Lazy Weekend in Lyon: Kid Friendly Activities in Lyon
She was packed and ready to go but wasn’t coming…
On our short trip to Lyon, we opted to leave our daughter – we just figured it would be more fun
Is Vanilla Reload Finally Dead?
Many of you may have received an e-mail from American Express about your Bluebird accounts this afternoon. If you have not yet, it is probably coming. Brace yourselves: it’s not
Revisiting my Star Alliance Identity Crisis: United Airlines
Last week, I wrote about the particular problem I have with Star Alliance. After having Aegean Airlines Gold Status for the past two years, I’m disappointed to find out that
American Express Sync Offer Updates
I’ve written about American Express Sync Offers quite a few times in the last year and half like here, here, here, here, and here and a few other times like
Visa on Arrival to India now available!
Today I received an e-mail from Oberoi Hotels and Resorts, a pretty amazing hotel group in India–where I had the chance to visit their property in Agra, where I saw
Automating Your Telephone Calls
This post was a guide to automating how to change your PIN, today’s will be a quick guide of how you can take it further besides just changing your PIN.
Ingenius Travel Hack? Or Fraud?
Sometimes when we operate in the travel hacking or manufactured spending sphere, I have to stop and think: is it right?
I’ll frame your mindset with the following excerpt from the
Hyatt Gift Cards 14.5% Off: If You Don’t Have an AMEX Biz Card, Grab This!
Just got a note about Hyatt Gift Cards are an extra 3% off with code JINGLE on Raise till 12/17 (on top of 7% for a total of 10%). I
Initial Thoughts of my Round the World Thanksgiving trip
A couple of weeks ago I got back from a Round the World Thanksgiving trip with my wife and mother in law. This was something of a bucket list trip
Kimpton acquired by IHG! Why I think it is great news
I just received an email from Kimpton to inform me that IHG has acquired them. This is interesting news since IHG themselves were the subject of a failed acquisition just
Insane! The 50k Per Month Opportunity We’ve Been Missing
In researching for my next post, I stumbled upon a gold mine. I am not sure how we, a group of highly trained expert manufactured spenders, missed this. We could
Chase Ultimate Rewards Makes Me Nervous
I don’t want to cause any panic, and I want to label this as still developing. You may have noticed that the Ultimate Rewards Mall has been rebranded as “Shop
Papa Johns Free Large Pizza with $25 Gift Card, Plus Gift Card Bonus Round-Up
Just saw a gift card deal from Groupon that’s worth its own post: $25 gets you both a $25 gift card to Papa John’s and a coupon for a free
AMEX Offers $30 Back on $100 at Deal Mommy Fave One Kings Lane (And $15 Invite Credit if You’re New)
One Kings Lane is new to the AMEX offers list with $30 back on $100 purchase. OKL is my go-to for travel gifts and funky finds, especially vintage prints and
American Express Offers 40% Transfer Bonus on British Airways Avios.
The object of my affection.
Regular readers know of my passion for Avios. I was so happy to see that through 1/15/05, British Airways is offering a 40% bonus on American
AMEX to British Airways transfer bonus is back!
Finally, a long-awaited feature that makes American Express Membership Rewards points more valuable is back. Through January 31, 2015 there is a 40% transfer bonus to British Air..
How To Automate Changing Prepaid Card PIN
In the past, I purposely avoided cards that required you to dial in a number to change the PIN. If I can avoid the phone I will. I was at
Coming Soon – Great new AMEX Platinum Benefit
I just received an e-mail stating that American Express (AMEX) Platinum card members will soon get:
10 complimentary Gogo inflight internet passes each calendar year.
I put it i..
How my Hotel stacks up against my House
I’m traveling again, it seems like forever since we have done this, and it is fantastic! As I walked into this latest hotel room, the Radisson Blu Madrid Prado, I
Reminder: Last Day to Register for Chase Freedom 4Q 5% Categories!
Today is the last day to register for the Chase Freedom 4th quarter cash back category, which includes Amazon, Zappos and select department stores. While the 4th quarter bonuses..
12-14-14 Hot – Staples $20 epromo with $100 Gift Card; Galaxy Pro 10″ Tablet with 1 year unlimited GoGo for $319
This is an old holiday favorite… it seems Staples has a tradition of offering a $20 epromo certificate with $100 Gift Card purchase around the holidays. This works out to
Visiting Aberdeen, Hong Kong
This was part of our November, 2014 quick trip to Hong Kong. The other parts of the trip are: Flying the American Air 777-300ER, Saturday Special: Hyatt Regency Hong Kong,
Swagbucks – review and $200 giveaway!
I’d heard of Swagbucks as a shopping portal, and was recently approached by them regarding their product. Upon further exploration I learned that they a lot more going on than