Albert writes again on one of my favorite ways to save money when traveling, the unbeatable BoA Alaska Airlines Companion Fare. My wife and I each use ours to go from D.C. to Hawaii every year and them one other exotic place such as Costa Rica. Not only do we get to fly for almost…
The second guest post from Albert: Techniques, Tactics, and Procedures (TTP): OCONUS Commissary purchases Greetings, Fellow Travelers! Bottom-line Up Front (BLUF): Purchasing items at an OCONUS Commissary qualifies as a US-based purchase. Because of this, you can earn credit card bonus points based on what card you use. Today’s TTP is on credit card category…
My friend Ed Pizzarello of Pizza in Motion fame, hosts a podcast called Miles to Go. On his show he often laments/ humblebrags that he has never been to Hawaii. I almost think that people on his show are so amazed by that fact that he takes it as a point of pride to have…
Just received an email a couple of hours ago from Chase: So 5,000 miles is not huge and is basically one extra point per dollar. The UA Club Card already give 1.5 UA miles/ dollar so getting 2.5/ dollar is not a bad every day spend deal. UA miles are valued at about 1.7 cents…
My wife and I went on vacation to Lucca, Italy in May. Being typical frequent flyer junkies, we went there by the roundabout route of IAD-FRA on UA Economy and them FRA-IST(Istanbul)-PSA (Pisa) on Turkish Business Class. I wanted to have my wife experience the Turkish Lounge in Istanbul which I think is one of…
I received a surprise email from AMEX that my credit limit on my SPG Business Card had been increased. Along with the email, they gave an interesting offer: $3,000 in a month would be a lot for me, but maybe would apply to Christmas shopping. However, I know there are those of you who do…
I have the best daughter in the world. Yes, I know some of you think the same thing, but I am confident that mine is the best. She is in her fourth year at Med School, her big upcoming activity is flying around the U.S. this fall to interview for residency programs. As such, I…
Just got a sweet offer in my inbox for my AMEX Business Platinum card. I just completed the initial spend quals to earn 100,000 MR points by the end of April. Spend went to other things in the meantime, but they are enticing me back with this deal: Not too confident to go…
I received a survey from Alaska Airlines this week. It was pretty in-depth in asking a lot of questions. Most of the questions were directed at determining whether price, mileage earning, or upgrade chances had which priority. Hopefully, this is not to gage whether people would go for the Basic Economy fares that the majors…
About a month ago, I mentioned a really good deal on the Barclaycard Gold Card. What made it a stunningly good deal was the fact that Barclaycard waives annual fees for active duty members, even if you obtained the card after joining active duty. In that same article, I referenced that Barclaycard and American Express…
