Archives for February 2013

American Express Membership Rewards are a great program that have many options to redeem, personally I enjoy their transfer Partner options and use the Membership Rewards to top up points balances as and when needed.Today I tried to transfer a small amount of points to Mrs Saverocity, to boost her balance ready to make a […]

Our recent App-O-Rama’s have us with quite some spend to achieve, this post will outline how I plan to manage it so that we don’t miss out on any of the credit card spending bonus that come with new card signups.Hilton Cards in this post I highlighted a series of Hilton Card applications that I […]

I want to give a shout out to the Frequent Miler, and suggest if you like his work please consider using his affiliate links to sign up for new cards.  Bloggers use affiliate links to earn income; typically we blog about things that are passionate to us, and in my case that is Life Hacking, […]

Staples is a great company for creating manufactured spend, primarily because you are able to use the Ink Bold Card from Chase to earn 5x Ultimate Rewards, these points transfer to United and Hyatt, along with some other partners at a 1:1 ratio – personally I store my Ultimate Rewards in their present form and […]

The idea of Manufactured Spend is a cornerstone of Travel Hacking, without it garnering enough Frequent Flyer Miles, Hotel Points and Cash Back to travel in style is beyond most of us.  Unless you are a business owner who is able to charge off 6 figure sums per year you’ll take far to long to […]

Playing the Transfer Partner Game Based on the upcoming changes to the Hilton Program that I outlined yesterday I am trying to see how I can best position myself to weather the storm.  Simply what I want to do is burn through any Hilton Honors that I might have now before the devaluation date of March 28th… […]

All Loyalty programs devalue their points, but the one coming from Hilton is epic, so I strongly suggest you make your reservations soon, since once they are booked in they should be safe.  The program Changes are scheduled to come into effect on March 28th.Currently the program looks like this: Category – HHonors Points 1 […]

In this post I will explore how to make the first steps into booking award travel.  I’m assuming you have  a destination in mind, though often that is one of the hardest things to pick after being at this game for a while. Step 1 Airline Alliances for Partner AwardsFirstly, make yourself familiar with the […]

Consumer Warning – I have heard that EnergyPlus has not been honoring mileage signup bonuses, whether through a link like this or through a targeted mail.  There is currently a class action suit with them.  I am waiting to see what they offer me, but in the meantime I wouldn’t recommend you signup for this […]

Earn AAdvantage Miles from Money Orders by USPS I’m sharing this deal since the Merger between American and US Airways is pretty much approved and my feeling is that the AAdvantage program will go away soon, so lets get as many folk in on the deal before it is taken away. Get on this now, and […]