Courtesy of reader, Robert, we have this new tip. Service Members in uniform and those with orders when in civvies, can access any American Admirals Club. I knew we could do this for US Airways back a few years ago, but hadn’t tried it on American. You may get different answers depending on the club,…
(There are no affiliate links in this post) Direct link to offer: https://www262.americanexpress.com/dapply/web/applycard/us/personal-card/api/hil/hilton-hhonors-surpass-card/hhsc-024?wt.mc_id=CMEM_BUfyV3B89yK-nY On Feb 28th, this awesome 80k offer for the Amex Hilton Surpass expires, so if you’re hurting for Hilton points and/or want automatic Hhonors Gold status (which in my opinion is the best mid level status to have), make sure you drop…
In my job, I can never take a lot of time off. So my wife and I take several long weekend vacations a year – which also works to rack up a bunch of FF miles. Valentine’s Day was fortunately on a long weekend this year, so I took the wife to Sonoma for wine…
Chip & PIN?! What’s the BG talking about now? Allow me to explain. The latest, more secure, credit cards come with an embedded chip similar to the one you have in your CAC cards. You insert this end into the credit card reader instead of swiping the magnetic strip. A PIN in used in lieu…
I don’t have any special knowledge, but like to think that I’m a smart guy. So this is the time off year for brave people to predict the future. In this case, I will focus on what I see happening for travel and miles this year. Airfares – Gasoline prices have fallen 40% this year,…
Before all your mileage/ point counters reset tomorrow, let’s take a look at how everyone did. I’ll review my plan vice results and ask you to chime in and compare. Airlines: Goal: United 1K Results: Only 62,046 EQM so no 1K for me for the first time in ten years. Interestingly, I had $7,036 in spend…
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Good morning everyone, sorry about the paucity of posts over the past 3 weeks. A lot was going on, most importantly, my co-blogger, and founder of this blog, Glenn, got promoted to Brigadier General – Bravo Zulu Sir! We finally got to meet at BACon (BoardingArea Convention) in Vegas, and we had a great time….
Many bloggers and posters of frequent flyer programs love to go “woe is me” and implying that the airlines are screwing everyone by devaluing your hard earned miles. I think that nothing more is happening here than the laws of economics – yes, economics applies even to miles and points! Basic economics dictates that the…
A big discussion going on amongst many savvy frequent flyers is whether to use an affiliated card for your favorite airline or to use a non-affiliated one where you can apply the miles to any airline. Let’s analyze the pros and cons then you can decide for yourself. Note that I am not counting on…
