3 Days in New Orleans: Heading Home
I find airports the most peaceful at dusk
After a great time in New Orleans, it was finally time to head home. We had a little bit of a snafu on
Why I Cancelled my AAA Membership (and You Can, Too!)
For some reason, the familiar blue AAA card has been a mainstay on my key chain – although I’m not entirely sure why. I questioned this even further after going
How many Ultimate Rewards points do you stockpile?
I recently saw Frequent Miler bemoaning his low Ultimate Rewards balances and had to chuckle to myself. Why? Because I do my best to keep my Ultimate Rewards balance at the bare ..
Gift Card Churning Circles And Arrows Edition
In the last few weeks, I have received a tons of feedback about gift card churning. There is a lot of interest and requests on the basics. A big shout
Understanding how Spirit Airlines works
Spirit Airlines fascinates me. I’ve never flown them, but despite all the horror stories and “never-again” declarations I’ve heard from friends and anonymous Internet voices alik..
Understanding how Spirit Airlines works
Spirit Airlines fascinates me. I’ve never flown them, but despite all the horror stories and “never-again” declarations I’ve heard from friends and anonymous Internet voices alik..
3-16-2015 Portal Bonus Deals – Getting 11x or more points / $ at Staples… or 16x at Groupon…
I love mega-portal bonuses. Getting 8, 9, or 10x through a portal means you can rack up points and miles real quick. To me, this is much preferable to hanging
MacGyvering: The Secret To Travel Deal Success
Chasing the Points had a fun post recently about how successful travel hackers lean towards the entrepreneurial. I’ll go a step further and introduce you to my hero: Angus MacG..
Daily Getaways Preview: Alamo is The Best of the Lot. Here’s Why
Daily Getaways released their annual preview list today. To recap, Daily Getaways is an annual promotion that releases limited quantities of discounted hotel points and travel p..
Should you take out a loan to fund an Emergency Fund?
Disclosure, this isn’t a fake reader question, I was just trying to figure out a title that helped people look at things a bit differently.. Let’s tackle the mighty emergency
The excitement! Banana Republic Targeted 3x Until 5/31/2015
Hey folks! I’m back!!! Yes, things sure have been quiet around here lately… those of you that know me personally know that my life has been somewhat crazy over the
Day Tour to Sakarra, Giza Pyramids, and sailing the Nile
This is a continuation of the “vacation run” – a 50/50 mileage run / vacation my wife and I took to Cairo in January, 2015. Previous posts include: Etihad flight
Do this now: register for Q2 2015 cash back bonuses
Registration is open for cards offering rotating cash back bonus categories in the second quarter of 2015. Here’s the skinny:Chase Freedom. 5 non-flexible Ultimate Rewards points..
My Theory Of Getting A 3 Month Approval Cycle For Barclay Credit Cards
When Miles Whip posted on Doctor of Credit that Evolve was not charging fees for using a credit card because it was coming up as debit, I quickly reached over
Citi Thank You Cards Review
If you’re trying to figure out whether or not you should apply for a Citi ThankYou card, the answer is probably not. If you know what you’re doing with credit
Play the game without losing your mind! Points tracking spreadsheet
How do you keep track of your miles, points, cards and applications? This question that comes up regularly, and it scares me how little tracking some people do. Our points
How travel will make you wise
On a recent trip overseas, I had the chance to read British Airways’ in flight magazine: BusinessLife. It’s one of those few magazines I’ll pick up and read nearly cover
Credit card rewards analysis: how much are BBVA CompassPoints worth?
Doctor of Credit recently brought news of an interesting new card from BBVA Compass. I was absolutely thrilled to see this, in part because the card (the app is live
Weekend thoughts on killing deals
I saw a few interesting posts in the last few days about the ethics and mechanics of writing publicly about techniques to manufacture spend:Thoughts on Killing a $25K MS Deal —
Social Security Planning – The impact of delaying
The decision as to when you decide to take social is not to be taken lightly. Taking payments early will reduce the monthly amount, and delaying them will increase it,
In Case You Didn’t Know About People In This Hobby – They Are Entrepreneurs
Just wanted to say one word: “wow.” In the last two weeks after chatting and meeting with everyone, there’s one underlying, simple thing I wanted to mention that people might
Review of the Doha Marriott Hotel
This is a continuation of the “vacation run” – a 50/50 mileage run / vacation my wife and I took to Cairo in January, 2015. Previous posts include: Etihad flight
Reselling Deal! With a ~33% margin!
I realize that was kind’ve a clickbait title, but chalk this up to a Friday the 13th, and hope you get at least a good laugh!
The Deal
Via Dealnews – its