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 […]
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 […]
Is the Citi Hilton Reserve the best credit card ever?
I was so excited about the Citi Hilton Reserve that I had the wife apply for one. Best thing I ever did. For those of you who live in a shed, the Hilton Reserve offers two free nights in ‘any’ Hilton property (there are a few exceptions, but these tend to be related to all […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Success- Hacking Vegas Comps
I’ll use the term success in its most liberal and artistic form… but I do feel that by factoring in the new angles of this post, my recent Failed – Hacking Vegas Comps becomes a LOT more viable. I know that many readers here are travel fanatics, as such some things I talk of are […]
Failed Experiment – Hacking Casino Comps
I spent several hours on a new hack, in the end I think it fails my own criteria because I was unable to reduce the variance (chance of loss) despite getting the house edge down as low as 1/216 or 0.4%. I thought to share it here regardless, so you can see my logic, and […]
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 […]