Archives for August 2013

This is the second part of Credit Card Cancelling like a Pro – and this time we will focus on the Citi Credit Cards.  Our goal is to reduce, eliminate or offset the annual recurring fee that comes with credit cards.  As discussed in part 1 of this series it is critical to go into […]

Our next vacation is coming up in two week and we are trying, for the second time, to reach Bermuda from New York.  The beauty of a ‘home port’ cruise is that you are able to avoid all of the Airport travel and security, and on day of departure you can wake up when you […]

It has long been touted that the British Airways Avios Program has best value when flying within North America on its Partner Airline American, or flying to certain locations in South America using LAN.  This post will explore some of the value sweet spots, and see if we can drill down on where the best […]

As I posted a few days ago, my family and I are on our way to the Middle East, specifically UAE, in a few months. I traveled extensively across the Levant when I was in the Peace Corps in Jordan but I have yet to see the Gulf region. I’m intrigued by the vast differences […]

Having signed up for both the Hyatt Visa from Chase and the Citi Reserve Hilton Visa this year we have found ourselves with quite the conundrum as to where to cash in the Two Free Nights coupons that come with meeting minimum spend on these cards, this is post 3 in the series, and explores […]

If you are planning to cancel a card due to an upcoming annual fee that you don’t want to pay, you may find it harder than you think to get rid of it.  Typically, when you call up the card company to cancel instead of sending you to the ‘Credit Card Cancelling Department’ they instead […]

I recently wrote a post about the best Hyatt Properties Worldwide to use your 2 Free Nights from the Hyatt Card.  Well, guess what, I also have the Citi Hilton Reserve Card, and that also comes with 2 Free Nights once you meet minimum spend.  So it’s back to the drawing board, and time to […]

The Travel Bloggersphere was a aflame with talk of the latest promotion from American Airlines.  It was offering people without Elite Status on the airline the opportunity to fast track to their three levels of Elite Status as follows:This is a vast reduction from the standard requirements to achieve this status:

I recently wrote about the free one way options using American Airlines, and in that I referenced just 6 major hubs where this works on. Brian, a reader of the site pointed out that it could be done on more than just those, so I started digging a little to see what other options were […]

A few weeks ago Matt asked if there was anyone out there that might like to post on Saverocity now and again. After a little contemplation, I realized that this would be the perfect opportunity for me to add to the travel hacking discussion without having to take the time to run the site myself. […]