All The United Stopover Tricks To Date
If you didn’t see, United is devaluing its stopover rules.
I’ve had some stopover tricks I’ve wanted to share, and since United will be killing all these stopover tricks Oct 6… I..
Thinking about Hyatt Diamond requalification
I took advantage of the Hyatt Diamond status match late last year and have been enjoying my suite upgrades, free breakfast, lounge access, and check-in amenities for over half a ..
Map Of All Our Points Hotels Since 2011
I’ve been keeping track of every hotel we’ve stayed at for the last few years, and decided to make a map of all our hotel stays (color coded by brand).
We’ve
United Stopover Changes Oct 6
You may have heard that United is making changes on Oct 6. The changes are regarding change fees, stopovers, and stopover bookings (this post will go over the stopover / booking ..
Family Travel Hacking Guide 13: The four different types of credit card rewards
To do: Examine the credit cards in your wallet and try to determine which type of rewards they earn.One thing I’ve noticed writing this guide is that beginner’s guides are
Surveying Scotland: What to do on the Isle of Skye (Part I)
Hopefully my picture post piqued your interest in the Isle of Skye. It truly served as the highwater mark of our trip – quite literally at times since we got
Some bonus categories I never think about
I belong to the noisy-but-unpopular school that believes everyday spending should properly be a rounding error in the typical travel hacker’s overall miles and points strategy. T..
American Airlines AAdvantage Miles in the Pacific
First in my series on using miles to cross the Pacific, and getting to the South Pacific, is using AA miles.
As you’ll see, there are tons of options for using AA
Episode 35 – Fatherhood, Family, and Points with Shawn Coomer and Richard Kerr
Episode Description
With Trevor and Joe Cortez on vacation, Shawn Coomer from milestomemories and Richard Kerr the Points Jock of the Travel Hacking 101 Facebook
Family Travel Hacking Guide 12: How applying for credit cards affects your credit score
To do: Check your credit score on Credit Karma or Annual Credit Report, then take a look in the mirror and honestly assess whether you have the fiscal discipline to
Using Miles to the South Pacific: Introduction
Finding flights across the Pacific can be hard, especially direct to Australia/New Zealand or to Polynesian Islands.
This turned into an extensive series on finding award flights..
Surveying Scotland: The Isle of Skye – 11 Photos that will hopefully make you want to visit
I mostly chose the title of this trip report “Surveying Scotland” due to the alliteration. Surveying turned out to be the right verb, though. I once read in Rick Steve’s
Family Travel Hacking Guide 11: The power of miles and points
We’ve completed the first part of the Family Travel Hacking Guide series: how to save money on booking flights with cash. For many, the savings might stop there, and that’s
Surveying Scotland: Hyatt Regency London The Churchill Impressions
I know people don’t care too much about hotel reviews but I still find them useful, so here are some quick impressions of the Hyatt Regency London: The Churchill (what
I don't buy points, but maybe you should!
Every major loyalty program sells their points for cash, normally at a fixed rate through the industry-sponsored site Points.com.For example, you can buy up to 60,000 Delta SkyMi..
Family Travel Hacking Guide: Using Google Flights to search airfare
As we reach the end of our “find cheap flights phase”, it’s finally time to look at one of the most flexible flight aggregators out there. Before we get into
"Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits" is a beautiful, not-very-useful book
This is a review of “Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits” by Philip A. Fisher. You can find all my previous book reviews here. If you’re interested in buying a copy,
Travel hacking without spend
While I write a lot about strategies for using manufactured spend to get pay for travel at deep discounts, I know that many of my readers find manufacturing spend to
Surveying Scotland: Free activities for young kids in London
One of the benefits of visiting a city repeatedly lies in familiarity. Having visited London multiple times before we had kids, we know our “favorite” places and areas to hang
In defense of mileage running for top-tier elites
I have the rather unfashionable view that mileage runs on Delta, American, and United are more likely to be worthwhile for top-tier elites now that those programs are revenue-bas..
New Startup
The big announcement is that we’re starting a company (and no, it’s not travel related).
I promised that today I would share more about the business itself. This will be a very
Family Travel Hacking Guide: Using Hopper to monitor flight prices
So you’re looking to expend as little cash as possible on flights. You are getting flash alerts from airfarewatchdog and The Flight Deal and are monitoring flights you are inter..
When deals don't stack
One of the most popular approaches to travel hacking is finding deals that “stack:” when you can apply multiple techniques to a single transaction, you can bring your out of