On thought leadership
As regular readers know, I’m a podcast fanatic. The only thing better than being able to conveniently manufacture spend is being able to listen to great audio content while you
I burned two American Airlines Systemwide Upgrades for Business Class on an Embraer 175.
A couple of weeks ago, following ResellingDO, my wife and I had a 0600 flight to Miami, with a continuing flight on to Liberia, Costa Rica. The upgrade on the
I wonder what's going on with all these Hyatt promotions
I just updated my Hotel Promotions page with yet another Hyatt promotion, meaning there are currently 4 concurrently running Hyatt promotions (although two are only available to ..
Income Tax for the Reseller
Tax is a complicated subject. Taxes for the Reseller more so. One of the driving factors behind my interest in Reselling at this time is the complications that are thrown up
Drew’s Guide to Albania (& Macedonia)
As I mentioned in my complete guide to Eastern Europe, there were 4 countries we hadn’t been to – Albania, Macedonia, Moldova and Belarus… and Kosovo (although the UN doesn’t
Understanding ROI for fun and profit
Return on Investment, also known as ROI, is a very useful tool that is frequently misused. This misuse causes catastrophic, yet invisible, damage to profitability. It’s easy to..
My $4000 Travel Hacking Mistake
4 years ago, I started “travel hacking.” I have always focused on earning the points and miles with some kind of spend. Optimizing the usage of points and miles is a
Furniture store to launch hotel chain
How interesting… The West Elm furniture store chain is launching a boutique hotel chain:
The retail chain plans to open a line of West Elm hotels, with five locations beginning to
New Qantas A330 Business Class Seat
Over the summer, I had the chance to fly Qantas’ A330 New Business. It is phenomenal, and well worth the miles to fly it!Qantas announced that they would be installing
Some charts and tables for Starwood and Marriott points
Plenty of folks have already written about the opportunities opened up by the merging of the Starwood and Marriott programs. I’m not looking to restate what they said, so go
Could Basic Business Be Coming?
Gary Leff, among others, have written a bunch about Basic Economy, the concept that Delta has embraced, where customers essentially buy the seat. They get no miles for their flig..
Guest Post: Intercontinental San Juan and Touring San Juan
Craig recently had the chance to visit San Juan, Puerto Rico, a place I haven’t been to, and really haven’t seen a lot of coverage of late. He offered to
Wells Fargo update: in retrospect, this commenter was on to something
Many thanks to reader Steve for bringing to my attention a two-year-old comment from something I wrote in 2014 about a then-new Propel World Amex. Commenter Claire wrote:
Wells F..
My Art of Animation Dilemma
Greetings from the Art of Animation resort at Disney World. I have to admit I’m here for you, not me. I’ve stayed at just about every other Disney Value, Moderate
Transfer large blocks of Starpoints using Marriott Flight and Hotel Packages
Today Marriott closed its purchase of Starwood Hotels & Resorts and introduced point convertibility between the Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest programs. After link..
Marriott-SPG Program Future, Emirates, Second City Travel, Chase Sapphire Reserve
The Weekly 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 reflect
Quick hit: my content around the web
Although my posts this week have had a little bit of a focus on the personal finance side of travel hacking, I primarily use this website to write about the
The Road Trip Mistake I’ve Now Made Twice
Greetings from the Country Inn and Suites in Lumberton, North Carolina! I’m doing the I-95 drive from DC to Florida AGAIN and wanted to dash off a quick PSA before I forget.
The many flavors of negative-interest-rate loans
A negative-interest-rate loan is one which, over the course of the loan, requires the borrower to repay less than they originally borrowed. Such loans have received a lot of atte..
Solo Travel Part Two: Asia Edition
Ever since my most recent solo travel attempt didn’t pan out as expected, I’ve been eager to give this another shot. I had some free time over the next few weeks,
The PFD kids are ready to board the bank bonus gravy train!
The kids have been saving up their birthday and Christmas money (aside from some Lego extravagance, that is), so today Mrs. PFD took them out to open bank accounts for them.
More Changes Fulfillment by Amazon Storage Fees
Amazon has clearly been working hard to free up space in its Fulfillment Centers. First, preventing folks from sending in units when “sufficient supply existed in warehouses,” th..
Second City Travel: Going Beyond the Postcard
I was thrilled to see a feature on Marseille in a recent Washington Post Travel section. I have a love/hate relationship with WaPo Travel but they got this one right.