An average human can live 3 weeks without food, 3 days without water and 3 seconds without checking their iPhone.  But how long can you live without money?  I’m not

I’ve been bothered by this for the longest time. But I think we are all screwing up big time when it comes to Credit Card points.  By valuing them high,

No you bloody well shouldn’t.
But strangely many people do.  There are so many reasons why it is desirable to inflate your income, here are a few:

Higher Income = higher individ..

I recently returned from our first family international trip – we travelled through Spain, starting at Madrid, and moving South to stop at Toledo, Granada and Cordoba. It was a

I just returned from a great trip to Spain, and stumbled upon something pretty useful when playing around with my iPhone.  You can access street level maps overseas, along with

I just received an email from Kimpton to inform me that IHG has acquired them. This is interesting news since IHG themselves were the subject of a failed acquisition just

I’m traveling again, it seems like forever since we have done this, and it is fantastic!  As I walked into this latest hotel room, the Radisson Blu Madrid Prado, I

I’d heard of Swagbucks as a shopping portal, and was recently approached by them regarding their product.  Upon further exploration I learned that they a lot more going on than

One thing all travel pro’s know is that you can add considerable alpha to your points strategy by whining and begging for more.  The most effective location to deliver your

In case you live under a rock, and otherwise haven’t heard – TravelCon is happening on February 28th in Anaheim, CA. I’ve been invited there to present, and am a

What’s a post on Forever Stamps doing in the Travel section?  Sadly it’s not a new trick to make points, nor is it relevant because you might need one for

I received a message on the Forum from a reader asking me how to pay regular expenses, such as his mortgage, insurance, etc on a Credit Card, and while I

TravelCon is a new points and miles conference that is being put together by some of the top points and miles guys on the West Coast, who have informed me

One of my readers approached me via the Forum to tell me that one of their relatives has just been the victim of a scam involving GreenDot cards, since we

This weekend we had Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and today Cyber Monday.  They really drive home the ‘sales’and the feeling that I am going through right now – overload.

Holy cow I bet you all thought I had retired hah!? No such luck! Sorry folks
So I had a recent business trip over to Europe, once again went on

Just a reminder that we are having a get together with The Miles Professor this coming Wednesday night, and the venue has been changed to the awesome rooftop garden at

Join me and The Miles Professor for some awesome summer cocktails at the Hudson Hotel at 58th and Columbus on Wednesday August 6th. This is another chance to get together

Hey folks so I appreciate it is right in the middle of July now so I am sure you are all thinking about skiing? Oh ok, so maybe not. But