What’s a post on Forever Stamps doing in the Travel section? Sadly it’s not a new trick to make points, nor is it relevant because you might need one for your post cards. This is one of those, psuedointellectual posts that I pride myself on… bear with me, or, if that is asking too much […]
Join me at #TravelConOC 2015
TravelCon is a new points and miles conference that is being put together by some of the top points and miles guys on the West Coast, who have informed me that PHX isn’t on the West Coast. The brains behind this one are Tahsir, AKA Bengali Miles Guru and Omar, AKA Travel Summary. I believe […]
Stop faking like you care about devaluations
We had another devaluation this week- the Chase Ultimate Reward program removed Korean airlines as an award partner, drama ensued, and then I think it came back. As of the time of writing this post I haven’t bothered checking, because I really don’t give a crap. In fact, when the news broke (I imagine before […]
TSA Precheck with Global Entry
I signed up for Global Entry because it was free with the American Express Platinum. Since then the Amex now offers you a choice of TSA Pre Check ($85) or Global Entry ($100). They will issue a statement credit for the amount of the application. I just used my Global Entry to get free TSA […]
The Top 10 Credit Card offers of all time
Here’s my Top 10, it’s a bit flawed since the points back in days of yore (or every two week period if you fly Delta) were worth more. American Express Business Platinum 150K This card frequently seems to come with 100K offers, but the most I have seen has been 150K – while targeted, when […]
Rail and Fly Tickets using IATA Railway Codes
IATA is a company that issues the airports with the three letter codes. Interestingly, they have also issued some Railway Stations with IATA codes. Using these can create innovative itineraries. You could start a route from your home town, and bake the price of the journey to the airport into the ticket, or perhaps once […]
Are American Express Membership Rewards Un-American?
I’m bothered by Amex. I feel like they got inside my head. The American Express Platinum Card is one card that I tend to keep paying the (exorbitant) annual fee on, and while I can justify it as ‘profitable’, providing you think that sending over real money in exchange for discounted coupons each year is a […]
When Ultimate Rewards are worth $0.84 cents each
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 […]
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 […]