This will not be your typical Christmas Party (or, for those that prefer: Holiday Party). The Washington DC Frequent Flyer Holiday Toy Drive will be a collection of folks that love travel, that love miles and points. Richard Kerr, founder of the Travel Hacking 101 Facebook Group and I are teaming up to try to do some good,…
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I’m sure you’ve heard of expensive Christmas Presents or trips, like a week on Necker Island, or Neiman Marcus’ 2016 Fantasy Gifts, and lest we forget the Thousand Mile Secrets Amazon Holiday Shopping Guide! Well, if none of those are to your fancy, then perhaps Staples’ Costliest Product could be!Courtesy of Slickdeals, Staples’ costliest product is–you…
It is very easy to get into intermediate and expert territory when it comes to finding award space and booking awards. That can sometimes be intimidating. This is my attempt at boiling down the very basics of searching for award spaceI’ll start with a couple of assumptions: You know where you want to go, at…
The holidays are a great opportunity to get together and do good. To that point, I’m partnering with Richard Kerr of Travel Hacking 101 to put together the Washington DC Frequent Flyer Holiday Toy Drive. This event is a happy hour, where we encourage those of you who can make it to DC, to bring…
If you’ve attempted to work with United’s New Award Search Tool, you know how much of a pain it is.Perhaps the most prevalent screen is this:Now, some in the software industry would call this a feature. I would call this one of my most vexing customer experiences. What causes the issue with United’s New Award Search Tool?The…
A few of weeks ago, I flew out to Taipei for the weekend. Flying home, my wife and I were on Cathay Pacific, however my wife was in First Class, and I was in Business Class. First world problems, for sure. I had been looking for space via the British Airways Award search tool to…
If you’re like me, you check your Amazon Seller App regularly, like, you know, every few minutes, whenever you are near your phone, during Q4. But, in one of those checks, it occurred to me, here is the time that random products that I’ve sat on for ages, are starting to really sell, but they are…
Cyber Monday is almost upon us. No doubt that you have already done a bunch of shopping online. In fact, many people do the majority of their shopping online. But did you know, that by adding a few simple steps, you can get more bang for your buck, whether it is more points (my preference)…
Editors Note: This is a slow week, not because there hasn’t been much news or blog posts, but rather because I’ve taken the time to focus on family. Sorry for the short post this week, but I truly hope you have had the chance to spend time with your loved ones, and maybe, just maybe, share…