All Loyalty programs devalue their points, but the one coming from Hilton is epic, so I strongly suggest you make your reservations soon, since once they are booked in they should be safe. The program Changes are scheduled to come into effect on March 28th.Currently the program looks like this: Category – HHonors Points 1 […]
6 Steps to Book your First Award Flight
In this post I will explore how to make the first steps into booking award travel. I’m assuming you have a destination in mind, though often that is one of the hardest things to pick after being at this game for a while. Step 1 Airline Alliances for Partner AwardsFirstly, make yourself familiar with the […]
Switching Energy Providers with a 25,000 Signup Bonus from United!
Consumer Warning – I have heard that EnergyPlus has not been honoring mileage signup bonuses, whether through a link like this or through a targeted mail. There is currently a class action suit with them. I am waiting to see what they offer me, but in the meantime I wouldn’t recommend you signup for this […]
Miles Earning Debit Card
Earn AAdvantage Miles from Money Orders by USPS I’m sharing this deal since the Merger between American and US Airways is pretty much approved and my feeling is that the AAdvantage program will go away soon, so lets get as many folk in on the deal before it is taken away. Get on this now, and […]
Mini Haul, 40,000 US Airways Miles
40,000 US Airways Miles Last week I read on ThePointsGuy about the US Airways Credit Card from Barclay’s that was offering 40,000 Miles to sign up and up to another 10,000 for a balance transfer (bad deal as it is 1 mile per dollar but due to the 3% fee you are effectively buying them for […]
The Haul
This week I received the Hilton Cards that I applied for in order to gain Hilton Honors Gold and access to AXON awards for discounted hotel stays. In total we received 3 cards, 2 fee free Hilton by American Express and 1 Citi Hilton Reserve Visa by Citibank.The signup haul for this is: 2x 40,000 Hilton Honors […]
Applying for Hilton Honors Credit Cards
Today I pulled the trigger on a small batch of Credit Card applications, all related to the Hilton Hotel family. I did this despite already possessing the Hilton American Express Surpass Card and two of the Citibank Hilton Visa Cards… the reason might appear counter intuitive at first, as it was for a Travel Hack, […]
The Haul
The Haul for last week was a little lame, I was busy getting ready for our long weekend from Friday and therefore ran out of time to manufacture much spend. Two items that I did get some decent points on are below.$5000 of Travelers Checks yielded 7509 Virgin Atlantic Miles; which I transfer to Hilton […]
The Best Credit Cards to pack when you Travel
I’m excited to be heading out to Nashville tomorrow on a last minute jaunt for a long weekend. For those of you in New York right now you know how bad the weather is getting, and I felt like my ears were going to fall off on the way home from the Subway tonight!For my […]
Nashville – Last minute Vacation Travel Hacked!
I just booked a long weekend away to Nashville Tennessee! Tonight we were feeling the misery of a NYC winter coming down on us and decided to book a trip to get away for the weekend. Our criteria for the trip was that the flight should be less than 3hrs from New York and a Direct […]