March App-O-Rama Updates: US Airways, British Airways, Alaska Airlines,...
Good morning everyone, happy April Fool's Day. No pranks today for me, I don't have time for those. Before I went on my RV road trip, I did a mini App-O-Rama in mid March and it's been almost 2 weeks,...
View ArticleWinners Announced for RV Driving Distance and Poll Question Regarding US Bank...
Good morning everyone, thank you to the 92 of you who entered my latest contest for a chance to win one of 3 $10 Amazon eGift Cards. I asked you to guess how many miles I drove in the RV from Los...
View ArticleCleverLayover Search Engine: Find Cheap Flights and Really Long Layovers
According to the article: "Launched last month by students at Harvard Business School, the new site searches routes to and from the world’s 500 largest airports—in Europe and beyond—to 'combine two...
View ArticleExitFares Combines the Search Power of The Flight Deal, Airfare Watch Dog,...
(Hat Tip to Paul for the CN Traveler article) Good morning everyone, I recently learned about a new travel website called ExitFares which aggregates all the best airline deal sites like The Flight...
View ArticleMy Unsuccessful Chase Sapphire Preferred Reconsideration Call, Visit, and Tweets
Good morning everyone. A few weeks ago, I did an 8 card App-O-Rama. One of my top credit cards to apply for was the Chase Sapphire Preferred Credit Card. I previously opened a Chase Sapphire Preferred...
View ArticleConvert Marriott & Ritz Carlton Points to United Airlines Miles (2.24:1 Ratio)
Good morning everyone. A few days ago, I was in an interesting predicament. I found an awesome United Airlines award, but I did not have enough United Airlines miles to book the award. *gasp* Worse...
View ArticleNew AMEX Offers: Dropbox, Adobe, Sleepys, Timberland, and Others
Good morning everyone, a few days ago I wrote New AMEX Offers: $50 Off $200 RocketMiles.com, $30 Off $150 Lowe’s, and More. I have a few new AMEX Offers to share, including Dropbox, Adobe, Sleepys,...
View ArticleMy First Experience Booking an Award Ticket with Singapore Airlines Miles...
Good morning everyone, a few weeks ago, I wrote Transfer Times to Singapore Airlines from Chase Ultimate Rewards, AMEX Membership Rewards, Citi Thank You Points, and SPG Starpoints. In that post, I...
View ArticleTravel Predictions for 2016 Part 1: Airlines and Hotels
(Travel Predictions for 2016 Part 2: Credit Cards and MS is coming out later this afternoon.) Good morning everyone, happy New Years Eve! To prove how smart or dumb I am, I wanted to make a few...
View ArticleHotel & Flight Bookings for LHR, CDG, NCE, MUC, VCE, and DUB
Good morning everyone, happy TGI Friday! First, I wanted to thank everyone for voting in my poll (Reader Feedback Needed: Which Blog Posts Should I Write First?). I was busy this week with 2 free movie...
View Article2016 Eurotrip Travel and Expense Summary
Good afternoon everyone, here is a summary of my 2 week trip to Europe from January 2016. Here is my planning and booking process: Hotel & Flight Bookings for LHR, CDG, NCE, MUC, VCE, and DUB. Here...
View ArticleTrip Advice for Central and South America: Panama City, Lima & Cusco
Good morning everyone, happy Friday! I am about to embark on a week long trek around Central and South America and I want some trip advice. Here is my itinerary with a 23 hour layover in Panama City...
View ArticleTransfer SPG Points to Virgin America; Book Hawaiian Airlines Award Ticket...
Good morning everyone, greetings from Denver, Colorado. I am working on a few upcoming blog posts about my recent trip to Lima, Cusco, and Machu Picchu, but in the meantime, this post will show you how...
View ArticleReminder: SF Travel Hackers Meetup Tonight (7pm on 11/15)
Good morning everyone, I'm sorry this is super last minute, but I wanted to remind everyone in the Bay Area that there is a SF Travel Hackers Meetup tonight. This is the topic of tonight's meetup: Want...
View ArticleUse Visa Infinite Credit Card to get $100 off Roundtrip Domestic Flights...
Good morning everyone, happy Friday! In this post, I will show you how to use your JPMorgan Chase Ritz Carlton Visa Infinite Credit Card to get $100 off round trip domestic flights. Unfortunately, if...
View ArticleNew Writer Q&A with Will (The Tactical Traveler)
Good morning everyone, here is the third Q&A post from my new writers. If you missed the first two, I highly recommending reading Tonei's Q&A and Whitney's Q&A. I hope you are all enjoying...
View ArticleTonei’s 2016 Year in Review: A Record-Breaking Year of Travel and Reselling
In 2016, I blew past my previous record for miles traveled, went all in on gift card reselling, moved to Mexico, and picked up a handful of credit cards and bank signup bonuses along the way. I flew...
View ArticleMy Outrageous 2017 Travel Predictions + Reader Ideas Needed
Good morning everyone, I'm sorry for the delay, but I have been diligently thinking about my 2017 travel predictions. I am going to channel my inner Nostradamus to come up with some outrageous travel...
View ArticleGuest Post: 600 Euro Compensation for Delayed Flight in the European Union...
Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is off to a great start. I am home in San Francisco this weekend and it is supposed to rain all weekend. Therefore, I plan on posting and scheduling several...
View ArticleAlaska Airlines Announces New Routes from California (SAN, LAX & SFO) to...
It looks like Santa has been talking to the folks at Alaska Airlines, because the first wish on my travel hacker wish list was granted today: Alaska Airlines announced that the US Department of...
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