Understanding booking channels
Judging by the headlines I see in my RSS reader, Bank of America is running a bounty for Alaska Airlines credit card applications. Internet Brands went ahead and declared it
Reseller’s Biggest Problem: OmniChannel
What Is OmniChannel?
At a high level, OmniChannel is the latest retailing tactic that combines IT and supply chain to increase the efficiencies in sales. There are plenty of exam..
The top 7 Super Bowl 50 – #SB50 Commercials with some aviation specific ones!
Super Bowl 50 happened. As always, the commercials are sometimes just as entertaining as the play on the field. The first shot came from Avocados from Mexico (courtesy of Spencer..
21 days to the End of the World- Santiago to Valparaiso
During the last week of work before I became a “stay-at-home-mom”, we received an offer we could not refuse- a 14 day cruise on the Norwegian Sun beginning in Valparaiso, Chile
5x Credit Card Phishing-esque Scam
5x on dining you tell me? Hell yeah! But wait.. why is the email you sent me a giant image that hyperlinks to the application?
I’ve recently noticed a bunch of
The More You Know: Points Sales Earn Bloggers Commission
My twitter feed is clogged with offers to buy Hilton Points for .56 cents* each. I think it’s a terrible price the same way I think airline miles are worth no
Frequent Traveler Meet-up, Delta CEO Retiring, Citi TYP’s, and Manufactured Spending Risks
The Weekly News Roundup is a collection of headlines from around the internet that caught the attention of the Tagging Miles team. Content on these blogs do not necessarily reflect
Jet Airways Crew Suspended for allowing in flight Concert
Courtesy of the Times of India, a Jet Airways crew of 5 “airhostesses” (I’m not sure what that really means), were suspended, after allowing Bollywood Artist Sonu Nigam to serena..
Can you handle getting detained?
Depending on which blogs you read, you might be committing crimes, or not, in the pursuit of points. But in either case does that actually matter if you get detained?
An
Understanding Total Return
It’s been a rough year for the market thus far, when looking at the return of your investment it is important to not just look at the price of the
What is this $2500 Hotel Room Really Worth?
It’s one of my pet peeves in the “Hobby”- the headlines that proclaim “$2,500 hotel room for FREE”. They drive me nuts for two reasons:
Points and miles are not valueless-
Are Recent Premium Cabin “Amazing Deal” Fares Really Affordable?
It occurs to me that over the past few months we have seen a bunch (but perhaps, not nearly enough) “Amazing Deal” Business Class fares. Examples include:
Amazing Deal: ~$1,150 ..
Thinking about buying HHonors points for 0.56 cents each? Read this first.
I couldn’t help but notice as I recently skimmed my RSS subscriptions that Hilton HHonors is running a promotion offering an 80% bonus on purchased HHonors points until 11:59 pm,
Luxury Card Review: The Gold Card from Barclaycard may be worth your while
What the heck is Luxury Card?
Before I begin this review, we need to go over some basic facts. There are three new cards issued by Luxury Card, which supposedly is a “card
Your Guide to Starting and Following Twitter Beef
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not the best at Twitter. We can’t all be as hilarious as Matt and George:
@Saverocity @pdxtraveltips @PFDigest Well, I have been folding for
Daring to Disney: Touring Animal Kingdom with a toddler
They say that you should always be prepared for it to rain at Walt Disney World – for us the rain came the morning we planned to go to Animal
FoundersCard: the single most expensive way to buy Hilton HHonors Gold status
There are smart, thoughtful guys who think loyalty programs are a scam and the best way to made clear-headed decisions is to opt out of the loyalty economy completely.Then there
Tokyo Disney 101: What To Know Before You Go
Over the weekend Tokyo Disney came up on Twitter and I realized I never summarized my thoughts on the happiest place in Japan. While I enjoyed and recommend Hong Kong Disneyland,
The biggest giveaway in the history of this blog!
Great news, folks! Being a famous and influential points-n-miles blogger, I end up with a lot of swag. I can’t use all of it myself, and that’s where you come
Wandering Mainz, including the Christkindlemarkets
Intro: Visiting the Christkindlemarkets of Mainz
Review: Hyatt Regency Mainz
Wandering Mainz, including the Christkindlemarkets
Review: Lufthansa First Class Terminal and Lounge..
At long last, a targeted promotion on my Brooks Brothers credit card!
I got the Brooks Brothers credit card two years ago to see if it would offer the same sort of occasionally generous promotions that the Banana Republic / Gap /
Making Lemonade: A Guide to ‘Standard’ Awards
While we’d all like to think we can redeem our miles only for Saver Level seats on the best airlines out there with stopovers galore while getting approximately 29 cents
Traveling healthy, Giveaways to enter, Manufactured Spend and this thing called Structuring
The Weekly News Roundup is a collection of headlines from around the internet that caught the attention of the Tagging Miles team. Content on these blogs do not necessarily reflect