How do you want to think about budgeting for your hotel stays?
I’ve written a series of posts about my preferred metric for evaluating hotel loyalty programs, which I call imputed redemption values. This is a straightforward metric that tell..
Real Life Family Travel: Conflicts
I’ve learned a lot over the past eight years, first through traveling with my wife, then with my daughter, and now as a family of four. It’s easy to blog
My Go to Credit Cards for Sourcing to Resell
Reselling is cool, but reselling when you’re double and triple dipping is even more cool. Given my mile and point background, I rely heavily on mile and point earning credit
What do you think you are doing when you diversify investments?
Over the last year or so, I’ve read 20-30 books on investing, including short handbooks like The Index Card and somewhat more technical volumes like Jack Bogle’s Common Sense on ..
Episode 50 – Singapore, AMEX, and cheap Europe fares
Episode Description
We celebrate 50 episodes chatting about Singapore devaluation, AMEX platinum “enhancements”, what to do with all these cheap Europe fares, and reflection on
The ANA Hawaii A380 Livery Announced
It was a big deal when ANA announced that they would be taking on the A380’s that Skymark had ordered, as part of the agreement to take control of the
Why do we tax corporate profits?
There is a periodically-fashionable argument in the United States that a key obstacle to economic growth is the “double-taxation” of corporate earnings: once at the corporate lev..
Vote For Your Favorite Loyalty Programs in the Freddie Awards!
The Freddie Awards were introduced in 1988 by Randy Peterson, as a way to acknowledge the worlds best Loyalty Programs. Its important to note that the travel loyalty programs act..
Doubt, skepticism, and risk management
Late last week there was a widely-publicized deal allowing you to earn 150 Avios per dollar spent at Match.com (with follow-up here). I had an exchange on Twitter with Ralph at
Want a Quieter Hotel Room? Before You Check In, Do This
Greetings from the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC. I’ve had a lovely stay and will give a detailed review soon. This morning I just wanted to share a tip I learned
Star Alliance Gold Track Security Speeds You Through Security
Alliances are doing some cool new things now a days. Some are taking away flexibility, like OneWorld, but, others like Star Alliance are adding cool new features, like Star Allia..
The many flavors of investing activity
I’ve heard a lot of talk lately about the issue of investors and investment advisors who claim to be investing “passively” but are really just actively managing low-cost index fu..
Lessons Learned from Remodeling Week 8: Nobody Plays Their B-Side on Facebook
Welcome to my Lessons learned from remodeling journal. I thought it would be fun and instructive to share our remodeling journey week by week. I hope you can learn from
Belarus without a Visa, Hyatt Story, Little notice loyalty program devaluations
The Weekly Travel News Roundup is a collection of headlines from around the internet that caught the attention of the Tagging Miles team. Content on these blogs do not necessarily
Rebook your Hilton award reservations, but carefully
Some friends recently told me that since the latest changes to Hilton Honors went into effect they’d seen prices go down at some properties where they had existing reservations. I
Affordable Luxuries #1: candles, chocolate, car washes
Some people like luxury European automobiles, high-end kitchen ranges, and very old wine. As far as I can tell, these things are all outstanding, but they have one thing in common:
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Devaluation
Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program has announced that they will be amending their award chart and removing some key benefits. Worse, they’ve essentially given KrisFlyer members..
I’ll be holding off on solo dad vacations for awhile
If you follow me on Instagram, you might have caught the Instagram story I posted a few weekends ago: my first solo dad flight with my two kids. For background,
Blending earning and redemption rates
When an affiliate blogger is trying to sell you a credit card that allows you to redeem bank points against a travel purchase, they sometimes pull this fairly ingenious, if
Self-employment tip #1: use your EIN for everything
I am working on a project for my beloved readers that has quickly spiraled out of control and is taking me much more time to complete than even I had contemplated.
Irrational Investment Influence
I’ve been thinking about irrational investment influence a lot lately (a term I just made up – one not nearly as catchy as funge). Here’s how I define irrational investment
You can pay someone to harvest capital losses for you, but why would you?
A current fad in the world of personal finance and investing is so-called “tax-loss harvesting.” If you’re not familiar with the concept, tax-loss harvesting refers to the perfec..
Why staying at an on site Disney resort is worth it
Staying off site makes sense for a lot of families visiting Disney World, especially those on a tight budget. I’ve written before about how we rented a condo off site