Here’s a question I’ve been pondering recently… how much does the availability of award space directly impact the valuation of your points strategy? Most people will come up with some sort of theoretical value per point based upon redemption value. Some will claim that a $25,000 flight gave them a whopping 25 cents per point value […]
Understanding cognitive bias in the Travel game.
Cognitive bias refers to the topic of how your logical approach to a topic may be influenced by factors surrounding it. There are many manifestations of this phenomenon being explored by much smarter folk than myself, today I’d like to play with loyalty program devaluations and the bias of Anchoring.Anchoring is the bias that means we focus […]
UPDATED: Will the Chase Sapphire Preferred really cover your car rental?
Final update.. 3/27It seems that Chase is telling me the agent I spoke with doesn’t know what they are talking about and that I am covered. My claim has not yet been processed so I don’t really know if this will be the case, but I can say the entire process is confusing and does […]
Giveaway – One used Amenity Kit
I made it home! And my bags arrived at around 2am (sorry delivery driver, but I am not answering your calls at that time of the night). I had to spend the night in a holiday Inn near Atlanta airport without bags. I made a bad decision in SNA airport when I agreed to help […]
Should you inflate your income on a credit card application?
No you bloody well shouldn’t.But strangely many people do. There are so many reasons why it is desirable to inflate your income, here are a few: Higher Income = higher individual credit line Higher Income = higher total credit allocation Higher Income = generally more important a person and more likely to be accepted The […]
Witch! I see affiliate links!!
This has been a funny week or so for the ‘Travel Blogger’ world. We had another occurrence of the revenue discussion appear when Drew from Travel is Free mentioned ‘selling out’. Travel Blogger Buzz went on to explore things further on this topic, and conversations got a bit heated in the comments. The problem, again, […]
National Geographic Traveler names Rebecca Rothney a 2014 Traveler of the Year
Pack for a Purpose founder and Chairperson Rebecca Rothney has been awarded the prestigious National Geographic Traveler of the year 2014. This is only granted to 10 people each year, and is a wonderful thing to see. The charity has grown from from a spark of an idea in 2009 to have delivered over 28.5 […]
Building your bucket list
I’ve pondered in the past about points and miles cheapening travel not just financially, but experientially. Being part of this ‘Points Travel Blogging’ world I constantly see pictures of people riding in Business or First class and checking into Hyatt’s and Hilton’s. For a while it bothered me, but like all things, I learn to […]
5 Months of Fraudulent Charges and worse on Chase Sapphire Preferred
I know I shouldn’t admit to this, but yeah, I’m human too. I live in one of those travel ‘hacking’ households where one half of the couple is a bit zany, and the other one, my lovely wife, abides the hobby after a taste of free travel, but doesn’t actively participate in card churning or […]
No more OVs at SeeVee after 5/31?
Just heard from a member of the forum that his clerk informed him all cash on OVs from 5/31.This could be isolated to the store, the clerk being a weirdo, or nationwide.I know it will be hard to do, but don’t panic. It might not be true. Just go about your business as usual, and […]