That’s essentially the advice being offered by Jerry Lanson in this HuffPo piece. Jerry tells the story of spending the last 25 years spending on a Citibank credit card to earn a bunch of miles and lifetime Gold status on American Airlines. Before we…
Not really sure what happened, but I had this scheduled to post over the weekend and it never did. Operator error? Anyway,in case you missed the news…. Starwood Preferred Guest has a valuable loyalty program for lots of different reasons. They have a slew…
I just logged in to the Chase Ultimate Rewards platform to do some reconciliation and noticed that the Korean Air Skypass transfer option shows as “temporarily unavailable”. Maybe it’s just a technical glitch, but it’s odd timing considering I don’t recall seeing them as…
Keeping my various electronic gadgets powered on the road can be cumbersome, but I have a pretty good system worked out. That being said, I’m always looking for a better way to keep my gear charged. So, when I happened to walk by a…
The Best of the Rest is my effort to summarize all the travel/miles & points stories that interested me on a daily basis but didn’t have time to write about in length. On a daily basis, I try to keep track of roughly 100 different…
Up until a few years ago, Hawaiian Airlines used to award airline miles for Amazon purchases. During that time period they were the only loyalty program I was aware of that did so. When the Chase Ink cards came onto the scene, they provided…
Editor’s Note: This blog has always represented the things I find interesting in the world of travel. The opinions have been my own. The blog has changed, evolved in the years I’ve written it. It’s had good days and bad. But, that voice has…
National Car Rental’s One, Two, Free promo has been the best car rental promotion each time they’ve run it. It’s incredibly lucrative for frequent renters and it’s really helping put National front and center to consumers. And, this version appears to be worth participating…
I’ll admit it, I’m a bit nutty about travel. Where most people dread getting on an airplane, I’m frequently happy, especially when traveling with my family. Being a self-avowed aviation geek, I keep track of all kinds of kooky stats about my travel. I…
If you missed Frontier’s $15 fare sale yesterday, it appears they felt sorry for you and want to sell more seats really cheaply today and tomorrow. See all the city pairs….
