The Travel-Happiness Equation
We are lucky enough to travel more often most people would dream to (except for the readers of this blog, of course). Having returned from two weeks in Spain and Italy just a
2016-04-28 What really happened to BigHabitat?
Folks, its been a long time since the last post. But if you’re reading this, you probably already knew that.
And there’s been some speculation about what really to BigHabitat and
My $12 Hack for Getting the Best Disney World Resort Rooms
Every trip to the mouse house I learn someting new. On this Disney World trip I learned a hack about finding the best Disney World Resort Rooms in your booked
PSA – Remove Meltable Inventory from FBA now!
If you’ve gotten into reselling recently, you may not know that Amazon doesn’t permit any meltable inventory from May 1st to September 30th. If you’ve been doing this a while,
Starting from scratch: alternative banking products
This week I’ve been writing about some strategies, credit cards, and loyalty programs I would use differently if I were building a travel hacking practice from scratch. If I were
Quick Deal: $16 in Plenti Points When You Buy 4 Vanilla Visa at Rite-Aid
Just a quick post on a deal that’s got a few days left to go. The deal ends 4/30 so you have a little time to get in on it.
Until the
Quick Deal: $16 in Plenti Points When You Buy 4 Vanilla Visa at Rite-Aid
Just a quick post on a deal that’s got a few days left to go. The deal ends 4/30 so you have a little time to get in on it.
Until the
Love and Hate in the land of Travel Blogging
I’ve been reading a few posts recently and trying to figure out what makes an ‘Approved’ blogger vs a yellow rat bastard who is trying to ruin our lives. A
Qatar Airways to operate A380 to Atlanta for Inaugural flight
Qatar Airways A380, courtesy of Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways has been having an awful lot of fun with this Atlanta route. I won’t go into the crazy things Qatar CEO Akbar
National Car Rental Executive Aisle Benefit
Perusing the National Rental Car Benefits for their Executive Aisle Members, there’s a “Virtual Aisle” option to reserve your car – they only reserve it for 15 minutes, but, I find
Using the My Disney Experience App
I have a problem. If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram you’ve probably noticed that I’ve been to Disney twice over the span of three months (thanks FT4RL!). And
Starting from scratch: hotel stays
In yesterday’s post I talked about how to develop a strategy for booking airline tickets that works for you. As I said then, “the options you have available today are
Some Thoughts on #FT4RL 4 and Announcing #FT4RL 5
Before I begin- let me say THANK YOU to those of you that attended and THANK YOU THANK YOU to Rich, Sam, Shawn, Joe, and Haley for knocking it out
YTD Spend 2016 vs 2015
I finally got around to checking my spend using Mint, and ran a quick and dirty this year vs last analysis. It seems that despite it being the end of
Award Booking Tips overheard at FT4RL
So I made a rookie mistake presenting at FT4RL – too many slides! I had to rush through a few of my points on booking awards so I thought I’d
Starting from scratch: airline tickets
Travel hacking is an iterative game: the options you have available today are restricted by the decisions you made in the past. That’s one reason I avoid giving advice whenever
Episode 29 – Family Travel Off the Beaten Path
Episode Description
Wherein we record live and direct from the fourth Family Travel for Real Life Conference! Joe Cheung is joined by Richard Kerr, Shawn
Just Booked! Flights without a hotel..
To a place that I don’t want to stay at unless my hotel is available…
In the world of points and miles you will be told that you can travel for
Flying Southwest, Then, now, and in the future.
3 Generations of Southwest Liveries
Despite most of my premium travel over the last few years, I’ve flown Southwest Airlines a lot in my life. Having grown up on Long Island,
Special Saturday Reselling Roundup
This week, there was just so much info in the Tagging Miles Weekly Roundup, that we thought we’d do a special Reselling Roundup focused post today.
Reselling Roundup
Reseller Con..
London Calling! Virgin Atlantic Award Sale: 30% Off Economy
Just got an email about a Virgin Atlantic award sale that might have you packing your bags: 30% off award bookings on economy till May 11. Bookings are good till the
United’s Giving Away Miles, The most dangerous airport, Fuel Dumping Tool, Huge CC Sign-up Bonus
Do This Now:
United is giving away 90,000 miles to 90 people, it’s a quick sign-up. Just do it.
Travel:
Stefan poses the question – how did Australia and New Zealand come to
The concept of DOL Fiduciary rule as it applies to Credit Card Sales
Some of you may be aware that the Dept of Labor recently passed a revision to how retirement accounts must be managed, applying a Fiduciary rule to the management of these