This is one of those iffy posts, that is on my mind, but certainly shouldn’t be followed. It is something that I might do, but with the knowledge that I would have to fight, and possibly lose to, the IRS in the event of an Audit.The IRS will not allow you to claim a cost […]
Distance Based Award Travel Part 4 Short Haul (up to 2000 Miles) Round Trip Options Compared
Short Haul flights offer some of the very best value per mile when booked using your award travel. This post will build upon the previous Distance Based Award Travel Part 3 to include journeys of the same one way distance (up to 2000 miles in one direction, 4000 miles round-trip). Once we engage upon Round […]
Why you can’t rely on Autopay to keep your card payments under control
When you play the Credit Card Game you certainly need to set up all your cards to pay off in full every month using Auto-Pay from your bank account. The Credit Card game, for those not familiar with it is taking these excellent sign up bonus cards, and reward cards for travel and cash back […]
Distance Based Award Travel Part 3 Short Haul (up to 2000 Miles) One Way Options Compared
In the third installment of the Distance Based Award Travel series I will be comparing the options for short haul one way flights. Certain carriers from the mix of Distance Based Award airlines do not allow one way bookings, lets start with a recap of who does and who does not: Allows One Way Award […]
A look at Distance Based Award Travel Part 2 – Breaking down the study
In Part One of the series examining Distance Based Award Travel I highlighted that some of the carriers base their travel calculations on total journey length, and some price each leg individually. This makes quite the difference when you are looking at pricing a journey. To understand it better, think of it like this. If […]
Exploring Distance Based Award Programs – Part 1 An Introduction to the airlines
I thought it would be interesting to explore distance based award travel, the driving reason for me was to start digging around for sweet-spots on the different airlines so that we could find the most effective way to get the seat we want on a plane. Due to the airline alliances that are available there […]
Credit Card Cancelling like a Pro- know your BATNA before you call – Part 2 Citi Credit Cards
This is the second part of Credit Card Cancelling like a Pro – and this time we will focus on the Citi Credit Cards. Our goal is to reduce, eliminate or offset the annual recurring fee that comes with credit cards. As discussed in part 1 of this series it is critical to go into […]
Bringing Wine on a Cruise
Our next vacation is coming up in two week and we are trying, for the second time, to reach Bermuda from New York. The beauty of a ‘home port’ cruise is that you are able to avoid all of the Airport travel and security, and on day of departure you can wake up when you […]
Using Avios or AAdvantage for Flying American Airlines in North America and the Caribbean
It has long been touted that the British Airways Avios Program has best value when flying within North America on its Partner Airline American, or flying to certain locations in South America using LAN. This post will explore some of the value sweet spots, and see if we can drill down on where the best […]
Always Verify Award Ticket Taxes!
As I posted a few days ago, my family and I are on our way to the Middle East, specifically UAE, in a few months. I traveled extensively across the Levant when I was in the Peace Corps in Jordan but I have yet to see the Gulf region. I’m intrigued by the vast differences […]