Yesterday my scheduled flight out from my ancestral homeland was overbooked — very overbooked. They asked for 6 volunteers, and ended up taking 5 of them, each of whom received

I like buying Visa gift cards from Staples. I buy a lot of Visa gift cards from Staples. But the new Staples Visa gift card design has been causing me

I wrote yesterday that I don’t chase signup bonuses as one of my principle methods of earning miles and points. But I also consider recurring annual benefits to be worth

I earn only a small fraction of my miles and points chasing signup bonuses. There are people who get all the miles they need through signing up for new credit

Invariably when I write about Ultimate Rewards transfer partners, commenters chime in that I’ve left out Southwest. And this is invariably true: Southwest doesn’t serve my local ..

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

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..

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 ..

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 ..

Last month I wrote about using Amazon Allowance to generate credit and debit transactions, like those required by Wells Fargo to waive monthly maintenance fees, by Bank of Americ..

I don’t know Ben Schlappig, although I’ve been in the same, large room with him a few times. But Ben has been the subject of a recent media blitz (Rolling