Schoenberg's Marktplatz - in the heart of Niederbayern. 13 years, and so little has changed.

On Going Home Again

You leave home, you move on, you do the best you can I got lost in this whole world and forgot who I am…–Miranda Lambert, “The House That Built Me“My dear friend Trevor gave me some very interesting advice after his last trip to Thailand: “It’s very difficult to go home again.” On my Oktoberfest…

Weekly Travel News Roundup: August 22, 2014

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 the positions of Tagging Miles, and should not be considered endorsements. Have a great story we should read? Contact us now and let us know! Do…

Is travel after retirement out of the picture?

Are We Sustainable Into Our Retirement?

Generally speaking, when we use the term “sustainable,” we refer to manufactured spending and points hacking, in order to make sure we don’t kill the best deals. Trevor writes extensively about being a good steward of the community, and “treading lightly” through our hobby. However, the sustainability I wish to write about today is our…

Ice Cream Doesn’t Fix Uber’s Systemic Problems

I preface this article with the following disclaimer: ever since a poor experience with multiple UberX drivers in Boston, I’ve not been a fan of the 21st Century car service. I’ve also not been a fan of their customer service policy: instead of addressing the problems the customer faces, their customer service policy seems to…

On Freedom and The Pursuit of Happiness

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same” –Ronald ReaganThis past weekend, America marked the 238th year of being an independent and sovereign nation. Our nation – a…

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Exploring the “New” American Express Platinum Benefits

Please, stop me if you’ve heard this before. If American Express rolls out new “travel benefits” for Platinum cardholders, and nobody particularly cares, can they still truly be called “benefits?”As Trevor wrote about earlier, value is a loaded term that can be broadly defined. Which is why the latest American Express e-mail touting their “latest travel…