If you’ve been (im) patiently waiting for your US Airways Dividend miles to merge with your AAdvantage account, you might want to check your balance. I logged into my Award Wallet account last night and noticed an increase in the AAdvantage balances that I manage. With the exception of my dad, none of us have … Read more
Club Carlson is offering 5,000 bonus Gold points for targeted Club Carlson elite members. All you have to do is book your stay with the mobile app by April 5, 2015. Only stays completed in April are eligible for the bonus. The 5,000 bonus points will post within 10 days of checkout. Elite members include … Read more
I received a tweet this morning from @Frenchie2Kiss, asking me if my British Airways Executive Club account was intact because apparently his 230,000 Avios balance was wiped out. What’s more, apparently he’s not the only one this has happened to. I immediately logged into my Award Wallet account and updated the balance on every Executive Club account I manage … Read more
I started this blog in September 2012, with a simple WordPress theme spruced up slightly with a banner designed by a cartoon artist on Fiverr. About seven months ago, I decided to make a career change. While I still don’t want to blog for a living, I enjoy doing it as a hobby now that … Read more
When most of us cancel a credit card, it’s a simple process: We call an 800 number, the rep either tries to tempt us into keeping the card in exchange for extra miles or gladly fulfills our request (sometimes to our disappointment). Tthe credit card eventually disappears from our online profile. We may even get … Read more
Club Carlson is really winning when it comes to bonus point promotions. The Extend Your Stay, Earn 30K promotion ends on March 29 but if you’re staying at a participating Radisson and Country Inn & Suites hotels between April 17 – June 27, you can earn an extra 5,000 Gold points per night! This promotion … Read more
The British Airways Executive Club has taken several hits recently, starting with their award chart devaluation, which will go into effect on April 28, 2015. In addition to this, we learned last week that on April 30 the earnings structure on the British Airways Visa Signature credit card will change. Earnings on regular spending will drop … Read more
Emirates keeps hawking their New York – Milan (JFK – MXP) route, to our benefit, with low fares. Back in January it was $799 fares for two and now they’re back with $1,380 roundtrip economy fares and $3,800 business class fares for two. At $690 per person in coach and $1900 per person in business … Read more
It’s been a while since I’ve given an update on my manufactured spending activities (or anything else, really) so I thought now is as good a time as ever. Two weeks ago, my Google Wallet account was shut down. I’ve been really careful with it for the past year. Then I got impatient and unloaded … Read more
The U.S. Travel Association’s Daily Getaways promotions are coming up, an event that points and miles bloggers like to rag on every year because why pay for travel when it can be (more or less) free? Basically, it’s a daily line-up of “deals” on car rentals and hotel stays. The hotel packages largely consist of points … Read more