We had a bit of drama over at The Forum this week. Andy, who writes over at Military Finance shared something from The Forum on his other blog over at BoardingArea. It wasn’t really a big deal. He was excited that something that was targeted towards the Military was a great MS opportunity, and wanted […]
Archives for July 2014
Should I pay more for a Tumi bag through eBags?
I received the following question today from a reader, and wanted to dig into it to help others with some mental calculations, here is what Tim asked me: I have a points question for you Matt. I want to buy this Tumi bag and found the following offers: Direct from Tumi.com – price: $175 – points […]
When you might not want to transfer to Iberia Avios
Transferring your BA Avios to Iberia Avios can be a great way to save money on award travel. Tickets run at the same mileage price point, such as my recent award from Madrid to New York is 40,000 Avios using BA Avios or Iberia Avios – the difference occurs on the fees side. I have […]
#westcoastDO Charitable Ticket Auction
I have just managed to create an extra ticket to the #westcoastDO which I am selling to the highest bidder. 100% of the money raised from this auction will be sent over by me to Drew at TravelisFree for his fundraiser to help out his in-laws adopting two very cute kids with special needs.When Drew […]
How Alcuin of York would deal with Award Travel
We have a section in the forum called ‘Award Booking Help. Burn Here‘ started by KennyBSAT, One trend I notice in such award booking threads is that people have a ton of trouble booking “family sized” awards. A single seat is easy to snag, but 4, or sometimes 5 tickets are needed for a family […]
Don’t fall into this blogging trap
Blogging, the ultimate freedom. It conjures images of sitting in front of a MacBook air with a decaf chai latte at the local Peets coffee house sharing stories of your morning adventures to adoring fans. No more office politics, no more working with the supervisor with the tiny penis and large chip about it, just […]
Why I love the new Barclaycard Arrival+
Yeah bitches! It’s time! Time to pimp that affiliate card of mine. I guarantee (if you have half a brain at least) that you will learn something from this post. You won’t learn about TripIT Pro, which I think comes with this (or is it the Discover card? I have a link for that too, […]
The #westcoastDO Announcement
The #westcoastDO is here! On May 10th we held a celebration of Mile madness in Charlotte. The event was our first attempt at bringing good people together with a common goal. At that time we made Mile Madness the reason for the celebration, and made a day of it by bringing in guest speakers, having […]
Managing American Express Credit Balances
American Express offers some great statement credits – not only do they have Amex Sync Offers (look out for the current Grocery store one… $10 off $50) , but also certain cards, such as the Platinum and Platinum Business and co branded Delta cards offer statement credits for Airline Incidentals.As I have discussed in the past, […]