How I Made Hanoi Work for The Deal Kids
The Thang Long Water Puppets- a highlight of our time in Hanoi.
I wanted to give a follow up on my post about the Deal Kids getting Culture Shock in Hanoi
Episode 11 (7/10/15) – Free-quent Flyer and Full Time(ish) Manufactured Spending
Free-quent Flyer isn’t the hero the blogosphere wants, he’s the hero the blogosphere needs
Episode Description
Wherein we interview Gideon the Free-quent Flyer in a supersized po..
Citi Prestige Benefits, the demise of SyncAssist, #Avgeeks see 787 at DCA, Blogging Full Time, and United’s IT woes
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
My first ever Travel (self) Insurance claim
Unlike many codswallop’s out there, I don’t think you should take out travel insurance. Travel insurance is for your granny, who books her coach trips on Greyhound, via fax mach..
Choice Privileges is a weird loyalty program
On Monday I wrote for the first time about Choice Privileges, the loyalty program of Choice Hotels International. They have a seemingly generous rewards program, with their Barcl..
Pro Tip: Unlocking Extra Value, Change Your Credit Card Statement Closing Dates
Today, I want to give you a little bit of what I learned from my accounting class and a tiny bit of supply chain, working capital. Emphasis below is mine.
INVESTOPEDIA
How to value an annual fee offer
I wrote yesterday claiming that a 70K no fee might be better than an 80K, the people being paid to promote the 80K offer disagreed with me, as did Ben,
Aspiration
It’s been a while since I did a product review, but Aspiration leaped out at me this week. We started to discuss them in the Forum to see if they
Would you fly to 6 continents only on Low Cost Carriers?
The Flight Deal had an interesting Twitter conversation with the real_jetsetr (aka Michael) yesterday talking about a way to fly just Low Cost Carriers (LCC) to 6 of the 7
7-9-15 Backcountry Amex Sync Deal Take 2; Some Tablet Deals @50% Off
Yesterday I reported on a way to use the backcountry.com Amex Sync deal of $30 off $100.
The plan was fairly straightforward and works with most stores:
Buy individual $100 gift..
7-8-15 One way to Salvage the Backcountry.com Amex Sync $30 back on $100 deal and earn 13x points.. or killer deals on Fitbits and GoPros
If you’re like me, you love Amex Sync deals. Now they all can’t be no-brainers like the Target/Walmart $30 back on $100, or the Staples $75 back on $250 which
What Credit Cards Are We Getting?
We’re continuing our Europe tour and it’s been quite a while since we’ve gotten a credit card and I’m working through my options at the moment. There are a few things
My Experience With Vietnam Visa on Arrival
Hello from Hanoi*! We arrived late last night and I wanted to share my experience with Vietnam Visa on Arrival because, frankly, at first I thought it was a bit
How Do You Help Kids Through Culture Shock?
My Impromptu Cure for Culture ShockI planned as soft a landing as I possibly could. I’m Vendoming the hotels and even planned our first day in Hanoi as a meltdown
PSA – the Marriott 80,000 offer perhaps isn’t worth it.
I just heard that the Marriott Rewards card has increased its offer to 80,000 points, you will too as it will be slammed over the web by credit card affiliate
The Haul revisited.. then, and now.
Nick, over at PFDigest recently wrote the seminal piece “are we all doomed?” In which, he quoted the overly positive post by Marathon Man and posited on the state of
Quick hit: activating Sam's Club gift cards
Back in June I wrote about my super-boring strategy to take advantage of an American Express Offer for You of $20 off $20 or more spent at Sam’s Club.It turned out to
11 Pet Friendly Hotel Chains for your next vacation with Fido
Hipmunk did an interesting study on which US Cities and States are most pet friendly. Its interesting that at the top level, only 41% of US hotels are pet friendly.
The Golden Age of Points and Miles Is Over
A while back, the mysterious figure known as Marathon Man lamented the end of numerous good deals. His list:
Ø Portals for Staples GCs are gone
Ø Green Dot cards went cash
7-6-15 BigHabitat Jet.com Early Access Redo Winners; Target Ipad Deal
As you probably know, I recently botched the drawing for winners for a 6-month trial of Jet.com with immediate pre-launch access to the site. Fortunately, Jet.com gave me 10 more
Getting to South America in 2 Miles Tickets
There are so many cheap options to get to South America, but I want to talk about booking tickets to South America using two different mileage programs.
Earlier I wrote about thi..
Arrival+ devaluation and imputed redemption values in a 2.11% world
Last week a number of bloggers “confirmed” some forthcoming changes to the Barclaycard Arrival+ MasterCard. The trouble is, they confirmed different things!Amol at Travel Codex w..
3 Reasons Why You Should Not Play The Gift Card Arbitrage Game
I like to tell anyone who reads the blog that they should be buying and selling gift cards for cheap points. I highly recommend it. There seems to be a