IHG Rewards Club offers lots of ways to redeem points, including for gift cards and merchandise. Thanks to the IHG Rewards Club Priceless Surprises and Accelerate promotion (which are stackable by the way), a lot of folks are going to end up with a nice stash of IHG Rewards Club points. Most of you are … Read more
Every year, we’re faced with a series of devaluations and general setbacks in the hobby that leave people with a doomsday perspective. Programs devalue and everyone starts blaming the newbies and the bloggers who introduced them to this world. The bottom line is, programs will continue to devalue, deals will die, but then new opportunities … Read more
Just in time for next year’s American Airlines AAdvantage devaluation, Barclays is offering a very generous spending bonus to targeted AAdvantage Aviator MasterCard cardholders. Members who spend $500 per month in January, February, and March 2015 will each 15,000 bonus miles. That’s in addition to the 1,500 AAdvantage miles earned from the card at a … Read more
If you travel quite a bit, chances are you’re at least occasionally using Lyft for airport rides. Lyft is available in just 206 cities across 32 states. I’ve always had a great experience using Lyft and would definitely recommend keeping the app on your phone. For starters, there are times when Uber may not be … Read more
If you’re a regular manufactured spender, chances are you have a route: A list of stores where you buy or unload gift cards, mapped out in an efficient way, saving you time and gas when hopping from store to store. The way I created my regular manufactured spending route was by doing a Google search for local Walmart … Read more
A lot has changed on the manufactured spending front in the past year. Target stopped accepting gift cards and credit cards for Redbird loads, shopping portals stopped offering cash back on American Express gift card denominations over $200 and Serve stopped accepting Visa, MasterCard, and Discover credit cards for online loads. However, there was some … Read more
One of the benefits of the Citi AAdvantage Executive World Elite Mastercard is Admirals Club Lounge membership, which normally costs $400 – 500 per year for new members. Starting today, Citi is extending Admirals Club lounge access to all authorized users. This is is pretty significant, since a day pass to the Admirals Club normally … Read more
I read my Twitter feed more than any other news source these days and one thing that stands out to me are the complaints. Constant, unrelenting complaints about everything regarding the general travel experience: Airline employees, passengers, travel delays, security lines, how other people act, how other people look, babies, adults, fat people, skinny people, the … Read more
Through December 19, Emirates is offering “special family fares” for travel to Dubai. Through this promotion, groups of 2-5 travelers can save significantly on economy and business class fares. The fare discount increases with the number of passengers and can actually be a pretty good deal for those who have extra Barclay Arrival Miles sitting … Read more
I know what some of you are thinking: UGG boots are ugly and overpriced. Well, yes, some of them are. But there are actually some very nice boots made by UGG Australia that don’t look like bear paws (which, incidentally, is the name of an UGG rip-off brand). These higher end models can be pricey. … Read more