The main reason that you may not see a comment you wrote posted right away is that I must push the “approve” button on anyone who has not published a comment before. This is to prevent Spam from dominating the comments. My little counter on the Comments page in WordPress says that we have received 1,801…
Since I’m on a top 10 kick, I might as well write the post that most people want me to write, and that topic is credit cards! Credit cards are the easiest and fastest way to rapidly accumulate miles and points (or cash back), and is a major part of the overall strategy of cheap…
The top 10 websites I follow (and two bonus rewards!) I was watching ESPN’s top 10 something, I honestly can’t remember what (it was after midnight), and since it’s nearing the end of 2013, I figured I’d make a top 10 list. Since I was reading my RSS feed on the train this morning, a…
Anyone who knows Singapore knows that it is famous for two things – shopping and food! My wife happens to like both and is quite the foodie. Fortunately, her friend Abby was able to take us to some of the places local eat at rather than just the tourist spots. The first food spot will…
The wife and I had never been to Singapore so the whole city was new to us. We did have one advantage in that one of my wife’s childhood friends, Abby, has lived and worked there for the last eight years so we would have a native guide for at least one day while we…
In the final installment of what perks you have available to you as a military servicemember, we will talk about lounge access at airports. I mean, who wants to languish at the gate, paying for overpriced, badly tasting food, in uncomfortable seats, (most of the time) without free wifi, unable to enjoy a TV show,…
I was recently invited to beta test a new app called Loungebuddy which, as you may guess, is used for finding airport lounges. Most of you may be saying “I don’t belong to a club/ lounge and I don’t plan on paying for one”. Well, you will still find this app very useful as they…
With the Asiana crash at SFO, I thought that it might be timely to share some of my training in aircraft survival. When I lived in Alaska, it was a requirement for me to go through wilderness and aircraft survival due to the nature of my work taking me all over the state. The average time…
There is a lot written about credit cards that earn miles and points. In fact, probably too much to digest in one reading. This course will lay out the basics and stick to those until you are sure that you have it down thorugh months of experience. The last thing that you want to do is get in trouble with credit cards. You should see all the Soldiers that I have to chase down to pay thier damn Government Travel Card (GTC)! First of all, and most importantly, only get a miles or points card if you will PAY OFF THE BALANCE EACH MONTH. With the very high interest charges on these cards, it is never worth the miles or points to pay the monthly finance charge. Period, end of story. If you are not in that financial position, then just don’t do it, you can still get plenty of points or miles other ways. Provided you pass the first rule above, rule two is GET A CREDIT CARD. Get two or three. Note that I did not say two or three dozen. Analyze the type of credit cards available to you,…
There is a lot written about credit cards that earn miles and points. In fact, probably too much to digest in one reading. This course will lay out the basics and stick to those until you are sure that you have it down thorugh months of experience. The last thing that you want to do…
