Next week I’ll be flying out to Vegas to attend TravelCon2.  It’s going to be a great event, and I’m really excited to meet up with a lot of the innovators of the game there.  The speaker line up is outstanding, but frankly, the real talent is in the room. This is why I always […]

I’m yet to resell, and I’m not an accountant.. so I feel very confident that this one is in my wheelhouse!  But I wanted to address the topic anyway, with some basic concepts. Rule #1Getting a 1099 doesn’t mean you owe taxes. Rule #2Not getting a 1099 doesn’t mean you don’t owe taxes. Rule #3Avoiding […]

Do these posts get boring? It’s a rhetorical question, don’t answer if you think they do… I like living in my little bubble.  Anyway… The man behind the blog Free-quentFlyerBook, often called FQF (and worse things) had the audacity to disagree with a previous post of mine, talking about the idea of breaking routine.  I’ve got […]

My strategy to credit card management has changed substantially over the past year, here’s a few things that I do differently. I don’t call for retention offersCards are keepers, or they are not.  I have a foundation of fee free or permanently waived cards (grandfathered in Citi via the old Citigold program).  These I keep.  If […]

Check your inboxes! You’ll find nothing that wasn’t there already.Am I the only person here who finds these [Targeted] posts completely pointless?  Can we stop with this now? I’m pretty sure if I got a deal awesome enough for you to write a blog post about it then I’ve not forgotten to look at it.And […]

In finance, there is a behavioral tool known as the Investment Policy Statement.  A good advisor will create one with you, and keep you to it.  The purpose is to keep your emotions from ruining your plan, and to help keep you on track.Ironically, many people in the travel game may have such a strategy […]

It’s crazy.  I’ve got so many points, but my imagination has been running wild, and I’ve managed to ‘half book’ enough trips to put some real pressure onto my points strategy.  I’ve not got enough in the bank to really meet my obligations… the situation is so dire I’m thinking about going on a budget!It’s […]

 This is a guest post from Robert Dwyer, a Saverocity reader and points & miles enthusiast.What was the thing that got you into points & miles?For me it was this post about how to get a great deal on a BMW lease through their European Delivery program. European Delivery itself is a great approach, but if […]

I wrote yesterday claiming that a 70K no fee might be better than an 80K, the people being paid to promote the 80K offer disagreed with me, as did Ben, who made a fair point.  I’d like to help explain the math as simply as I can when it comes to valuations. Points have variable […]

I find that the study of one’s emotions can create interesting opportunities for enlightenment.  This past week I noticed something odd about mine, and have been trying to see what I can take from it to improve my game.Typically I am an opportunistic manufactured spender.  I think that the hobby is suck on time and […]