As noted in the Beginner’s Guide, certainly the low hanging fruit in the game of collecting points and miles is from credit card sign ups. However, those are neither infinitely available (which is why more than one person working helps)…
Travel Tip: How to Avoid Blisters
So, I do a fair bit of hoofing around usually while I travel. I was in Berlin with a buddy for near a week while he was working, so plenty of walking around for me to do during the day.…
Credit Score: An Update
Recently picked up an Alaska Airlines card. I might have made a mistake? Or they did… thought I’d be getting points although when activating the CSR said something about a $100 rebate and no points… which is greater than the…
Machine Guns Vegas
Was out at a convention in Las Vegas for work, and “unfortunately” had to take a break from the presentations to take out customer for entertainment. We left early and headed out to Machine Guns Vegas to entertain him through…
Major American Airlines Frequent Flyer Program Changes
American Airlines just announced a ton of changes to their AAdvantage program, effective immediately and pretty much all awful. Notable for the fun points world being a little less fun: I recently wrote about some of the travel tricks…
Tampa has Sweet Rides
Hertz actually does know I want to… I was recently in Tampa for work. Picking up my car among the usual Nissan Versas and Chevy Sparks were these babies… Not the kind of rides I usually see when traveling for…
Cinque Terre, Italy
Cinque Terre is located along the coast of Italy, near the town of La Spezia. We had Eurail passes and popped in and out of it. Cinque Terre translates to Five Lands and consists of five small villages, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia,…
An AirBnB Problem Experience
I ran into my first problem with airbnb after posting my first airbnb article. I was looking for a place to stay in Istanbul, and someone had their room available as an instant book. $31 a night and it comes…
