
Sites To Find Best Rate Guarantees
In my August Expenses post I talked about how I used “best rate guarantees” to get free nights (like the $0 and zero points kind of free) at the InterContinental Istanbul
Morgan Stanleys 5 indicators are green!
Holy smokes batman!
Morgan Stanley announced that their 5 key timing indicators are a flashing green light to investors (not sure if that is more exciting, or more risky than a
PSA: Prepaying Your Credit Card May Invalidate Your Rewards
I want to start off with a definition of prepayment because it can mean 2 things. Inside the definition of “BREAK DOWN” I added some emphasis
DEFINITION of ‘Prepayment’
The sati..
Bloomingdale’s loyalty program screw-up brings $17K windfall for customer
Here’s an interesting story from Loyalty360, a loyalty marketing industry publication:
After a computer error placed dollar signs in front of Loyalist points, a few Bloomingdale’..
Hyatt Gift Card Steals: 14.5% off, or 24.5% if You’re New To Cardpool
Discount Hyatt Gift Cards are on sale for 14.5% off at Cardpool. You can now get a single Hyatt $50 gift card for $37.75 (or 24.5% off) if you’re new
9-1-15 A $25 (net) Backup Smartphone for those with Amazon Prime; 12% Groupon portal bonus
In addition to selling on Amazon, i have been an Amazon prime customer for years. Mostly for the free 2-day shipping which really comes in handy as many times if
20% cash back at Sears with a Upromise credit card
Look what showed up in my inbox:
Time to load up on gift cards? Maybe not: see Frequent Miler’s post a few days ago. Apparently they’re tightening up on paying out
Do Not Do What I Just Did – Burned A Spot Accidentally
I’ve been having an especially tough 3 months. Things haven’t exactly gone my way and there have been some highs and too many lows. Today was a low point. This