The right and wrong lessons from the Gamestop trading fiasco
Become a Patron!Like everyone on the internet, for the last few days I’ve been following the fascinating and hilarious story of the little message board that made a small dent
Episode 50: Luxury Family Travel, Points & Miles, and Disney w/Robin from Luxe Recess
Robert chats with Robin Hutson from Luxe Recess about luxury family travel trends, blending points & miles with a trip booked through a full-service…
Things to Keep in Mind About Airline Travel Bank Credits
Editor’s Note: The following Post is Guest written by Matt from Miles Earn and Burn. Special thanks to Matt for putting this resource together….
Episode 49: Grand Reserve World Mastercard
I received an offer via email the other day for a wine-focused rewards credit card I’ve been monitoring for a while, the Grand Reserve…
Episode 48: Booking Travel in 2021
We’re back today with a show we’ve talked about recording for some time now. The topic of booking travel in 2021 is a unique…
What the Times got right and wrong about travel hacking
The New York Times Magazine had an article in yesterday’s paper issue (although, confusingly, it’s been available online since last week) about travel hacking. I spoke to the aut..
Good reasons to own bonds
Become a Patron!For as long as I’ve been writing about money, I’ve been saying almost everybody owns too many bonds. My argument has nothing to do with “risk” or “volatility”
Quick hits: rollovers (hitting); awards (waiting); Chase targeted offers (missed me so far)
There are quite a few current and expired offers floating around right now that I want to put in one place to make it easy for readers (and me) to
Episode 47: Amex Enhances, Virgin Atlantic Devalues, and New Year Opportunities
We’re back with a packed No Annual Fee episode of the podcast. Let’s get right into it… 0:22 2021 Amex Perks/Offers (Summary from Amex)…
A tale of two Hyatts Place
Last week I took a road trip to neighboring Delaware to check out some of the beach communities we missed on our trip to Exmore in August. It was a
Understanding one (positive) nuance of the latest federal relief
Become a Patron!One of the most immediate consequences of the laziness of finance and economics reporters is that they’re incapable of exerting themselves to understand any issue..
How Citi Calculates Months for Retention Bonuses
I recently accepted a retention offer on my Citi Prestige card and bungled the timing of the spending requirement. I called Citi and discovered…
Ep. 150 – Festivus the Fifth
Episode Description
It’s a Festivus for the rest of us! We gather around the aluminum pole one last time and discuss our airing of grievances (it’s 2020, there were a lot),
50k MR or $500 Retention Offer on NEW Amex Platinum, No Spend Required
This is the most generous retention offer I’ve ever encountered.
Today I called Amex to see if there was any retention offer on my Aspire card, since I barely used the benefits ..
How big a deal is reinvestment risk?
Become a Patron!When financial professionals talk about investing, the conversation invariably turns to the question of “risks.” This is a term of art only vaguely related to its..
How I'm positioned going into 2021
With the end of the year in sight and the possibility of travel again appearing on the horizon, I thought it would be unusually desirous to take stock of my
12+ Luxury Expedia VIP Access Hotels to Consider Booking (before 1/31/2021)
We were discussing in Episode 104 of the podcast how the Citi Expedia card is set to devalue its best redemption (booking their “VIP…
[Expired] No Fee Hilton Aspire Upgrade Offer [Regularly $450]
Update (12/15/2020): We had CF Frost on Episode 106 of the podcast to discuss this deal and all things Amex Update (12/15/2020): It appears…
Is investment behavior “coaching” possible?
Ever since I took my first job in college as a sandwich artist, I’ve been suspicious of the American reluctance to talk about money. The franchisee scumbag who hired me
Shop Talk: Keep These Things in Mind Before Pursuing Hyatt Globalist
Welcome back to another edition of Shop Talk – our “podcast on paper” where we do a deeper dive here on the blog on…
Ep. 149 – Dubai w/ Spencer Howard
Episode Description
Spencer Howard from Straight to the Points and the amazing award newsletter swings by. We celebrate a big life change before moving on to discuss his recent t..
Register for Hyatt free night earning opportunity (and other Chase grocery offers)
There’s a great opportunity right now for Chase World of Hyatt and legacy Hyatt cardholders, so I want to remind readers to register for both offers (and some other available
PSA: Use Firefox to link Rakuten to your Amex account
Rakuten is in the news a lot lately. Between various 15% cashback deals at stores like Saks 5th Avenue, and the 90-100% cashback on the LifeLock, there are some good deals. Fur..