I’m looking at you International First Class Award ticket flyers.  Yeah you.  The ones that fly F and then immediately go from the plane to the Park Hyatt (22,000 pts per night) and get your free suite upgrades.  You’re missing the point of travel.  Ok I have my judgmental hat on again, so I’ll let […]

Earlier in the week I talked about how to turn your blog into a business.  That post  can be found here, over in the Finance side of Saverocity in case you missed it, and focuses heavily on the incorporation considerations of turning a hobby into an income producing business – it applies to any business […]

A grey Market product refers to something that is official, and legal, but acquired outside of specifically designated sales channels.  Most commonly you will see this with regard to manufactured goods, and for big ticket items buying through a Grey Market can produce massive savings.  For example, my watch retails in the US at $1,010, […]

I have booked enough awards for people using all types of miles but seem to find myself coming back to recommending American Airlines Off Peak Milesaaver awards over and over again. As a reminder, Off Peak Milesaaver awards are the lowest level awards from the American Airlines AAdvantage program and off peak only applies to […]

We have recently returned from a cruise on the Norwegian Breakaway from NYC to Bermuda for 7 days. Just like our previous two cruises with them, on the Norwegian Jade in Europe and on the Norwegian Epic from Miami for New Years Eve, the cruise was comped by Casinos at Sea.  I have to say […]

Amazon Payments has been one of the longest running Manufactured Spending vehicles available, allowing a person to send $1,000 each month to another person.  The funding is made by Credit Card, and then withdrawn to a bank.  This is a great way to help meet minimum spends as you can put $3,000 in 3 months […]

Safety, awareness and self defense are very important subjects to me.  You could say I am somewhat obsessed with the examination of conflict, behavioral psychology and violence, which manifests itself in my daily life through my approach to business and personal matters and that sees me training in martial arts between 5-8 classes a week.I […]

Yesterday I heard from reader and traveler Pat that Chase had decided to terminate their Banking relationship, without recourse, based upon her activity relating to Manufactured Spending to earn airline points and miles.  This was particularly focused on the large number and value of Cash Deposits that occurred at her account.   Today we spoke […]

I was pondering this subject recently, and sent out the following tweet:Am I in the minority that thinks people who try to hold airlines to mistake fares thru quasi legal efforts and general whining are douches? Which apparently didn’t go down too well with the people who try to hold airlines to mistake fares through quasi […]

I’ve got to thinking recently that we really are starting to lose touch with reality when it comes to the subject of Status.  In many senses it comes down to the ancient and controversial matter of Class.  Can an external title, or level of prestige really create differences of opportunity?  Certainly.  But is the real […]