I had one of my best point redemptions of all time last year when I redeemed a trunk load of Starwood Preferred Guest points for a tennis lesson with Andre Agassi at the US Open. My wife was the lucky participant and we had…
Courtesy of View From The Wing this morning, a great offer of 25,000 AAdvantage miles to sign-up for DirecTV. I’ve been a DirecTV customer for roughly 15 years. I find their customer service to be pretty dreary, but then again, I haven’t had a…
Back when the Grand Slam was the coolest promo out there, sites like E-Rewards and e-Miles were quick ways to generate “hits” towards a big pile of miles. My interest in those sites waned a bit when Grand Slam took a hiatus. I got…
Checklist Item #1: Vote In Freddie Awards There are tons of travel awards out there. Some are influenced by money, others decided on by experts. But, there’s only one group of awards that are decided by the frequent traveler. Millions of them, in fact….
FROM THE COMMENTS BELOW, Gary brings up the point that I don’t actually have to use a Hyatt Visa to get the 20% bonus, which changes a bunch of the math. After reviewing the T&C, it doesn’t actually state any requirement to pay with…
A million points can go a long way to traveling in style for quite some time. Is there anyone who wouldn’t want a million points? Didn’t think so. I was just informed that Points.com is giving away 3 million points. They’re giving away 1 million…
For the miles and points junkie, it’s all about the deal. With any deal, bigger is always better, right? That’s our goal. Find the biggest deals. The game keeps changing which is what keeps it interesting. I recently stumbled upon a wrinkle in the…
This Just In, 7 Points Per Dollar On Apple Purchases: Via View From the Wing, Staples is going to start carrying Apple products soon. I was in the middle of typing this post when I saw Gary’s post and this immediately became the #1…
Link: US Airways World MasterCard I recently applied for the US Airways World MasterCard for the first time a few months ago. I had blogged about it in the past and realized I never bothered to apply for the card myself. I was fairly…
It looks like the merger will be announced officially in the morning. Wall Street Journal has some particulars on it. And, I think View From The Wing has done a great job of breaking down some of the various components of a merger. I…