I’ve got some bad news folks. I heard today on the radio that it is very likely everyone who is involved in the points and miles game is going to die one day, and there isn’t a lot we can do to prevent it.The unfortunate problem with dying is that the people who survive you […]
Exploring Hotel Strategies – Fracking Ultimate Rewards
I had a wonderful lesson last week with my NYU Finance Professor, he is a great guy with wonderful stories and anecdotes, but brings up some of the most politically incorrect stuff you could hope to hear. Last weeks story was how when Oil went above $200 a barrel a great and wonderful thing happened […]
The Prostitution of Loyalty
This month of November has been a challenging one for loyal Chase credit card holders. They have seen their two big players, United and Hyatt both devalue their programs, after all of this hard work to build up those Ultimate Reward points they are throwing your dedicated loyalty in your face, as if you mean […]
The App Attack – There is no ‘best cards for newbies’ list
When starting out in the Credit Card Travel AKA Travel Hacking game many people want to know ‘what is the best card for beginners’ well, if you think like that you are going about the whole thing in entirely the wrong way.Before reading on – leveraging credit card rewards is a high risk game, and […]
The Points and Miles Mantra
I know this has been a tragic week for Points traveling folk as the United devaluation occurred, I see people wailing and maiming themselves in their attempts to shed their grief stricken pain (for non points traveling folk I mean they are booking up First class flights on Lufthansa from Toronto and trying to figure […]
Award Surcharges – silent but deadly
I’m currently working out different ways to book some great value trips using sweetspots in distance based awards. Some of the best of these include 63,000 airmiles Round Trip from New York to London using ANA distance based awards. The frustrating complexity of finding such award bargains and then navigating through the hurdles is a […]
What the MileagePlus Devaluation Means to Me
You’d think if you read the Travel Blog world today that the real world has ended today, and on top of that there is no more value to be found in United Frequent Flyer miles (the latter is worse, believe me!).If you read View from the Wing you will see headlines like “67% devalued” “87% […]
No 5x Because I messed up, but there is some hope..
One of the reasons I didn’t share the name of the institution for my 5x Debit card is that I didn’t want to send you all off to sign up your money when it didn’t work. Such as the Money Orders not processing or the funds locking up, or any other number of things that […]
My Latest Find – 5x Debit Card Points with Credit Card Account Deposits
Edit – the deal isn’t what I thought, sorry folks, it is onto the next one… see why here: No 5x Because I messed up, but there is some hope.. Yesterday I found what could be the Holy Grail of Manufactured Spending, though we think that every time we find something new and interesting, its actually […]
Quick Deal Today Only! 25% off and 7 AAdvantage Miles with Gilt City
I have just received a code for 25% off your order at Gilt City, and if you go through the American Airlines portal you can earn a further 7 miles per dollar spent.GiltCity is similar to Groupon in concept, but from my experience they seem to actually take a little time to create excellent deals […]