A caveat for those interested in the Bank of America Preferred Rewards / Travel Rewards combination
Miles to Memories recently ran a post extolling the Bank of America Travel Rewards card. The Travel Rewards card is indeed a good choice for some people, what with the
The only way I know how to value miles and points
Yesterday I saw Trevor at Tagging Miles musing about how he values his miles and points, but in listing the different methods he’s seen people use, he doesn’t mention the
Cheapest Miles To Australia & Oceania
This is a pretty straight forwards continuation of my “Cheapest Miles To…” series, where I make charts for the cheapest miles to get to a region. All the prices are from North Am..
Is Hong Kong Disneyland Worth it? Yes! 14 Tips to Make the Most of Your Visit
Highlights from the Paint the Night Parade at Hong Kong Disneyland
As a well documented Disney family, the Deal Kids and I were excited to visit Hong Kong Disneyland. However, ..
4 Years of @TheFlightDeal, Plastiq, Affiliate Marketing, #AvGeek Airline Repossessions and Emirates’ last 772
The Weekly News Roundup is a collection of headlines from around the internet that caught the attention of the Tagging Miles team. Content on these blogs do not necessarily reflect
How do you value your miles and points?
This is perhaps a rhetorical question. After all, miles and points are currencies, but they are very finicky currencies. Meaning, their value can change at the whim of an ai..
Gosh, if I only had another $3K – the AGC Fallacy
I’d probably spend it on hookers and blow. How about you? For many, it would mean the difference between manufacturing cash and manufacturing points, it’s a crazy thing…
I rea..
ResellingDO Has Me Creating New Goals
For as long as I’ve been at the manufactured spend game, I’ve been literally chasing the points and cash had been an after thought. Like a couple of weeks, there
The pernicious effects of credit card affiliate marketing: a tale of two cards
It was the best of cards, it was the worst of cards…
A certain blogger has written up two similar cards: the Barclaycard Arrival Plus and the Capital One Venture. The two
20% Off Promo Code for any Local Groupon, Parking Panda and Capital Wheel
Today and tomorrow use code “MYCITY20” for 20% off up to 3 times, on any local Groupon deal.
DC Locals, here’s a fun one: Capital Wheel Discount Tickets at the National
0% Balance Transfers, Saving vs Refinance
We’ve been having some great discussions on The Forum recently. One that came up was ‘What to do with the cash from a 0% Balance Transfer’. I thought it was
My 3 Part System for Earning Miles and Points
I’ve talked about my general strategy for earning miles and points before, but I think I’ve refined it, and I wanted to do a post just on this prioritizing aspect of
Exploring the Virgin Australia award chart
Yesterday MileValue wrote about the partnership between Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines, which allows points to be transferred between the two programs at a 1.35:1 ratio ..
Madagascar is Offering Foreign Carriers Cabotage Rights
Courtesy of WikiCommons
Air Madagascar, the country’s flag carrier is reeling from labor strikes that have gone on for a month so far. The result is that the country of Madaga..
The 20-cents-per-mile breakeven point for Delta and United mileage earning is still wrong
Regular readers know the sacred cows that get repeated daily by affiliate bloggers, which drive me bonkers whenever I accidentally glance at one:”The Chase Sapphire Preferred is ..
Best Travel Credit Card… For What?
Carrie makes fun of me because people often ask me, “what’s the best ?”, and I give them an answer like, “whatever works for you”. My thing is
Award booking fish tales: The ones that got away!
We see lots of analogies made in this miles-and-points game (or hobby, The Hobby or Obsession as may apply), but I think the one that best fits when it comes
A review of the Victoria’s Secret Angel Credit Card by Comenity Bank
Believe it or not, a lot of readers have asked me to write up the Victoria’s Secret credit card. And by “a lot of readers” I mean “Elaine in the comments
New York’s LaGuardia Airport
I’ve read what feels like a ton of posts, articles, and tweets about Governor Cuomo’s approach to LaGuardia, and I can’t take it anymore!
Perhaps the best article (and I’ll call
Episode 13 – The Big Picture
Episode Description
Wherein we discuss how miles and points fit into the big picture of our overall finances, hypothesize about biggest threats to the game, and reflect on why we..
What’s up with #thechart ?
There’s one of those charts out there again.. you know the ones – they are written up and then they go viral and people forget to actually care about how
Opportunity cost decisions among Shopping Portals
Back in June, Doctor of Credit (and many others), wrote about a great feature of the Discover IT card, at first for any card holder, then later for only new
7-31-15 What the %$^&*&^ Can I buy at Sears? Sears May 21/22 Black Hole; Staples MOAPOCC Coupon Extended A Day!
Sears has a lot of great portal bonuses. Its very common to see 10x or 10% portal bonuses. And of course gift cards are specifically included in most portal terms