My shifting wallet: What’s in Nick’s wallets now?
My wallet has been all Amex, all the time for the past several months. Between the amazing Resy offer of 2021 (since expired), bonuses for adding authorized users on consumer cards and employees on...
If cash is king, is credit the answer?
Credit card rewards have helped take me to more than 60 countries around the world. They completely powered the flights for a 4-month, 18-country honeymoon when I got married and have brought me to...
The great loyalty shake-up [On Greg’s mind]
March 2022 is promising to be a monumental month with regards to airline and hotel loyalty. In March, American Airlines will complete their shift from offering elite status to flyers to rewarding elite status...
Is it time to step off the Hyatt bandwagon?
Next month, many highly desirable Hyatt properties are set to move out of range for those booking with free night certificates. Some properties will see price increases of as much as 50% over the...
Dosh App Complete Guide: How It Works & Why It’s Worth It
Update 9/19/24: Since publishing this guide 2.5 years ago, Dosh has become less exciting. They axed people's ability to earn on purchases at Office Depot/OfficeMax any time that they identified people buying gift cards...
Capital One Travel vs Chase Ultimate Rewards Travel, head-to-head
Many people have asked how Capital One's travel portal stacks up to booking hotels through Chase Ultimate Rewards Travel. Capital One Travel holds up surprisingly well. Again and again, Capital One Travel beat Chase Ultimate...
Nick’s Avianca LifeMiles expired. Avoid this rookie mistake.
I can only be thankful that it wasn't worse: last week, I realized that I let my Avianca LifeMiles expire. The good news is that I only had a small handful of miles in...
Ventana Big Sur vs. Miraval Arizona
Hyatt offers a few all-inclusive luxury resorts within the continental United States: Alila Ventana Big Sur and three Miraval resorts. Recently I stayed at the Miraval Arizona resort, and then stayed at Alila Ventana...
How to avoid Amex’s pop-up prison
Amex offers some of the best credit cards on the market both in terms of initial welcome bonus offers and rewards for ongoing spend, but how do you stay in Amex's good graces so...
Re-Wowed: Return to Alila Ventana Big Sur
My wife and I are workationing our way down the California coast in our endeavor to avoid big swaths of Michigan's winter. The journey so far included a 5 night stay at Hyatt's all-inclusive...
Is the Southwest Companion Pass still worth it in 2022?
I have for years called the Southwest Airlines Companion Pass the hands-down best deal in domestic travel, but is that still true in 2022?
Getting two passengers for the price of one every time you...
Platinum Forever Free (After Rebate)
Amex Platinum cards come loaded with elite perks: airport lounge access, hotel and car rental elite status, 100% rebate on a CLEAR membership, emergency medical transportation & evacuation, and much more. They also come...
A dive into points pooling: Which are the best airline frequent flier programs for...
The ability to pool points with others can be a valuable program feature for members of airline and hotel loyalty programs, but relatively few airlines offer any mechanism to share freely with friends and...
Cavallo Point Lodge, Sausalito: Bottom Line Review
Location, location location... Across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, and strikingly near the foot of the bridge, Cavallo Point Lodge's historic buildings form a semi-circle around the decommissioned Fort Baker parade grounds. ...
