I had originally written about My First US Airways Redemption. I actually kept the original route and added a British Airways redemption on Cathay Pacific to Tokyo. I apologize for the delay in some of the responses while I was away for the last two weeks. I was trying to take a break from everything Read More

Ben from One Mile At A Time, Seth from The Wandering Aramean, or the team at Hack My Trip can describe the tips and tricks to successful mileage running. Mileage running is a term coined among the frequent flier community as flying to a destination solely for the redeemable miles the airline awards for flying a Read More

As I am gearing towards $30,000 of spending on my American Express Starwood Preferred Guest Card, I had the opportunity to purchase gift cards at 20% off and resell at 79% of the face value or 10% off and resell at 89.5%. The .5% is the difference between buying points at $.01/point and $.005/point. Also Read More

My current credit card portfolio that have annual fees are: American Express Starwood Preferred Guest – $65 Barclay’s US Airways – $89 Chase United MileagePlus Explorer – $95 Chase Ink Bold – $95 Chase Sapphire Preferred – $95 Citi AAdvantage – $95 US Bank Flexperks – $49 I will be paying $583 in fees which Read More

Four months ago, I asked if I should continue to spend money on my American Express Starwood Preferred Guest card for SPG Gold status. Here is my performance through October I have spent $22,650 and need just $7350 from now to the end of the year. I can shave off $3000 from Amazon Payments and Read More

In the past year I have had the Discover card, I have accumulated over $200 cash back, not including the $200 sign up bonus. The quarter with 5% gas, online purchases, and their very generous Shop Discover Portal propelled me to receive all that money back. I earned 5% back from Discover on my latest purchase from Apple Read More

Previously, I had explained what I thought were the best ways of manufactured spend for Hyatt Gift Checks. Here are some pros and cons about redeeming the Hyatt Gift Check What makes them great: Gift check redemption will still allow you to earn Hyatt Gold Passport points as if you pay with cash Can be applied Read More

For the last 9 months, I have been using my Nationwide Visa Buxx and using the cash back feature. I visit the local Wholefoods Market on the way to work and pick up some fruit for the day. The total bill is usually less than $5 and I would choose the maximum amount back, $100 Read More

When reservations are opened for the soon to be opened Andaz Hyatt Tokyo, I am thinking of speculatively booking a stay for a few nights. The hotel looks gorgeous from some of the pictures on FlyerTalk Mommy Points first reported that the Andaz Maui was offering compensation for missing the launch date. Because of that, I’m Read More