Episode 15 – Family, MS, and Other Stuff
Episode Description
Wherein we start by discussing how our family lives affect our games, and then allow alcohol to cause our conversation to meander to…who knows. Recorded LIVE..
Pope Francis gets cockpit tour on @AmericanAir 777-200
Earlier today (Saturday), Pope Francis received a short tour of the cockpit of his American Airlines 777-200 aircraft, enroute from JFK to PHL. It’s a short video, but, pretty cool
Expat Life – Observations from Outside
I referenced an article from BBC in this weeks Tagging Miles Weekly Roundup, but after reading it further I felt like there was more to the story than just a
Delta’s New Advertisement
Delta Airlines has a new advertisement out, entitled “Why We Go”, with a voice over by Donald Sutherland (although I still keep thinking “Hunger Games” when I hear his voice,
Great travel advice, The Pope, Thailand’s Great Firewall, Reselling, the Concorde, and more
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
Amazon Prime $67/Year Today Only for New Members
(Apologies if you’re being assaulted with the same deal over and over in your twitter feed, but this one is worth it.)
Rare one today: Amazon Prime is $67/year today only
Is the 100k British Airways Avios offer the worst major signup bonus?
Regular readers know I don’t chase signup bonuses any more, for two simple
My Favorite Tokyo Garden is Hidden Inside a (Non-Points) Hotel
New Otani Garden Highlights
I wish I could claim more credit but we only found the New Otani hotel because of a Skybus Stop. In a city full of fancy hotels,
Out and about in Hamilton, Bermuda
A few weeks ago, my wife and I visited Bermuda, its a short 2 hour flight from the East Coast of the US, and has beautiful beaches, and is generally,
Quick hit: new Bluebird/Serve/Redbird scheduled adds
When writing about simplifying and automating debit card transactions back in July, I
Random Bank Of America Links Floating Around Like Alaska Refer A Friend
I was poking around the internet and found a bunch of random link to several Bank of America products and figured if someone could use it they are:
Virgin Atlantic 90,000
Visa Checkout Offer – $30 off $150 at Staples
Just received this one via e-mail. It’s good until 10/8/15, via online.
They’re kind enough to provide this nifty little step by step graphic:
It looks like you need to go to
9-23-15 Madness – Ebay – Up to 8x points plus up to 8% Ebay bucks, Gift cards, Staples $150 off ipads
Ebay portal bonuses have been hard to come by, but this week they’ve been good. And right now it’s 3x through American Airlines and Alaska Mileage plan shopping. Sweet! And
Round-The-World On Discount Airlines
One day I started noticing how many cheap long haul flights there are.
Norwegian and WOWair opening flights from USA to Europe for $149. Air Asia was flying to Europe, which they..
Shorts on a Plane
As a child, I remember dressing up to fly, even if we were just flying to Florida or Bermuda, we’d dress up in at least khakis and a sports jacket.
Can a Travel Policy Statement keep you on track?
In finance, there is a behavioral tool known as the Investment Policy Statement. A good advisor will create one with you, and keep you to it. The purpose is to
Child Disfigurement Fee
Deal Dad and I caught Fresh Off the Boat last night and had one of those moments- almost cringe-worthy- when a scene from TV cuts close to real life. The
Timeshares?
Everything I need to know about timeshares I learned from The Queen of Versailles. Still, it’s the kind of product — complex, opaque, little-understood — that should be worth at ..
British Airways 100,000 Avios Bonus
The British Airways 100,000 Avios card is back, after a two year hiatus. I want to discuss the details of the 100,000 bonus, and why I’m excited about it.
The exciting
I’m in debt from all these credit cards
It’s crazy. I’ve got so many points, but my imagination has been running wild, and I’ve managed to ‘half book’ enough trips to put some real pressure onto my points
The $20 Rule
I learned a few years ago about Chris Guillebeau’s $10 Rule, and realized that I had already been using a similar approach myself.
Chris’ rule is:
It only took me about 100
Fun with award mapper and Hotel Hustle
There are two free, online tools designed to help make it easier to find the best values when searching for paid or award stays at chain hotels: award mapper and
An update on how to get updates
Save for a spur of the moment rant against Citi earlier this month (tl;dr they suck), things have been slow here at Milewriter.
Life’s been keeping my stress levels just high