The Reason You’re Seeing So Much Stuff About Disney Lately
The Kitchen Sink at Beaches and Cream. Walt Disney World, Jan 2015
Greetings from Disney World (again)! Yes, I know it’s season of Disney over here, but last minute fare sales
Hilton brand standards, for anybody who’s interested
I was looking around for boring details of how Hilton’s rewards program works and I happened to find the Hilton Brand Standards, which a handful of you may find interesting.
Quick hits: American Express gift card denominations and Smart & Final
I’m enjoying lovely San Diego but wanted to share two quick hits that passed my desk yesterday.TopCashBack tracks multiple $2,000 American Express gift cards in a single orderBac..
Squeezing more economy seats into less space
I’m not at the Aircraft Interior’s Expo (#AIX15), but I’m certainly following Twitter on it. For those of you who may not be familiar with #AIX15, its the largest aircraft interi..
Be Careful With Using All Those eBay Gift Cards And Deals
Money Metagame has been running loops around me in gift card churning through eBay. yesterday, he posted the limitations with using eBay gift cards and why he used so much eBay
Is Indonesia really adding to their Visa-free list or not?
When I first saw @CanadianKMs tweet this a few weeks ago, I thought it was great.
Canadians and Americans now get Visa-Free access to Indonesia! Yay! http://t.co/VTdRDx4RZs
— Jef..
Another App Giveaway
I’ve come across two (2) codes to give away for Grey Cubes and three (3) Noisli app.
Please leave a comment with a working email stating which app you will like.
Mountain Collective – Small Price Raise, Still Great Value
I have raved and written extensively about this ski season ticket a lot in the past, but it really is an excellent deal and one of the few ways to
10 Unique and Unusual Places to Stay in the USA
Do you ever get tired of staying in the same kinds of hotels vacation after vacation? Are you adventurous, fun, and a bit quirky? Do you like seeing places from
Iberia Plus requires a positive points balance to search oneworld award space
Iberia and British Airways, two of the airlines that use Avios as their rewards currency, have long had a number of differences in their award charts. British Airways charged each
My Opinion: Must Read Credit Card Tidbits And News
First I want to start, with an introduction of my friend Noah’s blog called Money Metagame. He’s jumped into gift card churning and is on pace for numbers quicker than
An invitation to beta test a thing
I don’t really know what this thing is yet. It’s quite possible it’ll be another one of those over-technified, but functionally useless concepts we see bouncing around the Intern..
24x at Magazines.com through United Mileage Plus Shopping Portal and why you shouldn’t bite
It’s not often that I get a bit of excitement from an e-mail from United, but I did have some excitement at first when I received this:
It may not be
True Deal Mommy Confession: I Screwed Up Deal Girl’s Passport
And it was all going so smoothly.
Flights booked? Check.
Suites with Diamond Upgrades booked? Check.
Passports renewed? Not so much.
Turns out Deal Girl’s passport expired in Jan..
How much MS do you need for 5 years of fancypants travel?
I asked this question last night on twitter, and got a couple of responses, and I’d like to dive into it further in this post. Let’s say you are starting
When are more points worth more than fewer points?
Back in January I posed the rhetorical question, “Should all manufactured spend go through American Express gift cards?” and outlined a number of practical problems with using Am..
Shopping Directly With The Retailer Sometimes Does Not Make Sense
When we were in Charlotte for #FT4RL over dinner, a reader, Bret, asked me a great question. He asked me if there are any lessons that I’ve learned with the
Southwest, British Airways, and Tax Day – April Woes
I’m not sure why, but it seems like April is a popular time for devaluations to go into effect this year; worse yet, this is the week! So, just a few
Three cheers for Category 1 redemptions!
Every now and then somebody raises the concern that points and miles blogs focus too much on the luxury travel aspect of this hobby. I think there’s something to that, but
Metaponto: A Treasure Trove of Greek Antiquity (in Italy)
Treasures from the Metaponto Museum
I wanted to share with you today a Southern Italian town that was hard to find but worth the hunt: Metaponto. Being along the Ionian Coast
Controlling the Magic of Compound Interest
If I had a dollar for every article I have seen lauding the magic of compound interest I’d be able to go have a nice steak dinner somewhere. Or I
5x Is Not 5x Everywhere
You already know that 5x earnings in miles is different than 5% in cash because 5x in miles that value depends on your needs and how your valuation. For instance,
One Chasing Mall Points Tool Will Go Away
I learned today from Doctor of Credit that Cashback Monitor added a history table of the data they’re scraping. This is awesome news! I’ve been wanting to set it up since