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Considerations for Reselling as a Method for Manufactured Spending
Frequent Miler had a great post yesterday about Manufactured Spending in 2016 and beyond. The truth is, he’s right. Manufactured Spending has gotten harder. Great opportunities l..
Who are an airline's best customers?
Now that the three biggest US carriers (Delta, already followed by United, and soon to be followed by American) have moved to revenue-based mileage earning, at least on flights m..
Reselling Tools
Starting out reselling, years ago, I worked with a minimum of resources, and found that sometimes turning around product took longer, or worse, I wasn’t putting my best foot forw..
Using points and miles to put together a Christmas trip to Nicaragua for six people
Greetings to all! I haven’t blogged much in the last month as the family and I have been in Nicaragua for the past few weeks courtesy of several credit card issuers.
DYKWIA – “But, I’m a Hyatt Diamond!”
This is an oldie, but a goodie, and, quite simply, it seems to me like a great opportunity for 4 minutes and 45 seconds of humor.
So, here’s some suggestions for
Review: Hyatt Regency Mainz
Intro: Visiting the Christkindlemarkets of Mainz
Review: Hyatt Regency Mainz
Wandering Mainz, including the Christkindlemarkets
Review: Lufthansa First Class Terminal and Lounge..
Our 9 Favorite Hotels of 2015
I started to combine my annual hotel expenses post with favorite hotels, but realized the list was getting too long, so again made it its own post.
This year, we had
I just booked my first International Long Haul Economy Flight in 22+ Months?!?
Yes, you read that right. My wife and I just booked an Economy ticket for a long haul international American Airlines flight. Believe it or not, the decision wasn’t as
What I Have Learned About Reselling & Adding A New Tool
In the last couple of months, I have been some inroads into reselling. My goal is to keep the number of Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) to a small number as possible
Episode 21 – Intro to Reselling with Oren’s Money Saver
Episode Description
Oren from Oren’s Money Saver and Trevor teach me the basics of reselling. Last Word featuring fails and amazing success stories. If you are interested in star..
Today’s To-Do: Learn 2016’s Word of the Day
This is part of the Today’s To-Do series. Each post I’ll lay out one task that will get you closer to traveling more for less.
2016’s Word of the Day: Incremental
For today’s to..
A Reflection on Reselling and Thoughts for 2016
Last year, I shared a spreadsheet that I used to track my purchases and sales, well, this year, as I reflect on 2015, and my moving targets for reselling in
Project Fi – the best plan for international travel?
I’ve been with AT&T since day 1, and have a love hate relationship with them. They work pretty well, have as a good a range of devices as anyone, but
Daring to Disney: Optimizing a visit using Touring Plans touring plans
Follow the trip in real time on Twitter or Instagram!
As I mentioned in my last post, Touring Plans is a web site dedicated to making the Disney experience either. The
How to feel about the Fidelity Rewards 2% cash back Visa Signature
The Fidelity Investment Rewards American Express has long been popular in the travel hacking community. The reason is simple: transactions are processed on American Express’s net..
2015 Darwin Award in Aviation Candidates
The Darwin Awards are an off-shoot of Charles Darwin’s “The Origin of Species,” there are some rules, but the general idea, as pulled from the most prominent site:
Nominees signi..
Still can't get your Hyatt status to match to Mlife? Do this now.
Last month I shared my experience getting a Haytt Gold Passport Diamond tier match. I mentioned that I was unable to use Hyatt’s online tool to match my Diamond status
Daring to Disney: Using Touring Plans (the non-touring plan parts)
With Disney fast approaching, I’ve been in turbo planning mode. You’d think that once you’ve booked your flights, hotel (though that’s changed), dining reservations, and tickets ..
Intro: Visiting the Christkindlemarkets of Mainz
I wrote in the early life of this blog, about Maslows Hierarchy of needs with respect to miles and points. In that post, I said the higher level was when
2015 in Pictures: This is What 903,376 Points Looks Like
Happy New Year! Instead of a typical recap post I thought it would be fun to share 2015 in pictures. We spent over 900,000 points on travel in 2015 and
mLife Math – the bet, the ROI, and the next step
Whenever I get a new offer through from mLife I want to write about the gig again. The reason is that it’s just working.. and better than expected. I’m going
3 (Temporary) Credit Card Bonuses We Jumped On
Real quick, I thought I’d share these credit card sign up bonuses that are temporarily up. As I’ll explain, now’s definitely a good time to jump on bonuses.
Simply put, why apply