Will Icarus Lose His Wings? Rolling Stone takes on the Miles and Points game
I have a confession to make: When I started in this game, 5+ years ago, I was a huge fan of Lucky otherwise known as Ben Schlappig. He inspired my first
[Master List] Hotel Award Charts
Simple, but I had a new idea for a resource. I went to get a Hyatt award chart and noticed none had all of the options in one place. None.
How does the Club Carlson annual free night benefit work?
IntroductionOn June 1, the US Bank Club Carlson co-branded credit cards underwent a serious devaluation: the last-night-free benefit was eliminated, and replaced with a single, d..
Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Review: Better Than I Expected
Images from Room 700 at the Sheraton Tokyo Bay.
Sheraton Grande Tokyo Bay Review
I haven’t had great success with the Sheraton Brand lately. Maybe I’m just spoiled from my Hyatt..
IHG PointBreak (Jul 27 – Oct 31)
The PointBreaks Preview is out and will be fully bookable Monday for stays Jul 27 – Oct 31.
You can find the list of hotels here. But it’s essential to know a few
Raise Promo Code: Extra 5% off 15 Top Stores Gift Cards Including Rite Aid at 21% Off
Raise has 15 stores on their TAKE5 Promo Code (for an extra 5% off) list this weekend. Check your math as you may do better with promo code RAISE75AF if
AA LAX-SYD Flight On Sale Monday, Inside Emirates’ Catering, Cruise line to buy a Dreamliner, Routes known only by #Avgeek
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How to glamp right. Hint: don't be me
I’m still recovering from a 3-night glamping adventure, so no serious miles-and-points analysis today. Instead, here are my thoughts on what you should keep in mind when going gl..
Camp Mom Asia Recap: 1 Mom, 2 Kids, 30 Days, 19K Miles…and 7 Prescriptions
Deal Kid and his new friend, Yoshiharu.
I’m just back from 19,177 miles of travel in 30 days with The Deal Kids (and Deal Dad for the first 14). MANY posts
Stop using the phrase “opportunity cost” poorly
*This post was actually written and rewritten months ago and exile is giving me an excuse to finally publish it. Hope it doesn’t offend anyone, because I’m pretty sure half the
Completed The $20kChallenge And Here Are The Results
As promised, my next update on the $20kChallenge is my last one. Completing the challenge was not very sexy because I can put all of the vendors on two hands for
Everyone in this hobby is bad at math
Right now I’m quasi-exiled and as I said, this week I’ll have some pre-written posts. And in the case of today and tomorrow’s posts, I wrote these (as one post) awhile
How to get out of a bad Roth IRA
Reader Eric commented on my ‘Experience opening up a Roth IRA‘ post to ask if he had been sold a poor investment for his Roth… sadly this is an example
Thoughts towards earning domestic airline miles as cheaply as possible
[For reasons I cannot begin to understand, I am camping far from civilization this week. I have a couple posts scheduled, but won’t be participating as actively as usual in
PayPal Digital Gifts Order Failure Solved
Some Background:
Earlier this year, PayPal Digital Gifts emerged as a reseller to gift cards on eBay and it has been nice to have another vendor to purchase gift cards on
The Single Best Use of Marriott Redemption: Hotel & Air Packages
I’m absolutely convinced that there is one use of Marriott points that is by far the best. The value of miles is always greater than hotel points, but in this case, you
The Logistical Workings of Reselling
My friend Nick, who writes Personal Finance Digest asked me a great question, that I think really weighs into this whole reselling stuff that I write about. It was in response
Can current cardholders get one more TripIt Pro subscription from Barclaycard Arrival+?
[For reasons I cannot begin to understand, I am camping far from civilization this week. I have a couple posts scheduled, but won’t be participating as actively as usual in
Buying And Selling Gift Cards Is Changing And You Need To Pay Attention
I can write about gift cards until your eyes bleed because whenever something comes up I can write about it at my own pace. In an in person setting, I need
On Children, Convenience, and Being Cheap
I’ve spent the last two podcasts talking about how I was going to write this post but it took this from Matt to finally kick my butt into serious gear.
Thanks to our
7-20-15 Groupon Coupon / Insane Dell TV deals with Discover Double Cashback / The Dell EPromo Merry-Go-Round
Big Ebay Gift card sale
First if you didn’t see my retweet from orensmoneysaver.com check out his site for a recap. Another good summary is MilestoMemories writeup. Both these ..
Big Picture Thoughts
We’re coming to the end of our trip to Cancun, and i’ve been giving some thought to the couple of decisions we made on this trip. The big one was
[Chart] Best Hotel Credit Card Annual Benefits
Instead of making a chart of credit card signup bonuses, I wanted to make one of annual bonuses, but decided to include annual fee, passive benefits, and foreign transaction fee…