Tim Steinke
My wife Erin and my first big journey together went around the world in 100 days for
our honeymoon, a trip in which I had one car accident and got one speeding ticket in every country that we visited (I think that I may still have an arrest warrant in New Zealand for an unpaid ticket, but we’ll keep that between us). We currently
live in Washington State; we own a winery, ski after work and hike as much as our elderly knees will let us.
Palacio de Villapanes Sevilla, Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Bottom Line Review
My wife and I ended our recent trip to Spain with a three-day stay in one of my favorite Spanish cities: Sevilla. We had yet to try a Mr. and Mrs. Smith property and...
The Virgin Atlantic monthly award calendar still exists. Here’s how to find it.
Virgin Atlantic has long had a very useful tool for searching awards, both when looking for flights operated by Virgin Atlantic, as well as those operated by their partners. Using Virgin's flexible dates option,...
(EXPIRED) Southwest Personal Cards: New 75,000 point offers
All three of the consumer Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards credit cards are now offering increased bonuses of 75,000 Rapid Rewards points after $5K in purchases in the first 3 months. These offers are not...
(EXPIRED) 10-15K United Mileage Plus miles with Clear enrollment (stacks with AMEX credits)
Start warming up those Clear credits. United Airlines and Clear are back with another promotion that gives a boatload of miles to Mileage Plus members who sign up for Clear. Premier members will earn...
(EXPIRED) Marriott Bonvoy to Air Canada Aeroplan: 20% transfer bonus (up to 2:1)
In the aftermath of Marriott's change to dynamic pricing, we've heard a lot of complaints about the increase in price of the aspirational properties that many members earn points for. While we're pretty confident...
Palacio de Santa Paula Granada, Autograph Collection: Bottom Line Review
My wife and I are in the middle of a short trip to Andalucia, in Southern Spain (since Carrie and Greg are in Europe as well, I guess that means FM is now a...
Are Greg and Nick reasonable or are they reward value heretics?
Is there anything more Frequent Miler than Reasonable Redemption Values? Since FM started doing them in 2014, RRV's have been like a warm comforter, securing us in the knowledge that our points and miles...
(EXPIRED) Hilton Amex Cards: Limited time welcome offers with points + statement credits
Three of the Hilton Honors credit cards have limited-time welcome offers that include both statement credits and a decent tranche of Hilton points. These offers are all valid through July 6, 2022 and represent...
(EXPIRED) (Last Day) Rakuten Big Give Week: 15% cashback and $40 welcome offer for...
Update 5/16 - It's the last day for Big Give Week. Both Sak's and Dell seem to have been maxed out, but there's some decent retailers left at 15x, including Walgreens and CVS. The...
(EXPIRED) Sunbasket MyPoints/Simply Miles/Citi Stack: $80 profit, 1000 AAdvantage miles and 8 meals
The home-prep meal service Sunbasket has several offers available that, when stacked, gives you 8-10 meals, 1000 AAdvantage Miles/Loyalty Points and an $80 profit after signing-up for the service and getting at least one...
(Free Nights Awarded ) Why I paid over $1000 to upgrade 3 no-fee Hilton...
Update 5/15 - I wanted to do a follow-up to this original post as there were some questions about whether not upgrading to the Aspire would trigger a free night award without having to wait...
How to fight the mental cost of points and miles
About a month ago, the Point debit card started playing games with referral bonuses, resulting in a situation where those of us referring others to the card didn't know how many referrals we had...
(EXPIRED) Meijer: Save 10% on up to $500 in gift card purchases (Airbnb, Disney,...
Meijer has a good mPerks digital coupon that offers 10% off of up to $500 in gift card purchases for Airbnb, Southwest, Disney and Uber. This was a strange one, as the coupon says...
(Expired) Increased Offers on United Airlines Cards: Club Infinite up to 120,000 miles
Update 5/13/22: The welcome offer on the United Club Infinite card dropped from 120,000 bonus miles recently, but US Credit Card Guide has found a link that still works for that higher offer and...
