The #westcoastDO is here! On May 10th we held a celebration of Mile madness in Charlotte. The event was our first attempt at bringing good people together with a common goal. At that time we made Mile Madness the reason for the celebration, and made a day of it by bringing in guest speakers, having […]
How much would you pay for Lifetime Star Alliance Gold?
I had a rather lengthy conversation with Gary Leff regarding his post on the $1700 flight deal over this weekend, my gentle commentary brought out some very good opinions in favor of buying the deal, along with some very strange people in opposition to my perspective, or perhaps just my existence…but anyway, yes I can see […]
Does Manufactured Spending Encourage Debt?
This is a behavioral post. I love to reflect upon my decisions when it comes to money, particularly my bad ones. I see something arising that could be a problem when it comes to manufacturing spend and controlling your personal finances.In college I wracked up some credit card debt, just poor decision making on my […]
Lazy Money – what’s in Your wallet?
Every now and then I catch myself opening my wallet and having way too much cash in it… it gets me to thinking about how efficiently we are using our money, and what difference we could see from holding it vs putting it to work. Having pondered this for some time I have gone through […]
ALERT ALERT – THERE IS AN AMAZING (SPG) DEAL HERE
For those of you that live under bridges (and yet aren’t internet trolls) i’d like to alert you to the Amazing Annual SPG 30K Bonanza!!!I try not to put links into posts because I think people might click first and ask questions later, so I will just talk about this card, whip you into a […]
How to get some Iberia Avios
Just stumbled across this one when writing a monster post, and thought it worth mentioning here. Iberia Avios are wonderful things. They allow you to redeem at the same mileage rates as British Airways Avios, but with much lower taxes and fees. The wonderful thing about them is you can transfer British Airways Avios to […]
Speculative Stock buying from a Points Perspective?
Yesterday, the Telegraph of London announced that Intercontinental Hotels (IHG) had spurned a 6B GBP bid to acquire the chain. The source of the offer is unconfirmed, though speculation has it that Starwood may be the suitor. In the financial world here is what would have just happened to the IHG stock price: Market Cap prior […]
Terms and Conditions – Abide by them, or exploit them?
What approach do you take to terms and conditions? In the business world I have mentioned how I have broken terms, conditions and rules to get to goal, so I am no stranger to doing so, but in doing so I also had my own set of ethics that I followed. I might go so far […]
Introducing The Forum at Saverocity
Today we are launching The Forum at Saverocity . The purpose is to discuss ‘gaming everything’ – from exotic frequently flyer point awards, to reducing taxes and retiring early. I see it as the embodiment of Saverocity, and it’s all about you. Why a forum?
A Tale of Debauchery AKA the Fat Bastard’s Challenge!
I caught myself being judgmental again, one day I will stop… I saw a post over at Points Summary from Jamison where he spoke about being downgraded from First to Business for his Taipei- Hong Kong (TPE-HKG) flight (schedule to be 1:40 in duration) as it is Cathay Pacific you could spend British Airways Avios and […]