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
Happy New Year, Travel Questions, Killing the Golden Goose, Looking back at 2015 and forward to 2016.
Happy New Year!!
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
Caribbean Cruising with a Toddler- 7 days on the Escape
Our travel decision-making has shifted now that we are three instead of two, cruising in particular. We like this kind of holiday for its ease, and now will take either a
A new A380 Operator, coming soon – ANA to buy 3 Airbus A380’s!
The Nikkei Asian Review reports that ANA will buy 3 Airbus A380’s, ostensibly to boost the airline’s service to Hawaii.
This is fantastic news, as ANA will eventually join the 13..
2016 predictions! Plus a look back at my 2015 predictions
“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” — Yogi Berra
Happy new year everybody! I made some predictions last year, so I review ‘llthem below. I didn’t have..
8 Confessions before the New Year
Earlier this month, Nick at PF Digest shared some confessions. I thought I’d share some as well, because, emulation is a great form of flattery, and the end of the
My top 10 most popular (and one least popular) posts of 2015
In the spirit of shamelessly ripping off Frequent Miler, I thought it would be interesting to see what my most popular new posts in 2015 were. Since I don’t use
My Year in Travel
It’s that time of the year again, where you look back at the year behind, and look forward to the year ahead.
A whole lot of flying–even for me
This year I
The 5.5 cards I'll use to manufacture spend in 2016
Happy New Year’s Eve to all my readers (and especially to my beloved subscribers)!2016 is almost upon us, so I thought it might be interesting to share my manufactured spend
Deep Thoughts on Expensive Ice Skating
If you’ve been following my adventures on Twitter or Instagram you’ll know that we schlepped two kids around NYC for the past 30 hours or so. It was a pretty
A crazy day
Have
140K MR (hers) 60K MR (his)
38K UR (hers) 26k (his)
52K AA (hers) 90K (his)
Delta 9K
Hyatt 2.5K
SPG 52K
BA 90K
(some other stuff)
Want
Business Class seats for 3, RT that..
8 Favorite Off The Beaten Path Destinations
Farflung is all about being somewhere without seeing other outsiders. For example, Katra, India is a place we’ve been where honestly every person there was Indian. Many of them w..
My Pick for the Best Carry-On Going
Over the weekend, Gary Leff posed a question: What suitcase should he get? He technically asked about luggage, but, lets be honest, for those of us that travel more than a
Pro tip: keep your free bags when crediting Delta flights to Alaska
BackgroundFrom my local airport, Delta is by far the most convenient airline to fly. With daily flights to Salt Lake City, Detroit, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and New York City, it’s ..
When The World is Too Big: Help Me Decide Where to Go!
As this is a first world problem, I owe a Kiva loan.
A rare downside of traveling on miles and points is that most destinations cost the same to visit. Assuming you
End of Year Reminder: Use American Airlines Business Extra Points!
If you happen to have taken advantage of American Airlines Business Extra program (and be sure to check out my post on the benefits of it and setting up an
Things US Bank told me about Flexperks Travel Rewards
It’s difficult to know how to frame information you receive from US Bank over the phone. For example, a US Bank representative once told me I could product change my
Best Use of Wyndham Rewards Points
A while ago Wyndham changed their rewards program so that all hotels are 15,000 points. Doesn’t matter if it’s a nice resort, or a fleebag motel, a free night will
End of Year Reminder: Don’t forget to maximize Quarterly Offers!
This year we had a number of great quarterly bonuses for credit card spend.
Discover Quarterly Department Store, Amazon, or Clothing stores, and Apply Pay
For starters, we had th..