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CategoryA legal riddle: what's the difference between avoiding and evading a reporting requirement?
For years, I’ve held what I think is the mainstream view in the travel hacking community:virtually everything travel hackers do is legal;so there’s no reason to conceal what you’..
Three bad and one good way to think about public higher education and tuition
Elizabeth Warren made a splash this week with her plan to both ensure public higher education is tuition-free and forgive up to $50,000 per student of the existing stock of
Success removing a disputed item from my Experian credit report
Last month I explained the process I followed to dispute a derogatory remark on my Experian credit report. Experian told me it would take a month to resolve, and sure
My Experience with Tours & Activities Booked through the Chase Expedia Portal
We just got back from a week in Europe where we did tours and activities in London, Venice, and Rome – all booked through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal. I
Chart(s) of Hotel Loyalty Program Benefits & Rewards
While I just did a piece on hotel loyalty programs that was fairly critical (using data), this post is really meant for those who are looking to compare loyalty programs.
Perh..
Complete List of Airline Award Charts
This post is important to bookmark (not that I’m biased) because of the award charts that are unique to this site. (Although you can also visit this any time by
A Trick To Save On Delta Miles Flights
If you weren’t excited about the results of the Delta Miles Calculator from your city, I may have a trick for you…
For many cities, there are Delta flights for only
What would total employer-employee collusion look like?
Become a Patron!I’ve lately been researching some employer-side tax benefits and binge-listening to an organized-crime-themed comedy podcast, which I’m not going to name because ..
If you have employees, adopt a written paid family and medical leave policy right now
Become a Patron!While doing some research for another project, I was reminded that in the CPA Full Employment Act of 2017, Republicans included a tax credit for employers offerin..
Complete Guide To United Stopover Tricks
While I have gone over a lot of my findings on United Stopover and Routing Rules, I have never gone into the nerdy details of what is possibly driving United’s
Announcing The New Delta SkyMiles Calculator
While we just launched the Delta Miles Award Chart, that’s mostly for international and SkyTeam flights. We found flights to most regions, like China, are consistently the same p..
The current Choice Privileges promotion is so stupid I expect it to become the norm
I was rummaging around on my Hotel Promotions page (check it out if you have any upcoming stays; current promotions are running as late as June 4, 2019) and noticed
Taking the inverted yield curve literally, not seriously
Last month, a funny thing happened: the yield on a 10-year US Treasury obligation dropped below the yield on a 3-month Treasury obligation. This bizarre financial market event at..
Why (& How) You Should Airbnb Your Home When You Travel
We made $5,985.38 renting out our two-bedroom aparmtent on our last vacation.
This post is how anyone and everyone should try to rent out their house on Airbnb (or Homeaway) whil..
Bill Cassidy has the worst paid parental leave plan yet
This morning I hauled myself out of bed early to go down to the American Enterprise Institute and listen to Bill Cassidy discuss the outlines of his plan for paid
OFO (bike sharing) refunded my deposit
I never finished my draft article about my love for dockless bike sharing in Asia. I found them very convenient for getting around in big cities. One of the prevalent platforms..
The few sweet spots that escaped Wyndham massacre
The Wyndham category changes have gone into effect. As expected, it’s a massive devaluation. Most of my hotels of interest have doubled to 30k per night, including:
- Wyndham Bo..
What the New York Times got wrong about long-haul Amtrak travel
Last week’s New York Times Magazine featured a long article about long-haul Amtrak travel that somehow managed to get almost everything wrong about the advantages and disadvantag..
Etihad Miles Using AA’s Old Award Chart (best chart today?)
Yesterday I posted about The Best Use Of Etihad Miles On Partners, and today I want to continue making the for Etihad Miles.
What makes the Etihad Miles award chart on AA flights..
Best Use Of Etihad Miles On Partners
My feeling after writing this post, and more importantly the part 2 tomorrow, I think Etihad Miles are by far the best transfer partner for Amex MR, Citi TY, and Cap1.
Etihad miles
So you’ve decided to invest in real estate!
Last week over at Travel is Free Drew wrote a very thoughtful post about his experience taking out long-term residential leases and then subletting them for short-term stays thro..
List Of Round-The-World Tickets /w Miles (2 Gems!)
When I originally made a list of Round The World tickets on miles back in 2014, I mistakenly wrote off all the deals as too expensive. Best I guess I
Finding All The Best Alaska Stopovers
Alaska gives a stopover on award tickets, allowing you to spend as much time as you want in the connecting city without ever increasing your miles price at all.
Alaska Stopovers ..