1-15-15 Holy crap, y’all! I’m ranked #138 of 226,000 on Jet.com. Don’t Miss Special Q&A today!
Wow. Thanks to a huge push from you my loyal readers (and even my disloyal ones who voted for Frequent Miler and Grant in the Travel Summary Awards – no
Risks and Rewards of dummy bookings
I procrastinated so much on my recent award booking. My heart said JFK-LAX on a fancy plane, my head said take the crappy plane and waste less time. I found myself going
Saverocity Charity Update – get involved
Last year I reinstated Credit Card affiliate links in order to help support charity. It’s a simple way to turn affiliate revenue, which can cause conflicts of interest, into a
What I Have Been Doing Recently
As I’ve previously mentioned, you need to follow your favorite blogger. As bloggers in the credit card arena, at some point, our content will intersect. It is inevitable, but there
@SirPatStew acting out your favorite fellow airline passengers
I first saw this shared by @airlineflyer, but didn’t get the chance to share it until half or more of the blogosphere shared it. Usually I’d refrain, but I had
1-14-15 BigHabitat Contests Travel Summary Award Results, Beats Frequent Miler; Jet.com Ranking up 214,000
In case you weren’t aware, BigHabitat was nominated for two awards in the Third Annual Travel Summary Awards!
You can check out the results here on Travel Summary.
I was pleasant..
Do you go for the free lapchild seat?
I know, I’m a boring bastard – but you just bookmark this stuff now for when you grow up and have kids m’kay…. I spoke yesterday about how I had
Dueling Alliance Lounges at Tokyo-Haneda Airport
This is part of our Thanksgiving Round the World trip, you can find my initial thoughts / intro here, Flying All Nippon Airways Square Class, Flying All Nippon Airways Business
My Interesting AMEX Open Savings Scenario
I just want to throw this out there that I really, really miss the OPEN savings from OfficeMax.com. That deal silently died and I don’t think many people realize how awesome
1-14-15 Referrals are Fun! Act fast for free 6-month Jet.com membership. Don’t question, just do it!
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the overwhelming response to the Upromise promo yesterday. Don’t worry, if you asked for a referral you will get one from me or someone
Amazon has a new competitor called Jet. Here’s how to get a free membership! Plus, how to get an easy $20
The latest BusinessWeek has a pretty interesting story on a man by the name of Marc Lore, who’s gearing up to take on Amazon. He sold his first venture, Diapers.com, to Amazon
Fidelity AMEX Becomes a 5% Card But Up to $500 Purchase
Saw this in my email today and thought it was interesting to see our trusty 2% Fidelity American Express has 5% back in certain categories for purchases up to $500.
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Synchrony credit cards part 2: The ones I don’t have
Other posts in this series:
Comenity credit cards
Synchrony credit cards part 1
Why write about retail credit cards?
It’s time to take a break from my journalistic watchdog act..
Extended Family Travel: Keeping the Fun in Dysfunctional
Raise your hand if you have a dysfunctional family. Me neither (in case my mom is reading this). The truth is, every family has its ‘moments’. It comes from having
I just changed my entire Frequent Flyer strategy
Well, I still don’t pay for flights. But I’ve made a massive change to my frequent flyer miles bank, and joined 3 new programs. Amusingly, I think most, if not
1-13-15 Is this Upromise $20 referral deal the best ever? Get $20 just for enrolling!
In my inbox today I saw something interesting from Upromise.
It was a referral offer for $20 to refer friends to Upromise. You get $20 in your account when you open
1-13-15 BigHabitat Ends War with BigHabitat.fr
Long, long, time readers of the blog may remember my fued with archnemisis site bighabitat.fr. Of course that site has nothing to do with points and miles, and was actually
I Think I Would Have Killed My Golden Goose Because Of A Clerical Error
If you’ve been following along with my recent posts, I’ve tried a different method of emptying out my prepaid cards. I am buying a bunch of money orders with a
Touring the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, Japan
This is part of our Thanksgiving Round the World trip, you can find my initial thoughts / intro here, Flying All Nippon Airways Square Class, Flying All Nippon Airways Business
Gift Card Economics – Everyone’s a winner!
A common question among the masses is, how can American Express pay you to buy gift cards? There are rebates that vary between 1-2.25% currently, and 4% or so have
Wanna Save on a Disney Vacation? Grab Your Passport!
I’m a well-documented Disney Nut. However, Orlando is not my favorite place on earth. Visiting Disney is pretty much the only reason I go there. We tend to go for
Forward Cabin plagiarism scandal: a second accusation surfaces!
I recently wrote about what looks for all the world like a clear-cut case of plagiarism by The Forward Cabin, a BoardingArea blog. Last week our esteemed leader Matt contacted Ra..
Home for the Holidays: Grand Hyatt Taipei King Suite Review
We spent our five nights in Taipei at the Grand Hyatt Taipei which is conveniently located outside of Taipei 101. I used a Diamond suite upgrade to confirm into a