Fidelity FlexPerks? Is the Fidelity Visa Signature 2% card better than we thought?
A couple of weeks ago, I announced that Fidelity’s new no-annual-fee 2% cash back Visa Signature card is now available. Cards offering 2% cash...
Crystal Visa Infinite: The best card you can’t get
I signed up for the Crystal Visa Infinite card late last year because of its 100,000 point signup bonus and waived first year fee...
Bet You Didn’t Know: A Repeatable Companion Airfare Discount with the CNB Crystal Visa...
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
In my experience, one of the most overrated credit card benefits is the companion airfare discount. It seems these deals...
A motion sickness cure that actually works
A couple of days ago I told the horrific story of my latest boating adventure (please see: Learning Scuba and feeding fish). I had...
Barclaycard’s 15,000 mile anniversary incentive
My wife and I have a total of four Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator Red MasterCards (we have two each). The cards began life as US...
Learning Scuba and feeding fish
While I puked off the side of the boat, someone was kind enough to hold onto the air tank strapped to my back. Air...
How bad were my 2015 predictions?
I probably should have just swept these predictions under the rug and forgotten about them. In January, I published my predictions for 2015. Every...
My final AA mileage run involved actual running. Here’s the story.
In the recent post, “How I screwed up my end of year AA mileage run,” I told the story of what I thought would...
The best way to use Chase points to book hotels
A reader recently asked me about booking a hotel with Chase Ultimate Rewards points. She had found a Marriott property that had good reviews...
To Heathrow and back — AA vs. BA business class. Which was better?
The weekend before last, I flew to London Heathrow airport on Saturday and returned home on Sunday… on purpose. My goal wasn’t to visit...
Buy Avios for as little as 1.04 cents each
Via Flyertalk, Groupon.es is offering Avios for as little as 1.04 cents each.
The Groupon offer (found here) shows the following options:
2000 Avios - 19...
How I screwed up my end of year AA mileage run
Flight deals, especially the really great ones, rarely last long. Once a great deal is publicized, it’s a race against the clock to find...
How much are those 100,000 Crystal Visa Infinite points worth?
On October 1, we published a Quick Deal for a 100K credit card signup offer: New Crystal Visa Infinite Offer – 100K Points, $250...
How to upgrade AA coach to business class, in advance
One of the best features of the American Airlines AAdvantage program, in my opinion, is that they allow upgrades from coach to business class,...
