Having signed up for both the Hyatt Visa from Chase and the Citi Reserve Hilton Visa this year we have found ourselves with quite the conundrum as to where to cash in the Two Free Nights coupons that come with meeting minimum spend on these cards, this is post 3 in the series, and explores […]

If you are planning to cancel a card due to an upcoming annual fee that you don’t want to pay, you may find it harder than you think to get rid of it.  Typically, when you call up the card company to cancel instead of sending you to the ‘Credit Card Cancelling Department’ they instead […]

I recently wrote a post about the best Hyatt Properties Worldwide to use your 2 Free Nights from the Hyatt Card.  Well, guess what, I also have the Citi Hilton Reserve Card, and that also comes with 2 Free Nights once you meet minimum spend.  So it’s back to the drawing board, and time to […]

The Travel Bloggersphere was a aflame with talk of the latest promotion from American Airlines.  It was offering people without Elite Status on the airline the opportunity to fast track to their three levels of Elite Status as follows:This is a vast reduction from the standard requirements to achieve this status:

I recently wrote about the free one way options using American Airlines, and in that I referenced just 6 major hubs where this works on. Brian, a reader of the site pointed out that it could be done on more than just those, so I started digging a little to see what other options were […]

A few weeks ago Matt asked if there was anyone out there that might like to post on Saverocity now and again. After a little contemplation, I realized that this would be the perfect opportunity for me to add to the travel hacking discussion without having to take the time to run the site myself. […]

Yesterday, PerkStreet Financial pulled the plug on its rewards program, without any warning.  In doing so they confiscated all rewards that were in people’s accounts and simply shut them down.  This is a stark reminder that whilst I do view points and miles as assets, they do not come with the same consumer protections as […]

Update – 4/8/2014, this one has gone the way of the dodo… no more free one ways due to a change in American Airlines policy…You simply cannot book a flight using AAdvantage Miles without maximizing the stopover rules, it basically means that you get half your next trip paid for, the key to this is […]

The BarclayCard Arrival Card offers some of the best value for travelers who need to book something a little different, from a Boutique Hotel, to a less known Airline, this is the card that you should have in your wallet, because when you do, it offers the best value of any Travel or Cash Back […]

Last March, our family of four traveled to Kauai for a winter break from the Northeast snow. In planning the trip, we made several adjustments along the way, the most major of which was changing our flights from departing from Kauai to the mainland to departing from Honolulu. And we changed from using American Airlines […]