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20 Free rides in Philadelphia!

(there are referral links in this post – feel free to not use them if you don’t feel comfortable with them, but if you do, Thank you!) I was extremely excited when I received an email today that Lyft is coming to Philadelphia starting today, Friday the 30th! However, I was also a little skeptical,…

Best travel gear – 2015 edition

I’ve had a couple requests for a follow up article on the best travel gear, so I figured I’d write it now. I have a couple of things that stayed the same, but also a couple new entrants.   (of note, some of these are affiliate links. You don’t have to use them, but I…

Amex Biz Gold 50k! Fedex Benefits!

First off, when you sign up for a new Fedex account, you will see a box offering benefits for having an American Express Business Gold account. When you click on the “learn more” tab, these two offers pop up: 25k MR points for Amex Premier personal card and 50k MR points for the Amex Biz…

Review: Singapore Business Class 777-200 Hong Kong to Singapore

Sorry I’ve been so delinquent on publishing reviews from our SE Asian trip in September. I’ve just been super busy with work and with family-related matters, as I’m sure most of you can imagine. These are the relevant reports so far:   Review: United Business Class 757-200 JFK to San Francisco Review: United Business Class…

Luxury Credit Card Update

  This article contains no affiliate links.   As you may know by now, I love my credit cards. Being in the military, and utilizing the benefits of the SCRA, we can get some amazing benefits without having to pay exorbitant fees, especially from the upper echelon cards, or the luxury cards. Depending on your…

Loungebuddy Adds Ability to Get Discount Same Day Lounge Passes

I’ve written several times about how the Loungebuddy app, here, here and here.  Loungebuddy is a neat little app that points out all the lounges available in whichever airport you find yourself in, including USO lounges.   It automatically knows which airport you are in and can be programmed with your flight info to let you know…

Review: Intercontinental Hong Kong Deluxe Junior Suite

Hopefully you’ve enjoyed my trip report to SE Asia so far, although thus far it’s only been the two flights. I have to apologize for how long it’s taking me to post it, I’ve had a really busy month in the ER lately, so I guess that’s a reasonable excuse. BTW, I should’ve mentioned this…

Free $35 for Travelpony

I’ve written before about Travelpony, which is kind of a social media hotel discount website. I’ve used it twice, once at JFK and once in Hong Kong, getting deep discounts through a combination of an already discounted price and promotional credits. They’re now offering a $35 credit to new users through the end of the…

Check out these Promos ending soon

Alright guys, I’ve gotten a couple emails asking for referrals for free stuff (I know you love your free stuff!), and there are a couple of these promos ending soon, so I figured I’d put them out there. Full disclosure, I get referral bonuses for many of these, so if you don’t want to use…

World record for most credit cards

I sometimes think to myself that I have too many credit cards. I have over 20, in addition to other various cards like Amex Serve, Chime card, etc. Just out of curiosity, I wanted to know who had the most. I’d heard rumors of guys having over 30 on Flyertalk, but I wanted the real…