I’m sure you’ve heard of expensive Christmas Presents or trips, like a week on Necker Island, or Neiman Marcus’ 2016 Fantasy Gifts, and lest we forget the Thousand Mile Secrets Amazon Holiday Shopping Guide! Well, if none of those are to your fancy, then perhaps Staples’ Costliest Product could be!Courtesy of Slickdeals, Staples’ costliest product is–you…
A few of weeks ago, I flew out to Taipei for the weekend. Flying home, my wife and I were on Cathay Pacific, however my wife was in First Class, and I was in Business Class. First world problems, for sure. I had been looking for space via the British Airways Award search tool to…
Every so often, I see Gary Leff put out a post offering to answer travel questions. Its an excellent idea, and over the past couple of weeks, as I’ve been working on guides (like the Primer on National Rental Car), that will be posted in the semi-near future, I thought it would be valuable to…
I had a fun tweet last night to my friend Freequent Flyer, who offered me inspiration to be better in his post on Thursday. In reality, he offered that inspiration via Twitter:And that got me to thinking. We are in the best time of the year. College Football Season! But, we’ve been a few years…
In an amazingly–I dare say–Nostradamus-like display of confidence, the Cabinet of Ministers announced: Turkey to cancel winter.The news wasn’t particularly well communicated. Many frequent travelers received notices like this, received by Jonathan Khoo:Normally, cancelling winter takes a lot of planning, because there are quite a bit of factors, for example, there’s that pesky shift to daylight…
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 advance seat selection, in fact, if they are elites, they are not even eligible for an upgrade. American is embracing this idea as well.From a consumer perspective, I think…
I had the chance to chat with the guys at RewardStock a short time ago, participating in their Expert Interview series (their first interview was for Richard Kerr, founder of Travel Hacking 101).You can check out the review here,There’s a handful of topics that we covered, and even more than we didn’t have time for.…
The Washington Post reports that the FBI has closed the D B Cooper case. If the name isn’t familiar, it should be. You see, D B Cooper hijacked a plane, stole money and jewelry from those on board, then parachuted off, via the aft door of a 727.The Washington Post describes the event: The case…
Late last week, the Joes and I recorded an episode of the Saverocity Observation Deck Podcast, Talking TSA.Its a fun episode. We covered TSA, some of its history, discussed the long lines, some possible options (as I’ve shared before). We also shared strategies for getting through faster – with an Up in the Air quote here and there!As an…
Anyone in the Miles and Points game will tell you – meet-up events are great for networking with fellow mile, point, and travel folks. So, Richard Kerr (Founder of the Travel Hacking 101 Group), Dan Nainan, world traveling comedian from the Last Comic Standing (except when he’s in a layflat, we hope!), are co-hosting a…