The CharlotteDO for #milemadness is taking place on Saturday May 10th at the Hyatt House, address below: HYATT house™ Charlotte Center City 435 East Trade Street Charlotte, NC 28202 HYATThouseCharlotteCenterCity.comI keep on including the address because there is another Hyatt a few blocks away and I hope if I repeat it enough times I will actually […]
I’m not an Expert
I’m not an expert, I’m just a guy. Sure, I’ve done some cool things with points and miles, and yes, my finances have some neat things attached to them, but I’m not an expert. In fact, while I find such things fun, they are just symptoms of the disorder that comes with a value orientated […]
I have a hard time reading your blog- font is small and grey and blue color is too pale. Any other complaints?
I was just left this comment on my finance post on taking Credit Cards out of your wallet for regular spend, and thought it an excellent point, are there any other complaints, comments, or ideas for Saverocity?I am trying out new things all the time, and I am sure some fail, what is it that […]
American Devalues! Stand United and take your business to Delta!
I know I just got into trouble for the way I titled a post, this one also is for a reason, and I hope it works out better than the last. The reason here comes at the end of the post.So it happened…. ‘without warning’ American Airlines changed their award chart, as did US Airways, […]
#milemadness Ticket Sales Close Midnight EDT TONIGHT!
It’s April 1st, but this is no joke, if you were on the fence about joining us in Charlotte on May 10th today is the final day to buy your tickets. Attendance in the event has exceeded expectations, and despite having the option to fit more people into the space we have booked, we […]
Evaluating Risk and Reward within Manufactured Spending
I wrote recently about a new idea that came to me for generating some ‘free cash’, it leveraged a tool to help funnel money back onto your credit card, reviews of my concept were mixed, I thought it might be timely to explore risk and reward based upon that, so that we might fully understand […]
DYKWIA- Comping Bloggers
I am trying to be impartial about this post, but as one of the top 500 most famous C list bloggers out there, I do find myself leaning towards ‘bloggers should gets lots of free stuff’. However, the general trend I see from readers is that when a blogger is comped a trip, they are […]
Selling Lemonade – lessons learned from Reselling
I had a great reminder today of the power of Murphy’s Law. Which, to paraphrase, states that whenever you think all is well with your cunning plan, The Devil himself will ride across your path and plaster it with cowpats from his own Satanic herd.I’m nowhere near the reseller sophistication of Big Habitat, but I […]
Want REALLY cheap car rentals? We’ve got an app for that!
I’m happy to say that this week, by pure chance I found the best way ever book Car Rentals, with lower prices that I could have thought possible. Car rental prices annoy the heck out of me, living in NYC the prices are incredibly high, as they are in other major hubs like San Francisco. […]
Applying for Credit Cards when seeking a mortgage
Classic advice from the Credit Card crowd is that you should not apply for card prior to a major loan. This post will explain why people think like this, and go on to explore the logic behind that to seek contrarian value opportunities, with the reasons why, for certain highly sophisticated people, it can actually […]