This is a guest post from Robert Dwyer, a Saverocity reader and points & miles enthusiast.For a while there the Citi Prestige credit card was one of the most benefit-laden travel cards available. For its steep $450 annual fee (often whittled down to $350 if you have or had a CitiGold checking account) it included […]
Why you might not want to stand up to cancer
Cancer sucks. No argument there. But there are many ways to fight it. I was chatting recently with a friend about the American Airlines partnership with Stand up to Cancer, the deal is that for donations in excess of $25 they award you 10 miles per dollar. Additionally, as a registered 501(c)(3) charity, you’d […]
50% Off a Southwest Flight #giveaway
Thanks to a generous reader, we have a 50% off a Southwest flight coupon code giveaway. To enter, ‘like the post’ on Facebook, we’re using that to track entries.Cheers,Matt
YTD Spend 2016 vs 2015
I finally got around to checking my spend using Mint, and ran a quick and dirty this year vs last analysis. It seems that despite it being the end of days, things aren’t that bad.A couple of notes: I don’t resell. I know it is fantastic, but I’ve decided to focus on other things. For example, […]
Why is reselling so attractive to the MS world?
As I keep my finger on the pulse of the game, and MS in particular (by reading TBB) I’ve heard of this thing called ‘Reselling’. Apparently it is the future of MS. So much so that several people I know have quit their jobs to resell full time. There must be a lot of points to […]
Gatekeepers help efficiency
One of the most frustrating things to see is the blind pursuit of points, miles, rebates and free stuff at the cost of time. In just the past week I’ve seen a number of such deals where people sell their time in exchange for something trivial, thus preventing the achievement of bigger and better things.Here’s […]
Hyatt Charity Auction
Just saw that there were some amazing rooms on offer from Hyatt based on a charity auction. And while I don’t want to share it with you guys because you’ll bump up my price, it’s for charity, and I feel that I must.Head on over to Travel Codex to check it out!(no bidding on the […]
SPG Market timing vs Diversification
Marriott is acquiring SPG in a 12.2B deal. Since Marriott have a totally crap award program (with perhaps one exception) that’s really not great news for the travel ‘community’.My biggest worry from this transaction is that my SPG points will become Marriott points. While I don’t have too many, 52K for me, 12K for the Mrs, […]
#TravelCon2 Thoughts
TravelCon2 is just wrapped up in Vegas, with the die hards meeting up for a final brunch. I had a great time, but realized I’m turning into a bit of a boring old fart, with 11pm being the latest I stayed up… which was about 30mins prior to a number of people getting ready to […]
TravelCon2 Vegas social events
Here’s a breakdown of the social events around TravelCon2 in Vegas. I asked where you’d like to meet up on Friday, and the winner was LIFT bar inside Aria casino. Tahsir is joining me there for the meet and greet, and he has also arranged for a hospitality suite at Aria that we can move […]