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 […]
5 Months of Fraudulent Charges and worse on Chase Sapphire Preferred
I know I shouldn’t admit to this, but yeah, I’m human too. I live in one of those travel ‘hacking’ households where one half of the couple is a bit zany, and the other one, my lovely wife, abides the hobby after a taste of free travel, but doesn’t actively participate in card churning or […]
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 […]
#westcoastDo auction winner SJCRussell at $350!
I’m really excited to announce the winning bid for the #westcoastDO was reader SJCRussell. As mentioned, 100% of that has been forwarded on to Rachel and Zack ( family of Drew and Carrie over at TravlisFree) for their adoption fund, and I’ll be covering the ticket to the event myself.I’d like to thank everyone who bid […]
Could you please help me out?
I’m making up some material that ‘encapsulates’ Saverocity, and the blog family within it. With such a broad ranging scope of topics I wanted to know what you thought of or associated with Saverocity regarding topic areas.Please leave your thoughts below in the comments, or via Twitter, Facebook or on The Forum.Some that sprung to […]
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 […]
The Forum is NOT a friendlier FlyerTalk
We had a bit of drama over at The Forum this week. Andy, who writes over at Military Finance shared something from The Forum on his other blog over at BoardingArea. It wasn’t really a big deal. He was excited that something that was targeted towards the Military was a great MS opportunity, and wanted […]
Should I pay more for a Tumi bag through eBags?
I received the following question today from a reader, and wanted to dig into it to help others with some mental calculations, here is what Tim asked me: I have a points question for you Matt. I want to buy this Tumi bag and found the following offers: Direct from Tumi.com – price: $175 – points […]
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 […]
#westcoastDO Charitable Ticket Auction
I have just managed to create an extra ticket to the #westcoastDO which I am selling to the highest bidder. 100% of the money raised from this auction will be sent over by me to Drew at TravelisFree for his fundraiser to help out his in-laws adopting two very cute kids with special needs.When Drew […]