Our experience booking via Marriott STARS vs Amex Fine Hotels & Resorts
During last month's Party of 5 Challenge, Tim and I arranged for the team to spend a night at the Ritz-Carlton Santiago in Santiago,...
ITA Airways bookable with Virgin Atlantic miles
ITA Airways is the national airline of Italy -- the successor to Alitalia. ITA has been a member of SkyTeam for quite some time,...
Staples now selling $20-$500 variable-load gift cards in-store
A reader sent in a tip the other day that Staples is now carrying $20-$500 variable-load Visa Gift Cards. I saw these in the...
Plans for rebuilding my point fortune
I love having a big stash of points in a wide array of loyalty programs. That way, when opportunity strikes, I can pounce on...
(EXPIRED) Visit the Amex Pub in NYC & get free drink & train ticket...
OK, this offer will have niche appeal, but if you're a soccer fan who'll be in New York City next Friday then this could...
Bottom Line Review: Grand Hyatt Macau (Standard & Premium Suites)
During the Party of 5 challenge, we visited Macau for a couple of nights. We spent the first night at the Four Seasons Macau,...
(EXPIRED) Choice Hotels Promo: Stay Twice & Earn 5k-7.2k Bonus Points; Redeem 8k Points...
Update 7/19/23: This Choice Privileges promotion was originally due to end on June 30, 2023. Perhaps because of the busyness of onboarding the Radisson...
(EXPIRED) ResortPass Amex Offer: Take advantage of local hotel amenities & save money
A new Amex Offer for ResortPass appeared a week or two ago. I'd never heard of ResortPass before this and I only got around...
Elevate your family travel without emptying your wallet: using points, miles, and the right...
My wife and I traveled the world together over the course of about a dozen years before we decided to start a family. Someone...
Point.me now offering 3 free trial searches for new users
We've written a number of times about Point.me, an online award booking tool that can help you find flight award availability, as well as...
Reminder: Use Visa SavingsEdge for savings with Wyndham, MGM, Chevron/Texaco, TaxAct & more
We've written about Visa SavingsEdge before, but it's been a couple of years since we last published anything about this card-linked program and so...
(EXPIRED) Rakuten/Live Nation: Get 4 concert tickets for $80 (presale 7/18/23)
Last year Rakuten gave early access to Live Nation's Concert Week that offered $25 concert tickets for a wide range of bands and artists....
My Buying Group Experiment: Day One Failures
A couple of weeks ago, my wife, my son, and I all applied and were approved for new credit cards (see: 3 Inks approved...
Shopping portal promos from United and Southwest
The Promos
There are several current shopping portal promotions as follows:
Southwest Rapid Rewards shopping
Expires 8/14/23
Spend $125, earn 250 bonus points
Spend $300, earn...
