Valuing points seems to be more difficult than proving Beal’s conjecture though if you have some time on your hands, the latter is worth $1M, which might be better for you than getting the Hawaiian Airlines card, but barely. It is sad to see people claiming that points are worth any more than the price they can […]
Archives for September 2014
Getting to Hawaii from DC
A reader recently asked me for ideas on getting to Hawaii from DC for her honeymoon. This is one of those questions that can be endlessly repeated, so I am trying to address it instead as how to get to X from Y and use Hawaii as an example. This may be a bit tricky for me […]
Booking the Bucket List
In my last post I talked about the notion of the tail wagging the dog – we are bombarded with trip reports and lifestyle recommendations that are considered best in class, but it is money talking here, and its telling you where to go and how to do it. Mr Dimon has his hand up […]
Building your bucket list
I’ve pondered in the past about points and miles cheapening travel not just financially, but experientially. Being part of this ‘Points Travel Blogging’ world I constantly see pictures of people riding in Business or First class and checking into Hyatt’s and Hilton’s. For a while it bothered me, but like all things, I learn to […]
Blogging 101- How to increase conversions
Being one of the most successful bloggers I know, I thought it might be fun for me to start a series of posts on Blogging to help the masses make more money, and quit that crappy job. It goes without saying that if you pepper your posts with less than 30 links you are probably […]