Check Your Credit Card Statement After Each Stay
I recently stayed in a Hyatt hotel that offered Diamond members breakfast in the restaurant. Every Hyatt hotel is different – some will have buffets and at others you… Read more »
How to Get Bags Checked All the Way Through on Partner/Alliance Flights
How many of you have been on a multi-airline itinerary where one airline allows you to carry-on your luggage and another forces you to check it? This type of confusion… Read more »
Free $20 to spend at Target or CVS!
I normally don’t post about non-travel related deals, but this one is so good/fast/easy, that the money saved can go towards travel, or you can spend this on items for… Read more »
Hyatt Gold Passport Earning Mystery
On a recent stay at a Hyatt hotel, I discovered that Hyatt calculates the base earning on a stay differently from what was paid. Normally you earn 5 points per… Read more »
US-Asia Award Redemption
I was attempting to use AA miles for upcoming EU travel, but couldn’t find availability for the peak summer travel season. The deal-maker in me also wanted to burn the miles… Read more »
Updating Global Entry Profile When You Renew Your Passport
Global Entry is a fantastic government pre-clearance program for travelers. The program gives you TSA PreCheck for domestic travel and expedited immigration processing when you return from international travel. The… Read more »
Credit Card Referral Strategy
Earlier this week, I was helping some extended family members get started on their mile/point strategy. As an existing cardmember for many credit cards, I can send a personalized offer… Read more »
Progress to book flights to Finland: Part 3
Progress to book flights to Finland: Intro Progress to book flights to Finland: Part 2 To transfer or not to transfer, that is the question today. I need to backtrack… Read more »
Selling Underutilized Gift Cards
Have you ever received a gift card that you did not want to use or could not use? Perhaps you wished to receive cash instead. Well you can by converting… Read more »
Progress to book flights to Finland: Part 2
Progress to book flights to Finland: Intro Now that we had a destination and timeframe, we could start working on the flights. How to find flights: Determine where/when I want… Read more »