Back in July, I put out my first attempt at developing a cheat sheet for visualizing the situations when it made sense to redeem miles for flights and which class…
For most miles and points enthusiasts, cash is one of those things that has no impact on our daily lives. In fact, we’ll deliberately go out of our way to…
Sorry for the sporadic blog posts as of late – work has been absolutely crazy and has taken over my evening time, which I’ve historically tried to reserve for blogging…
It’s just not enough that Southern California has better weather and more celebrities than Northern California – now they are getting all the latest and greatest international flight products that…
Well, other than the fact that the system has been out of commission for the past 4 days (it’s back online this morning). Actually, I didn’t really mind since I…
If there’s one thing the media does well, it’s fearmongering. I’m not trying to downplay the devastating impact that a potential widespread outbreak of Ebola would have, but the news…
This is why I absolutely love points and miles. My wife and I have two weeks blocked off for vacation in September, and as of today have no flights or…
I don’t think that I’m alone in feeling like TripAdvisor rankings have became relatively useless. Sure, TripAdvisor is the largest database of travel-related information and reviews on hotels, restaurants, and…
As I wrote about previously, this year I’ve switched my primary airline from United to Alaska Airlines. My experiences so far this year with Alaska have been overwhelmingly positive, and…
There are few things in life with a larger divergence between price tag and perceived value than airline miles. If I’m willing to pay $5 at lunch for a sandwich,…