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 […]
Don’t fall into this blogging trap
Blogging, the ultimate freedom. It conjures images of sitting in front of a MacBook air with a decaf chai latte at the local Peets coffee house sharing stories of your morning adventures to adoring fans. No more office politics, no more working with the supervisor with the tiny penis and large chip about it, just […]
Why I love the new Barclaycard Arrival+
Yeah bitches! It’s time! Time to pimp that affiliate card of mine. I guarantee (if you have half a brain at least) that you will learn something from this post. You won’t learn about TripIT Pro, which I think comes with this (or is it the Discover card? I have a link for that too, […]
The #westcoastDO Announcement
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 […]
Managing American Express Credit Balances
American Express offers some great statement credits – not only do they have Amex Sync Offers (look out for the current Grocery store one… $10 off $50) , but also certain cards, such as the Platinum and Platinum Business and co branded Delta cards offer statement credits for Airline Incidentals.As I have discussed in the past, […]
The Forum Weekly Digest
There’s been a lot going on with the Forum, and i’d like to thank you for participating in it. The Manufactured Spend and Travel Hacking sub-forums (Level2) are thriving and I am learning new tips and tricks from the guys there.I am also trying to build more depth into the Personal Finance side and encourage […]
Acorn Money – not a review
I’m the kinda guy that signs up for shit these days. There are opportunities that emerge in Beta that make me a lot of money, I am happy to be the guinea pig in exchange for credit card points. Acorn Money App just emailed me to say I made the cut – there was a […]
HELP – I think I’m having an identity crisis…
I thought back recently to a comment made by Mr Travel Summary, he was running a Travel Blogger Awards and I joked that I should be in there, his reply was that Saverocity isn’t really a Travel Blog, so it didn’t count.I have to say I’m starting to agree with him, and wonder what Saverocity […]
$10K (non) Manufactured Spend in a click
So my pretties…. would you like to slam $10K on your credit card in a single click? I have just the thing. Loyal3 is an online stock purchasing program that allows you to purchase stocks with a credit card. And they are allowing $10K purchases on their latest bargain…the GoPro IPO. Loyal3 allows customers to […]
Please don’t get into debt to manufacture spend!
My pal over at Chasing The Points has come up with a yet another crazy scheme for riches. Read the post here if you haven’t already: Jumping Into Debt To Manufacture Spend And Invest. We’ve met in NY a couple of times to talk blog, travel, finance, etc and I think he is one of the […]