So, You Want to Ride a Bicycle While Visiting New York City?

Don’t. Please! I live here, I drive here, and like most drivers in this town, I hate bicyclists! No, I am not a hateful person, but I hate that they won’t have a problem smashing into my car, let alone leaning on it, I hate that they perversely love riding against traffic, I hate thatContinue Reading

The Mysterious EMV Credit Cards | Frugal Travel Guy

Check my today article on EMV credit cards. Without it, you can truly get lost outside of the US, especially in Europe. The Mysterious EMV Credit Cards | Frugal Travel Guy.

24-Hour Flash Sale – IHG Rewards Club Connect

This photo of Hotel Indigo London Tower Hill is courtesy of TripAdvisor Please note: the sale starts on Monday Sep 30. It’s not active yet! via 24-Hour Flash Sale – IHG Rewards Club Connect From the horse’s mouth: “Hey Points People! I’m so excited to announce that we’ve got a Social Flash Sale happening on Monday (Sep 30) featuring IHGContinue Reading

40,000 LANPASS Miles Bonus from US Bank Credit Card

LAN (LATAM after merger with Brazilian TAM) is the largest airline conglomerate in South America. It practically owns the sky over the continent. In addition, their planes are great in terms of comfort and amenities–much better than a typical US airline with better leg space, better food and personal entertainment system even in economy on a long-distanceContinue Reading

Amex Membership Rewards vs. Chase Ultimate Rewards

These are the two most popular general credit card reward programs. They allow you to transfer points directly to many airline and hotel programs of your choice, as well as redeem them for gift cards. They are very popular with frequent and not-so-frequent flyers. The appeal is flexibility and versatility, since with those programs youContinue Reading

Credit Cards Can Send You on a Free Trip — Whenever, Wherever!

  I’ve been thinking recently. It’s been over ten years I’ve traveled the world for free! It’s been easy. Sometimes, too easy. Imagine if you could just go into a store and get thousands of dollars worth of stuff for free. That would be insane, right? But that’s exactly what can happen in the world ofContinue Reading

Chase Southwest 50,000-Mile Bonus Is Back, Baby…

Visualist Images / Foter / CC BY-NC-ND Did I tell you or did I tell you? The Chase Southwest credit card that took that 50K-mile bonus out of circulation over a month ago, finally brought it back in. There are four different offers featuring this bonus, and theoretically nothing prevents you from getting all fourContinue Reading

Carnival Cruise out of New York: 8 days for $299!

  OK, for once we have a heavily discounted cruise offer out of New York I caught in my Travelzoo email. You can sail on Carnival Splendor from New York to the Bahamas for $299 (and when I say for once, I do mean it; you must depart on November 17th if you want thisContinue Reading

Credit Card Car Insurance Coverage–Not Created Equal!

Stuck in Customs / Foter / CC BY-NC-SA So, to continue yesterday’s discussion, are there other features in credit cards that are important too, except, of course, sign-up bonuses and cashback? Yes, but not that many, IMHO. The thing is, if you have one of the top credit cards, like World Master, Visa Signature, AmericanContinue Reading

Credit Cards: What Are They Good for (Beyond the Obvious)

I have one criteria (or criterion for you, grammar majors) for choosing a credit card, and that’s a sign-up bonus. Seriously, all other bennies are just the frosting on the cake for me, and as everyone knows frosting is useless without the cake. What’s the cake again? Why, a sign up bonus, of course! IContinue Reading

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