A personal finance application cycle
Last night I applied for two new credit cards which have nothing to do with miles and points. It was a strictly personal finance application cycle.Citi Double CashWhen the Citi
Best Hotels for Hyatt Suite Upgrades
I wanted to make this a great post on Hyatt suite upgrades – whether it’s booking a suite with points, using a suite upgrade on a paid stay (or cash & points), or
My super-boring Sam's Club Amex offer strategy
I’ve now finished off the last of my American Express “Offers for You” at Sam’s Club, and it was nothing special: I bought a bunch of Sam’s Club gift cards,
Do this now: Discover it double cash promotion
Via Doctor of Credit, Discover is currently offering a potentially lucrative promotion: for the 12 complete billing cycles after registering, they will double all the cash back y..
The Best (Miles/Points) Page On The Internet
The goal behind what I’m about to share is this: anyone who cares about miles and points at all needs to only bookmark this one page.
This page will be the
[Temporary Post] Right Now Club Carlson BOGO Bookable /w New Rates
This is a temporary post since this is not a deal blog, but this is interesting. Yesterday I booked tons of hotels with the Club Carlson benefit of a free night
Master Chart of Earning Miles & Points From Credit Cards
For my “Cheapest Miles To” series, I pick a region and make a chart of cheapest mileage options. Then I go over all the best options, discounted mileage options, maximizing stopo..
Doing The “Planning Ahead” Thing
Due to the Club Carlson devaluation, I figured I would go ahead and actually do that thing where you like… plan ahead. Basically the value of Club Carlson points will
PSA: If you structure transactions, the government will ruin your life. Don't do it
I’ve shared a couple news articles on Twitter recently about people being charged by the federal government with structuring transactions.In the first case, after being warned by..
Down to the wire: booking speculative Club Carlson vacations, with examples
As faithful readers know, in the next few days the Club Carlson program will undergo two catastrophic devaluations: co-branded credit card holders will lose the free last night o..
Daring to Disney: Flights, Hotel, and Car
We’re fixing to see the Orlando version of this
If you follow me on Twitter or exist within a 50 mile radius of my location, you probably are annoyed by the
Price compression and mileage running
I like to use the term “price compression” to refer to the interaction of two benefits to travel hacking:The out-of-pocket price paid for travel is lower;The difference between t..
Cheapest Miles To Africa
My “cheapest miles to…” series is simply an effort to find the cheapest frequent flyer miles to use when planning a trip to a specific region, and what credit cards are going
Pro tip: flying as a dual Alaska-Delta elite
I’ve written before about my transition this year from Delta Platinum Medallion to Alaska MVP Gold 75K status. In short, I couldn’t justify crediting my paid Delta flights to the..
How To Search Discount Airlines (and Tools)
We’ve taken flights from one island to another in SE Asia for as cheap as $10. We’ve taken a flight across multiple countries in Europe for $20.
There’s no doubt that discount
Episode 9 (5/24/15) – King Chase
Fire up those grills
Episode Description
Wherein we discuss Chase, the dominating force in the current credit card game, go over the least talked about Chase card in the miles an..
Small Targetted Discover 5% Cashback Offer
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This one is barely worth mentioning but I got this in my email this morning. I got quite excited until I saw the “..
Complete Map of Hilton Hotels
I drug my feet on getting out the Complete map of Hilton HHonors hotels by category, but it should be up to date and higher quality. With light of 15 different credit
Full PointsBreak List for May 26 – July 31, 2015
Here is the full summer PointBreaks list for May 26 – July 31, 2015. But know that the full list isn’t actually bookable until May 26th. I’ll put the full
The BRG Experiments 2.0
After recently realizing that we need to spend $905 a month in order to stay within our $20,000 a year goal (while traveling full time and living out of 4/5
In defense of American Express for Target
American Express for Target prepaid cards were, until earlier this month, one of two popular methods for running up credit credit spend at Target store locations. Loads of up to ..
Trying to spend $900/mo for the rest of the year
We are serious about our goal of living on $20,000 a year, but have to overcome a couple obstacles.
We’ve been posting all of our expenses for almost two years now and
I'm not loading up on business Amex gift cards today (but you probably should!)
In case you missed it, perhaps because of job responsibilities in the formal economy, today TopCashBack (my referral link) is offering 2.25% cash back on business American Expres..