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CategoryAm I the only one who thinks Disney World is overrated?
As I mentioned earlier today, the family and I just wrapped up a trip to Legoland and we had a surprisingly good time there. I say “surprisingly” because five years ago
A review of the Chase Sapphire Preferred, written by a robot
Editor’s note: there are a lot of Chase Sapphire Preferred reviews out there and they are extremely monotonous to read. None of them, however, have been written by robots. With
How far can you exceed your credit limit on a single card? In my case, by almost $2K
DISCLAIMER: Please don’t do stupid things with your credit. I have a high credit score, I pay off my credit cards every month, and have no pressing credit needs. Do
Manufactured spending is now more dangerous in Oklahoma
Check out the latest news from Oklahoma:
You may have heard of civil asset forfeiture.That’s where police can seize your property and cash without first proving you committed a ..
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Should bloggers accept free stuff? Sure, what the heck.
Frequent Miler recently experienced a dilemma over whether to accept a free rental from Silvercar:
Ultimately, my decision had less to do with ethics or the desire to remain unbi..
How to make your rewards / loyalty program more evil
Congratulations! You’ve just been placed in charge of a loyalty program. Maybe you work for an airline, or a credit card issuer, or a retailer–no matter. Your boss just told you
The pernicious effects of credit card affiliate marketing: a tale of two cards
It was the best of cards, it was the worst of cards…
A certain blogger has written up two similar cards: the Barclaycard Arrival Plus and the Capital One Venture. The two
Rolling Stone puts another nail in the coffin of “The Hobby” while continuing its new tradition of making stuff up
A few weeks ago I opined that the golden age of points & miles is behind us. Some of you agreed, some of you disagreed. It appears, however, that I
Want to get rich quick? Start a blog!
In the wake of the closing of the Miles for Family blog, a few other bloggers such as Doc and TBB offered their thoughts about blogging. To hear them tell
The Forward Cabin makes a triumphant return to BoardingArea after a plagiarism suspension!
Look who’s back on the Prior2Boarding homepage–it’s The Forward Cabin!
The blog was very quietly removed from the homepage a few weeks ago after yours truly broke the story of an..
Is a Boarding Area blogger plagiarizing me?
Four days ago I published a quick piece on Citi’s new Access credit card. I hadn’t seen this product mentioned anywhere before, as there had been no grand announcement from Citi…