Archives for March 2014

When working in the service industry we would regularly receive training on improving the customer experience.  One of these seminars stuck with me for the longest time, and whenever I hear the phrase ‘No Problem’ I am drawn back to the lesson. The seminar started with a video of people working in the service industry, […]

In the next installment of ‘Meet the Players’ I’d like to introduce you to Trevor from QuickCityVisits – Trevor is one of the most audacious of the players, as he started off the tournament by galavanting off to Thailand rather than busting a gut in Walmart with the rest of the troops.  From my perspective he […]

I wanted to write a post about available hotel options in Charlotte, NC for the upcoming DO and tried a little free hand illustration of the options.  I copied a selection from Hotels.com, then hovered the mouse of the properties to learn the names, and cross checked those with the Chains that operate the individual […]

Photo Courtesy of Charles N. Abbot at 99 Photography – Copyright.  Please check out more of his excellent work here.As you might know, we are holding a ‘Do’ in Charlotte on May 10th, don’t ask me what a ‘DO’ is exactly, as I am not sure, but I am taking it to mean something of […]

Meet the players continue with Elena, who writes her blog Giddy for Points, from Jan-April you can find her working on her florescent tan, staring at her computer screen of beaches and sunsets, and waiting to take a vacation will all the miles and points accumulated during that time. Elena mainly travels within the US, […]

Meet Sam, the man behind the legend that is Milenomics.  He gets a very brief into, despite being awesome, since his interview is quite in depth,enough chatter, lets meet Mr Milenomics! What’s been Your Earning strategy in the tournament?As you’ll see later I haven’t had a single strategy. Some of the overall goals I’ve set […]

I’ve been thinking long and hard about my use of Credit Card links.  I stopped putting them into the body of my posts because I thought of the following situation:Guy reads story about first class travel, thinks he can do the same. Does not check credit, does not apply in a savvy way, gets card […]

Michelle writes Miles, Points and Maitais.  She is a private pilot, aviation enthusiast, frequent flier, and new mom (and breaking news folks, there is another baby on the way!) she juggles managing the family with generating enough points to take them all on fantastic adventures.  Michelle has flown just under the radar on the weekly top […]

Yesterday I signed up for Uber, I am not an early adopter of things these days as I am just too busy to jump on the next craze.  I like to see what is happening in the field, see who is excited and why, and then make decision.  My biggest problem with Uber was that […]

Throughout #milemadness I have said that the best way to learn more about how things work is through relationships, and we thought a great way to start new friendships and share ideas would be a gathering.  Therefore, we are proud to announce the #milemadness ‘DO’.  This is an event to celebrate the March Milemadness event […]