A couple of days ago, it occurred to me, that Joe and I started Tagging Miles nearly a year ago. I’m not one to make a big deal of things (ok, maybe a little), but I thought I’d take this as an opportunity to say Thank You to all of our wonderful readers, as well as…
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Increasingly, I’m starting to think maybe it makes sense. Let me give you some background, I keep reading all the great stuff that Chasing the Points is writing about, about how he can get gift cards at pretty decent percentages off, then sell them, essentially manufacturing spending in his pajamas. It’s awfully tempting! But, I’m not going to…
Great news! I’ll be presenting at the Frequent Traveler University’s Advanced session in DC, 21-23 August. The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, steps from Reagan National Airport (DCA), and a bunch of great restaurants.All that said, I’m told there are just a few tickets left to the event, and lets…
via Business Traveller, due to an unfortunate fire Rome Airport is cutting back on capacity to 60%. This is the result of a “destructive fire” back in May.The bright side is that Terminal 3 is primarily reserved for Domestic and Schengen (e.g EU) flights. But the fact remains, if you have the option of traveling via…
On an idle Saturday, I happened to be scanning twitter, and I saw this from @AirlineReporter:From the Idaho Statesman – and believe me, the title of their article is poorly done, but here it is – Passengers evacuate plane at Boise Airport after fuel leak sparks fire fearIt appears that the reason they decided to…
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 the positions of Tagging Miles, and should not be considered endorsements. Have a great story we should read? Contact us now and let us know! Manufactured Spending…
Chuck over at Doctor of Credit put together a rather exhaustive post on Chase latest actions on approvals of Ultimate Rewards credit cards.For me, it was a very sobering post to read. I, like many in the miles and points game, have a bunch of Chase cards. In fact, at last count, I have 8…
@Aegt shared an interesting NPR podcast via twitter, Buy Low, Sell Prime.The podcast talks about what I write about weekly, and do every single day. Retail Arbitrage. Retail Arbitrage is the idea that you can buy at a brick and mortar store (or as I do it, via their online store), then sell it online…
I’ve written about shopping portals a lot, but, as I wrote the Beginners Guide series, I realized I haven’t explicitly written about how much of a game changer Shopping Portals can be.Shopping PortalsIn my day job, I use a lot of terms not terribly common to the miles and points game. Perhaps the most appropriate…