My New Book is Out That’s right, my own plug comes first! 🙂 Honeymoon and Luxury Travel is absolutely perfect for newbies and intermediate hobbyists alike. Take the anguish out of your lives and start living, while you’re still learning. It has everything you need to organize your perfect luxury trip. You and I can make fun about… Continue Reading
Manufactured Spend with Barclaycard Travel Community–Worth Looking Into?
UPDATE: Please note that the Arrival card is discontinued There is a credit card out there everyone knows about. It is called Barclaycard Arrival. Benefits Barclaycard Arrival is a great card, although it is a little overrated. Their major selling points are the 40,000-mile sign up bonus, 2.2222-something miles back after the rebate, and its… Continue Reading
Cathay Pacific Fantastical Fanfare: Business Class for $12.90 RT
OK, I don’t usually do that (write catchy titles to post deals with the limited appeal), but I actually find this offer very interesting. You can try your hand in getting some sweet Business and Economy Comfort tickets out of Hong Kong for HKD$100 each ($12.90). The deal includes Hong Kong security tax but excludes everything… Continue Reading
My New Book is Coming Out. Yes, for Real, This Time.
This is probably going to be the shortest post ever. Just wanted to give you the heads up that my new book Honeymoon and Luxury Travel; Free and Cheap is [finally] coming out tomorrow. Unlike my other books, this one is about those special aspirational trips when you need every luxury you can get. This is… Continue Reading
New Manufactured Spend Method That Won’t Make You Work Hard
This post is for intermediate hobbyists. Please do not dive in without understanding the risks and possible consequences. If you have been reading my books and this blog, you already know that to me, there are three acceptable levels of manufactured spending. PRIME MS Prime MS is something I can do in the comfort of my… Continue Reading
Just Got My New Chase Ritz Carlton Card–Is It the Best Reward Card Ever?
First thing first: the presentation is beautiful! And the card? The card is heavy as you won’t believe it. Hit someone on the head with this thing, and I guarantee they will feel it. So don’t. 🙂 It’s heavier than the Sapphire Preferred, which is also metal, but it doesn’t hold a candle to this… Continue Reading
New AMEX Delta 50,000-Mile Offer And $50 Statement Credit
AMEX has a new 50,000 Delta Gold SkyMiles offer valid until September 8, 2014. They also have a 50K offer for the Platinum card too, but that one will cost you $195 although with $100 credit and 15,000 MQMs if you are into this kind of things (I’m not). 🙂 Still, according to some reports,… Continue Reading
What Does the New FICO 9 Scoring Model Means to Miles and Points Junkies
I had a beer with famous (or infamous to some 🙂 ) TBB from Travel Blogger Buzz yesterday night. A couple of other hobbyists showed up too, so we talked and exchanged some war stories, stuff like that. It was very enjoyable to talk to people who don’t think you’re crazy every now and then. My new… Continue Reading
Disgraceful “Transparent” Airfare Act Is Passed by the House: Now What?
Yesterday I wrote this: The Transparent Airfare Act Gets Sneakily Passed in the House The F@#$ers did it! Despite the protests from the travel community, consumer advocates, and against the most basic common sense, the sons of bitches quietly passed this piece-of-shit legislation that would allow the airlines–once again–lure customers with low fares only to hit… Continue Reading
TBB DO in Brooklyn, My New Book Gets Published This Weekend, and Some News
TBB DO in Brooklyn For the few of you who don’t know, TBB stands for Travel Blogger Buzz, which is also–surprise, surprise–the name of a very popular blog. I met George, the guy behind the blog, last year at FinCon 13, (Financial Blogger Conference) and enjoyed his company very much. George is almost single-handedly… Continue Reading
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