I’ve read lots of trip reports on Cathay Pacific First Class, but not too many in Business Class on the SFO – HKG route. I was looking forward to 12 hours of relaxing, watching movies, maybe doing some work, and sleeping…basically, what I normally do at home. After leaving the club lounge, we got to … Read more
Recently, British Airways announced a new route between San Jose and London, starting May 4, 2016. As is usually the case when an airline announces a new route, a ton of award space has opened up for next summer. Booking this award will set you back 100,000 AAdvantage miles round-trip, plus $1,263.30 in taxes and fuel surcharges. … Read more
In a recent post, I mentioned using Vanilla Visa gift cards to purchase money orders at Walmart. Some readers have been asking me how that’s possible, after Walmart banned the use of gift cards for money order purchases a while back. The only problem I’ve ever had with buying money orders was when the cashiers … Read more
I was pretty happy when I managed to book five tickets from San Francisco to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific Business Class, all departing on the same day. My parents and sister would travel on the 12:30 AM flight. Meanwhile, my brother and I would depart 30 minutes later. Eason helped us check-in and he … Read more
Right before Top Cash Back and BeFrugal began limiting cash back to American Express gift cards purchased in denominations of $200 or less, I placed a few orders totaling $30,000. In addition to this, I had another $10,000 lying around from a previous order. With a stack of gift cards piling up, it was time … Read more
Ever since American Airlines announced the merger with US Airways, there has been speculation about when the program will devalue. After all, less competition means the world’s largest airline no longer needs to be quite as generous to maintain customer loyalty. Readers Hugo and Tim passed some information along that may hint at exactly when American … Read more
IHG Rewards Club announced their Accelerate bonus point promotion and as usual, it consists of a variety of challenges you have to meet in order to earn the bonus. I actually like this set-up and wish other brands would get creative like this. Anyway, the promotion is personalized so not all members will receive the … Read more
As of 8/21/15 BeFrugal has implemented the same $200 limit on Amex gift cards as Top Cash Back Reader Jeff brought this to my attention: TopCashBack is currently offering 2.25% cash back on American Express business gift cards. The bad news is that they’re now limiting cash back to gift cards purchased in $25, $50, $100, … Read more
IHG just launched a sale on award redemptions, offering 50% off resorts in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. The promotion is valid on bookings made between August 24 – September 15, 2015 for travel between September 1 – October 31, 2015. With this promotion, members can save upwards of 20,000 points per night at … Read more
Some of you may know that I co-founded and hosted the TRLT twitter chat, which stands for Road Less Traveled. It’s all about traveling off the beaten path, to places that may not be central and certainly not anywhere near the tourist hubs. During my recent trip to Bali, I tried to get off the beaten … Read more