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 […]
Citi DoubleCash Scam, sham or shazam?
The excitement of the week is the new Citi DoubleCash card. There have been a number of posts from the 1099 contractors who work for Citi about this card, two I noticed were View from the Wing and then at time of writing this, The Points Guy (he won the SEO battle!) so lets look […]
I’m not sorry
I jumped in on the hysteria for the Avios devaluation two days ago. My approach was to alert readers via The Forum, and then launching out a quick email also. I was motivated to burn, and I did, and as I was booking my own award tickets I thought it would be useful to show […]
MSing for Hotels – For Realz
I love the guys at Travel is Free, and think they product great content. However, I feel the urge to challenge their latest post: MSing for Hotels. It’s just wrong. See, the numbers may be right for points requirements ( I didn’t check them) but what good are good numbers with bad concepts? However, in fairness, MSing […]
When to pay with miles, and when to pay with cash, an Infographic
Frequent flyer miles are a great way to travel for free (or close to it) but too many people over value their miles, and dip into their pocket to pay cash instead. The secret to understanding value, and knowing when to pay money, or pay miles is to compare the cost of acquisition of new […]
Would you buy 10,000 Ultimate Rewards for $95?
In case you have been living under a rock in the Maldives this past week you have probably heard of the biggest thing in the points world – a 70,000 point Chase Ink offer! Comes with a $95 annual fee. Reader,and credit card aficionado Mike knew of this first, and gave us a hint on The […]
Gateways – The spend concept that boosts your rewards
This is a conceptual post, that will hopefully allow you to be more creative with your spending habits. The notion of gateways assigns a distinct event to each transaction, allowing you to track and maximize the flow of your money. I call it the gateway notion each transaction has the opportunity to stay within […]
Kimpton grows up, with a new Loyalty Program
The folks at Kimpton have asked me to withhold the name of their new loyalty program until it’s release next week, and since they are a decent bunch of people I’ll do just that. As many of you know, I selected the Firesky Resort and Spa in Phoenix for our next DO, and was very […]
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 […]
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 […]