Bet You Didn’t Know: A $50 credit on the Virgin America card using the...
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
UPDATE: As of August 2015 new reports indicate that the shopping cart trick now results in a hard pull for all Visa cards issued by Comenity, which includes the Virgin America Visa....
Bet You Didn’t Know: Two tricks for chasing Hyatt Diamond status (and 1 that...
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
Hyatt Diamond is one of the better, if not the best, hotel chain elite status available. Just the 4 annual confirmed suite upgrades alone (or as I call them, "sweet"...
Bet You Didn’t Know: An overlooked no-fee Club Carlson credit card and an experiment
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
Ever since Greg the Frequent Miler first reported last month that Club Carlson was doing away with the Bonus Award Nights benefit of their Visa cards, the question in many...
Bet You Didn’t Know: A shared secret about Amex credit pulls, plus an Offersbot...
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
One of the things I love about writing both this series and my Devil's Advocate column over at Travel Codex is how often people are willing to selflessly contribute ideas and...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Manipulating the Citi ThankYou Flight Search Engine
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
Yesterday the news broke that Citibank has a new signup offer for the Citi ThankYou Prestige card -- 50,000 bonus points for just $3,000 in spend over the first 3...
Bet You Didn’t Know: The (only) two useful features of Google Hotels
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
Some people probably think I'm a shill for Google, considering how often I write about Google Flights (see "Bet You Didn't Know: The Magic of Google Flights" and "Bet You...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Mistake Fares Exclusively for Your City or Airline
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
Last week I wrote about some of the tools I use to quickly find and book mistake fares (see "Bet You Didn't Know: A Toolkit for Chasing Mistake Fares). It...
Bet You Didn’t Know: A Toolkit for Chasing Mistake Fares
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
"How the heck did you know about that deal?"
It's a common refrain after the dust has settled from yet another mistake fare pile-on such as the one that occurred earlier this...
Bet You Didn’t Know: 3 Ways to Earn the Most Points at Disney
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
Last week Greg had a terrific post on Hacking Walt Disney World with some great tips provided by his resident expert in all things Disney. Definitely check it out if...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Waitlisting for United First or Business Class
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
It always feels like a bait-and switch. You're searching for premium award space on united.com and suddenly your heart soars. United's award calendar is showing business class availability for a...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Using Hipmunk to book ITA Matrix flights
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
I've already written a few times about how much I like using Google Flights when I'm booking a trip. But while Google Flights is incredibly fast, it still can't compete with...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Original routing credit (and a little extra)
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
Last week Greg wrote about wrapping up his #30kToNowhere experience and I'll be doing the same next week over at Travel Codex. Like Greg, I'm also now considering going for the...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Updates on US Airways MC, 1 point xfers & more
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
One of the toughest things about playing the points and miles game is keeping up with constant changes. What worked yesterday might not work today, and there's usually no way...
Bet You Didn’t Know: Prevent miles from expiring with 1 point transfers
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
UPDATE (2/13/2015): I've added two more options for extending expiration dates as suggested by Frequent Miler readers.
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Recently I've been exploring different ways to keep miles from expiring, and earlier this...
