Miles and Points University is REAL! Enroll Today!
Feel like you need a little schooling on miles and points? How about a Miles and Points University? It exists! It’s called FTU, Frequent Traveler University, and this November you can attend.
SPG Pay Your Birth Year Rate
Hotels can get really expensive. So, in order for us to save a bit of cash we do our best to use every promotion available to us. One of Starwood’s greatest promotions out there is the SPG Pay Your Birth Year promotion. Here’s how it works.
3,000 JetBlue Points for Amazon Prime Day
Amazon and JetBlue have strengthened their relationship and are offering 3,000 TrueBlue points just for signing up! Hurry, it’s only good through July 6.
Why I bought my Suit at Office Depot
Here’s a quick how-to guide about how I got a bunch of cash back at an office supply store, Office Depot, by buying my latest suit there!
The Not So Secret way to Alaska Airlines First Class upgrades
Ever walk onto a plane and see all those people sitting in the first few rows of the airplane, sipping a pre departure drink, not burdened by uncomfortable seat cushions and wonder “How the hell did they get up here?” I know you have, because I hear it all the time when people walk by us to coach… “Hey Larry! Hey Larry! Look at these big comfy seats! Are these ours?” No Susan, you’re back in...
Uh Oh! Your hotel lost power. Now what?
Imagine that you get to your destination, check in, freshen up, and you’re lounging around your hotel room in your pajamas, relaxing before bed. All of a sudden the lights go out and power has been cut to the entire hotel. The phones don’t work and the light on your cell phone is your only way to find the exit. Welcome to our Salt Lake City experience. As we wrote about a short while back, the...
How we used Credit Cards to get One Free Month at a Beach Resort!
PLEASE NOTE: THE HILTON DEAL HAS SINCE EXPIRED Credit Cards are probably the easiest way to earn points and miles in a hurry. Usually, you can earn 1 mile or point per $1 spent, but a lot of the cards give you 2, 3, 4, 5, even 12x the points per dollar earned. It may sound crazy, but there are ways to stay completely free, for up to a MONTH, at a 5 star beach resort, and not pay a dime. Whether you can get a full month off from your...
Travel Hacking: The Alaska Airlines Companion Fare
The Alaska Airlines Companion Fare is arguably the best benefit of having the credit card issued by Bank of America. It allows two people to travel together, while the second person only has to pay the taxes and fees. Currently, the offer from Bank of America is waiving the $99 co pay, but every year upon renewal, you’ll pay that in addition to the taxes and fees. One of the questions we get all the time is...
American Airlines Promotion, 10,000 miles – Check your Email!
There are a lot of holidays coming up in the next few weeks; Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, a lot of graduations, and so American Airlines has launched a pretty easy promotion for you to earn 10,000 by completing some simple tasks. I don’t see a link to sign up, so it might be targeted to specific users or just a general promo. With that said, the tasks to complete aren’t that difficult, so you might as well...
Is Cuba Safe?
Is Cuba Safe? It’s a simple question but not an easy answer. We want to be careful in issuing a blanket statement of “yes” or “no” but instead offer you our experience spending three days there and let you draw your own conclusions. Daytime Usually when you’re walking around a major city in the daytime, you’re more likely to be attacked by people selling tours and begging for spare change than in any real danger. Neither of those is...