I love British Airways Avios miles, so when I received an email from them today asking if I wanted 4000 free ones I jumped at the chance, here is the email  – they made it kinda weird with the blacking out of the bonus, but in the text below it stated the terms and how […]

In this post, I mentioned how I bought $200 in gift cards, and donated another $20 to Komen for the cure, and whilst I was rather proud of myself I was feeling a little concerned that I had been too aggressive in my Gift Card purchases, as people have mentioned they only received reimbursements for […]

Here is my current Haul, I’ll post one on a monthly basis so we can track progress on earning Frequent Flyer Miles, Hotel Points and Cash Back, and during the month I’ll update with some of the things I am doing to earn these monthly points.  This first one has a lot of higher growths […]

I am growing to be a huge fan of Zidisha, I love the concept of helping people out with loans to kickstart their business and keeping costs low.  The biggest market I see for new customers to come to Zidisha will be in the people who currently give to Kiva, since the concepts are very […]

What better way to promote financial independence, controlling your budget and being able to retire early and responsibly that a post on going to a casino and gambling your money away?Well, whilst I do have some reservations about promoting this activity, at the same time we have benefited so much from playing the Comp system […]

I thought it might be fun to record on a weekly basis my haul of swag, to do this I will use a spreadsheet to track and keep it updated as I implement strategies to bring more wealth and free stuff into the family ecosystem. I will be tracking the following: Airline Miles and Hotel […]

We took a weekend trip in December down for some snowbird sun in Miami.  I had received an offer from SPG where I could sign up and get 50% off a points stay at 21 of their most impressive properties.  This is the first time that I have taken advantage of such a promotion and […]

I really do enjoy when someone else benefits from one of my Travel Hacks, and this morning I had the chance to donate to Susan Komen for the Cure – the famous womens charity fighting for an end to breast cancer – for free! I carry the American Express Platinum Card in my wallet only […]

Late last year we took a weekend away in Toronto; I have never been before and was very excited about checking out a new city.  Our plans changed last minute for very much the better and instead of two nights in Toronto Downtown we decided to spend one night in Niagara Falls.  I think it […]

Travel is without doubt one of the most important things to me, and I am excited to soon launch the Travel section of this site which will talk about our adventures and what we have had the chance to see and do.  Over the years I have grown accustomed to travelling in a little more […]