Here is a guest post by Christian. It’s his first time at bat here at TMFF so let him know if you want more. My name is Christian.. I’ve been on active duty for about 4 months. I enjoy the points/miles world, personal finance, early retirement, and travel. I’m been a fan of the Military…
So writing about toilets is probably the last thing that I thought I would do when I started this blog. Nonetheless, I can’t pass this opportunity by after writing my review of the hotel yesterday. By my observation, about 80% of the hotel guests are Japanese, so this toilet is probably no big deal to…
The wife and I are on another Mileage Run vacation to Honolulu. I had two free nights from the Hyatt VISA Signature sign-up bonus that were set to expire this month. Combined with a strong desire on my wife’s part to make Alaska MVP Gold75K again, I came up with a few days in Waikiki…
So after yesterday’s post, we continued on to the beach communities in Orange County. I have to admit that I’m a lot less knowledgeable about Orange County as , frankly, there was never much of a reason to venture down that far when I lived in L.A. I was really surprised at what we ran…
If I actually have to explain that the PCH stands for Pacific Coast Highway, you may not be cool enough for this trip. Either that or you are a hopeless East Coaster! Growing up in L.A. certainly colors my perceptions, but at least I am not going to go into a bunch of surfer terms…
The wife and I are both Alaska MVG Gold 75K this year. Me through status-matching my UA 1K status, her through BIS. Yeah, she wasn’t too happy I took the easy route. Anyway, this year is shaping up that I will easily qualify for Gold, but not that close to Gold 75K. She, however, was…
I recently checked the SCRA (servicemember’s civil relief act) status of the Citi cards I had opened when I was a reservist, since I opened them before I became active duty. As I said before, Citi will waive all fees, including annual fees, if you become active duty while a card holder. I had written…
I ride Amtrak occasionally when I need to go from D.C. up to New York, but definitely not someone who rides enough to rack up a bunch of points in their program, Amtrak Guest Rewards (AGR). Yesterday, I received an email from B of A to apply for their new Amtrak credit card. You might…
OK, at the end of 26.2 miles I wasn’t really sure that I had survived and felt more like the walking dead. But I did make it and get to check running a marathon off my bucket list. The most I had run previously was a half-marathon way back when I was a 2LT in…
I know there are very few fans of using DTS for your official travel, but as of 1 Sep, it just got worse. It is now mandatory to book your hotel reservations using DTS per this notice. Now I know that I often found that DTS would not list all the hotels (or sometimes none)…
