Which credit card bonus is fairest of them all? That is the question I found myself asking lately. I mentioned before that I don’t do any manufactured spending. Simply put, its when you buy prepaid Visa gift cards or Vanilla reloads for the sole purpose of earning points. The fee on those is usually 1…
Extra post for the week, because the news is significant enough to warrant it. As I have said before, I am a huge fan of IHG brand and this is the reason. You can’t beat a hotel room for only 5000 points and only 4500 if you have Chase IHG credit card. This list is…
Remember Stefan from Rapid Travel Chai blog? The one, who travels fast (and smart), lingers only in memories? Well, we have been corresponding lately. Turns out, he has been reading my crazy blog, unbeknownst to me. And he is a fan! I knew, I should have named my site “Miles for men” or better yet…
Update: recent changes in AAdvantage chart make this post obsolete, as stopovers are no longer allowed to exceed 24 hours. OK, this time I actually do mean average intelligence. Not to imply, that you are! A reader mentioned how complicated the whole idea of a one way add-on is, so I decided to create a…
This post was originally going to have a boring title, like “Buy travel insurance!” But then to my complete delight, Matt from Saverocity blog wrote a piece about things going wrong on his vacation. Not to say, I was delighted by his problems. LINK In it he mentioned, how he never buys travel insurance and basically…
The rant. I was thinking, how humor does not translate very well on the internet. Especially, if you are part Russian, like me. We have a very dark sense of humor. Can you think of any happy classic books, that came from our area ? Umm, no. “War and peace”, “Crime and punishment”, “Anna Karenina”.…
An update: IHG deal is over. Before I get to my second part of my “cruise for families” pitch, I wanted to let you know about a promotion. IHG will be having a flash sale on some hotels Monday at 10 am, with award prices being deeply discounted. LINK In my last post I mentioned some huge advantages…
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