As you probably know by now, Hilton recently decided to drastically devalue their Award program, so in preparation for this I had shifted around all my transfer partner points in a final mad dash to get 225,000 for a 6 Night Stay in NYC for my Mother at the Waldorf Astoria.  This was an upgrade […]

I just received an email from US Airways offering a limited time 50% bonus to transfer hotel points into airline miles  The rates of exchange vary by each Loyalty program, as per the link below, the rates, even with the 50% aren’t brilliant.  I wouldn’t recommend changing over large amounts of points, but it might […]

When you book a flight ticket your reservation is given a PNR (Passenger Name Record) when you book an award for leisure travel, as I often do for both Mrs Saverocity and I then the ticketing is linked to one account number, and this causes several interesting effects, some of which are good, and some […]

We left the Conrad Maldives a few days ago with a heavy heart, and a lighter wallet (what a great way to meet the minimum spend on the Hilton Reserve Visa we just picked up!  If you are going to this hotel and aren’t at least Hilton Honors Gold Status do yourself a favor and […]

On Friday we headed to JFK for what will no doubt be the trip of a lifetime… again… we do try to have one at least once a year.  We are starting off with dinner in Istanbul during our layover, followed by 4 nights at the Conrad Maldives, 3 nights in Sri Lanka – two […]

We had a layover in Istanbul for 9hrs between our flights from JFK to the Maldives, though what we did can be done easily in about 4hrs of time in the City so if you have a little less that us you can still get out there and check out this wonderful location.I started writing […]

I just received an invitation to visit the American Express Centurion Lounge at LAS Mccarran Airport, I’m not sure when I will be in Vegas again but if I do decide to pop over there this is certainly on my list of places to check out.  The invitation allows me and my family members entry twice between now […]

I recently bought a HP Tablet/laptop Hybrid from Staples for the purpose of reselling it on eBay, the link to the post is at the bottom of this page called $75 off any Windows PC.The Deal just got even sweeter, as along with the discounted purchase price eBay is running a campaign right now that […]

We just got back from a weekend trip to Atlantic City and I took my trusty Nexus 7 with me instead of a laptop.  It has been some time since I packed a laptop with me for short weekend trips, but it has been harder to envision travel without one on a longer trip.  However, […]

Adding an Authorized User to your card is a good way to get them access to the Spend and Category Bonuses of a Card without them taking a Credit Hit.  The downside of this is that you don’t get the signup bonus, but you can always apply for card again in the future to get […]