My 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 ArticleChase Ink Plus $95 Statement Credit and Other Retention Offer Tips and Tricks
(Hat Tip to Kenny @ Saverocity for the inspiration) Good evening everyone, I am writing this blog post from The Hall, a bar/restaurant in SF as I wait for a few travel hackers to join me. This morning...
View ArticleQ4 Credit Card Category Strategy: Do Way Better than 5% Cash Back at Amazon
Good afternoon everyone, Q4 is among us. With that, comes new cash back categories for Chase Freedom, Citi Dividend, and Discover It credit card holders. Let's go through the list of categories really...
View ArticleCiti Hilton HHonors Reserve Credit Card Annual Fee Notification Oversight
Good morning everyone. I just got an email from Citi regarding my Citi Hilton HHonors Reserve Credit Card. Apparently, on my last statement that closed a few days ago, Citi forgot to mention that the...
View ArticleReviewing my Travel Predictions from December 30, 2013
A few years ago, I wrote My Travel Predictions (Both Good and Bad) for 2014 on December 30, 2013. I thought I wrote a similar post at the end of 2014 for 2015 predictions, but I guess I did not....
View ArticleHow to Share or Transfer Citi Thank You Points to Another Account
Good morning everyone, I hope you had a great weekend. In this post, I will show you how to share (aka transfer) points from your Citi Thank You Points account to another Citi Thank You Points account....
View ArticleTravel Predictions for 2016 Part 2: Credit Cards and MS
Good afternoon everyone, I hope you enjoyed my insightful/crazy ramblings in Travel Predictions for 2016 Part 1: Airlines and Hotels. If you liked that post, you will surely love my crazy predictions...
View ArticleGuest Post from DEM Flyers: Should you Keep Citi Prestige & Dump Citi Premier?
Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great New Years celebration, but now it’s Monday morning and time to get back to reality. A few months ago, my friends Daniel, Esther and Michael started a...
View ArticleChicago Seminars Scheduled for October 14-16th, 2016, Book Cheap Virgin...
Good morning everyone, I hope your week is off to a great start. My friend Jim just told me that the dates for the Chicago Seminars have been announced and scheduled for October 14-16, 2016 (FlyerTalk...
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 ArticleChase Freedom + Uber in Europe = 5x Chase Ultimate Reward Points + Foreign...
Good morning everyone, I'm here in Munich, Germany, today and flying to Venice, Italy, this evening. I've had a few chances to use Uber in Europe (UberX both times) and wanted to share my thoughts....
View ArticleHotel Review: Hilton Munich City as Diamond Elite Member (Executive Lounge +...
Good evening everyone, greetings from Venice, Italy. Here is a quick hotel review from my short 2 night stay at the Hilton Munich City. After we landed, we took the S8 S-Bahn train from the airport to...
View ArticleHotel Review: Hilton Molino Stucky Venice (Diamond Status & Lounge Access)
Good evening from Dublin (and my last night in Europe). Here is a hotel review for my second to last hotel in Europe... the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice. Before I show you pictures of the hotel room and...
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 ArticleFalse Alarm: Citi Forward Card is not going to 2x and Citi Business Thank You...
(Hat Tip to Travel Codex for the inspiration) Good morning everyone, happy Super Bowl Sunday. Before the Big Game kicks off, let's examine the recent changes to the Citi Thank You Points program terms...
View ArticleBad use of AS $99 Companion Ticket & Codeshare AA / AS Booking with Citi...
Good morning from rainy San Francisco. I hope you all had a great (sunny) weekend. Since I was stuck inside most of the weekend, I did some travel planning (I do that anyway even if the weather is...
View ArticleCredit Card Affiliate Links: An Update
Good morning everyone, happy TGIF (Thank Grant It's Friday). I hope you have exciting plans for this coming weekend. As I wrote yesterday, I will be headed to Phoenix this weekend for a few Spring...
View ArticleMy Q2 Rotating Cash Back Category Credit Card Strategy
2 nights ago, I was at the SF Travel Hackers March Meetup and I was talking to a few friends about my second quarter rotating cash back category credit card strategy (that is a mouthful). I wanted to...
View ArticleMy Recent Credit Card Applications: Chase Ink Plus, Citi Hilton HHonors...
Good morning everyone, happy TGIF (Thank Grant it's Friday). I want to share my recent experience applying for 3 credit cards on March 11, 2016. Here are the 3 credit cards I applied for, along with...
View ArticleYou Cannot Convert Chase British Airways Credit Card to Chase Freedom Unlimited
Good morning everyone. A few days ago, my $95 annual fee posted on my Chase British Airways Credit Card and I had to make a few decisions. Would I keep the credit card open and pay the annual fee or...
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