I shared recently a post about how I am not an expert. It’s super empowering to do such a thing, because it relieves me of the need to throw away all respect for the ‘art’ of travel hacking in pursuit of readers. Sadly, Gary from View from the Wing and Ben from One Mile at […]
Archives for April 2014
CharlotteDO #Milemadness Social Post
The CharlotteDO for #milemadness is taking place on Saturday May 10th at the Hyatt House, address below: HYATT house™ Charlotte Center City 435 East Trade Street Charlotte, NC 28202 HYATThouseCharlotteCenterCity.comI keep on including the address because there is another Hyatt a few blocks away and I hope if I repeat it enough times I will actually […]
The Loyalty Program Charade
I have to admit, I find it really confusing when people are upset about loyalty programs devaluing. It really makes no sense to me, but I guess that comes from my position being different from theirs. As a small business owner I have booked travel for myself and my employees both domestically and internationally. We would […]
Travel Hackers Anonymous- understanding spread and volatility in asset acquisition
Repeat after me: My name is <insert name> and I have a travel hacking problem. I want to acquire points for travel and I keep on finding all these new ways to do it, but I don’t really know what the hell I am doing. I get it, we all need to earn points so […]
Can’t find an Award Deal – Part 3 getting (even more) free travel
This is the final part of the short series on looking at sister airports. This will discuss how to leverage regional quirks to increase value from travel, and leveraging a blend of mileage programs can create interesting combinations of value. To quickly recap the posts thus far: Part 1 – Can’t find an award ticket, […]
Goal Orientated Award Booking – Destination to Origin
I talked earlier about being flexible with your ‘home’ airport when planning award travel. Limiting yourself to just the closest one can mean that you really restrict yourself to a specific program that might not be ideal, and may not get you where you need to go. Of course, there is some merit to taking […]
Can’t find an award deal? What would Mahomet do?
I’ve been procrastinating. Someone asked me for some help on an award from SLC – FCO, they aren’t really an active reader here so I use that excuse, combined with my preliminary search telling me that Salt Lake City is a really crappy place to be flying out of unless you have a wealth of Delta miles […]
I’m not an Expert
I’m not an expert, I’m just a guy. Sure, I’ve done some cool things with points and miles, and yes, my finances have some neat things attached to them, but I’m not an expert. In fact, while I find such things fun, they are just symptoms of the disorder that comes with a value orientated […]
AMAZING DEAL ALERT – 1 day only up to $1,375 rebate
I purposefully put this on the Travel side of my blog as I know I have a lot of readers in the Millennial Generation who are jumping on travel deals and rebates, well tomorrow is the last day for your 2013 Traditional IRA contribution, and it can pay you up to 25% back in rebate […]
I have a hard time reading your blog- font is small and grey and blue color is too pale. Any other complaints?
I was just left this comment on my finance post on taking Credit Cards out of your wallet for regular spend, and thought it an excellent point, are there any other complaints, comments, or ideas for Saverocity?I am trying out new things all the time, and I am sure some fail, what is it that […]