“Horizontal equity” is a perfectly reasonable idea used exclusively to make bad arguments
Become a Patron!Every once in a while a term of art is plucked from the world of academic literature and spread around like manure by journalists and pundits until people
Best Use Of Marriott 35,000 Point (cat 5) Free Night Certificate
Marriott has regularly run promotions where you get a free night certificate up to 35,000 points (category 5 hotels) after you complete two stays.
This is actually a great pro..
TBT: Buying Cheese For Miles
Today we launched the new Travel Is Free Podcast!
If you’ve already listened to our first episode – which was just my co-host Dave and I – then you’ve already heard
Episode 21: Boutique European Hotels, Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Review, London, Venice and Rome With a Family of Four
And….We’re Back! Spring break is over and we’re here with a jam packed episode. Today we cover: News: 0:30 Chase 30% Transfer Bonus to British Airways (link) Through June 16,
A legal riddle: what's the difference between avoiding and evading a reporting requirement?
For years, I’ve held what I think is the mainstream view in the travel hacking community:virtually everything travel hackers do is legal;so there’s no reason to conceal what you’..
Travel Is Free Podcast – Episode 1: How The Game Has Changed
Announcing the Travel Is Free podcast! Weekly and available here and on the major podcasting platform… except iTunes (because software sucks and it sends me in a login loop, desp..
The one weird health insurance trick that saved me $23,000 on an appendectomy
Howdy folks! Long time, no see. I’m not planning on getting back into blogging on a regular basis, but this story was interesting, financially speaking, and I thought I’d pass
Three bad and one good way to think about public higher education and tuition
Elizabeth Warren made a splash this week with her plan to both ensure public higher education is tuition-free and forgive up to $50,000 per student of the existing stock of
Success removing a disputed item from my Experian credit report
Last month I explained the process I followed to dispute a derogatory remark on my Experian credit report. Experian told me it would take a month to resolve, and sure
My Experience with Tours & Activities Booked through the Chase Expedia Portal
We just got back from a week in Europe where we did tours and activities in London, Venice, and Rome – all booked through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal. I
Chart(s) of Hotel Loyalty Program Benefits & Rewards
While I just did a piece on hotel loyalty programs that was fairly critical (using data), this post is really meant for those who are looking to compare loyalty programs.
Perh..
How were those non-loyalty European hotels booked through the Chase Expedia portal?
A few months ago I wrote about booking all of the hotels for a week-long trip to London, Venice and Rome through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal. It’s powered by
Complete List of Airline Award Charts
This post is important to bookmark (not that I’m biased) because of the award charts that are unique to this site. (Although you can also visit this any time by
Episode 106 – Delta, Dynamic Awards, and visiting every country with Stefan from Rapid Travel Chai
Episode Description
Stefan Krasowski from Rapid Travel Chai swings by to talk about his loyalty to Delta, how miles and points have brought him to the precipice of completing his..
A Trick To Save On Delta Miles Flights
If you weren’t excited about the results of the Delta Miles Calculator from your city, I may have a trick for you…
For many cities, there are Delta flights for only
You’re Doing It Wrong: Hotel Loyalty… At All!
This is the most “opinion piece” like post I’ve done in a very long time…
However, I tried to apply my same data-driven approach to analyzing the cost of loyalty.
There are many ..
Best Category 1 & 2 Hilton Honors Hotels
DoubleTree Darwin, Australia
Of all the hotel programs, Hilton Honors has the largest spread in points costs. The most expensive points hotel costs 95,000 points and the cheapest..
What would total employer-employee collusion look like?
Become a Patron!I’ve lately been researching some employer-side tax benefits and binge-listening to an organized-crime-themed comedy podcast, which I’m not going to name because ..
United Stopover Q&A
For the next two hours, I’ll be on social media and the blog answering questions about United stopovers.
Ask any question (there are no dumb questions here) about Untied stopover..
If you have employees, adopt a written paid family and medical leave policy right now
Become a Patron!While doing some research for another project, I was reminded that in the CPA Full Employment Act of 2017, Republicans included a tax credit for employers offerin..
Complete Guide To United Stopover Tricks
While I have gone over a lot of my findings on United Stopover and Routing Rules, I have never gone into the nerdy details of what is possibly driving United’s
Announcing The New Delta SkyMiles Calculator
While we just launched the Delta Miles Award Chart, that’s mostly for international and SkyTeam flights. We found flights to most regions, like China, are consistently the same p..
Tips and Tricks: Booking JAL Premium Cabin Awards for a Family of Four
Have you ever arrived at an event – say a theme park – right when it opened and felt like other people had been there long before you? Disney does