Deciding on Cruise Destinations
I thought to share more of a ‘how to fish’ post here, perhaps it will spark some ideas, and hopefully you can help me refine my process.
I just received a
Hotel Spa vs. Beach side Massage – Who wins?
This past weekend I visited the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake. I’ll have the review posted in the next week or so, but while I was there, I chose to indulge in
2 Years of Publicly Posting Our Spending
2 years ago we started keeping track of every dime we spend and posting it publicly.
Although the idea of living out of hotels came earlier, the goal in keeping track
I still don't understand the appeal of revenue-based rewards programs
Invariably when I write about Ultimate Rewards transfer partners, commenters chime in that I’ve left out Southwest. And this is invariably true: Southwest doesn’t serve my local ..
Rant: Citi Premier Return Protection does not exist
Well, hello stranger(s). I know it’s been a while, and I also know my posting schedule has officially gone from somewhat-understandably to annoyingly to unacceptably late. Workin..
A caveat for those interested in the Bank of America Preferred Rewards / Travel Rewards combination
Miles to Memories recently ran a post extolling the Bank of America Travel Rewards card. The Travel Rewards card is indeed a good choice for some people, what with the
The only way I know how to value miles and points
Yesterday I saw Trevor at Tagging Miles musing about how he values his miles and points, but in listing the different methods he’s seen people use, he doesn’t mention the
Cheapest Miles To Australia & Oceania
This is a pretty straight forwards continuation of my “Cheapest Miles To…” series, where I make charts for the cheapest miles to get to a region. All the prices are from North Am..
Is Hong Kong Disneyland Worth it? Yes! 14 Tips to Make the Most of Your Visit
Highlights from the Paint the Night Parade at Hong Kong Disneyland
As a well documented Disney family, the Deal Kids and I were excited to visit Hong Kong Disneyland. However, ..
4 Years of @TheFlightDeal, Plastiq, Affiliate Marketing, #AvGeek Airline Repossessions and Emirates’ last 772
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
How do you value your miles and points?
This is perhaps a rhetorical question. After all, miles and points are currencies, but they are very finicky currencies. Meaning, their value can change at the whim of an ai..
Gosh, if I only had another $3K – the AGC Fallacy
I’d probably spend it on hookers and blow. How about you? For many, it would mean the difference between manufacturing cash and manufacturing points, it’s a crazy thing…
I rea..
ResellingDO Has Me Creating New Goals
For as long as I’ve been at the manufactured spend game, I’ve been literally chasing the points and cash had been an after thought. Like a couple of weeks, there
The pernicious effects of credit card affiliate marketing: a tale of two cards
It was the best of cards, it was the worst of cards…
A certain blogger has written up two similar cards: the Barclaycard Arrival Plus and the Capital One Venture. The two
20% Off Promo Code for any Local Groupon, Parking Panda and Capital Wheel
Today and tomorrow use code “MYCITY20” for 20% off up to 3 times, on any local Groupon deal.
DC Locals, here’s a fun one: Capital Wheel Discount Tickets at the National
0% Balance Transfers, Saving vs Refinance
We’ve been having some great discussions on The Forum recently. One that came up was ‘What to do with the cash from a 0% Balance Transfer’. I thought it was
My 3 Part System for Earning Miles and Points
I’ve talked about my general strategy for earning miles and points before, but I think I’ve refined it, and I wanted to do a post just on this prioritizing aspect of
Exploring the Virgin Australia award chart
Yesterday MileValue wrote about the partnership between Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines, which allows points to be transferred between the two programs at a 1.35:1 ratio ..
Madagascar is Offering Foreign Carriers Cabotage Rights
Courtesy of WikiCommons
Air Madagascar, the country’s flag carrier is reeling from labor strikes that have gone on for a month so far. The result is that the country of Madaga..
The 20-cents-per-mile breakeven point for Delta and United mileage earning is still wrong
Regular readers know the sacred cows that get repeated daily by affiliate bloggers, which drive me bonkers whenever I accidentally glance at one:”The Chase Sapphire Preferred is ..
Best Travel Credit Card… For What?
Carrie makes fun of me because people often ask me, “what’s the best ?”, and I give them an answer like, “whatever works for you”. My thing is
Award booking fish tales: The ones that got away!
We see lots of analogies made in this miles-and-points game (or hobby, The Hobby or Obsession as may apply), but I think the one that best fits when it comes
A review of the Victoria’s Secret Angel Credit Card by Comenity Bank
Believe it or not, a lot of readers have asked me to write up the Victoria’s Secret credit card. And by “a lot of readers” I mean “Elaine in the comments