Share Sometimes deciding when and if you should sign up for a credit card is sometimes the easy part. Deciding when and if you should you cancel your credit card seems to be a more troubling question for most. The simple answer is don’t do it until there is an actionable reason to cancel it. [...]
American Airlines Flight Cancellations | What to Do When an Award Flight Schedule Changes
February 16, 2012 By 2 Comments
Share This week I’ve have the unexpected pleasure (yes, pleasure) of working with American Airlines to change some itinerary schedules after they changed the schedule. Today, I’ll give you a few pointers to help you navigate the situation in case you find yourself in the same boat. Tip of the day: If you book an [...]
The Business Card Denial: Lessons Learned for Non Income Earning Spouses
February 14, 2012 By 2 Comments
Share One of the most under-utilized tactics for fast tracking mileage earning is applying for business credit cards. The best current example is the Chase Ink Bold credit card that gives 50,000 Ultimate Rewards points for signing up and spending $5,000 in the first 3 months. Most folks don’t actually realize that they have a [...]
Justifying a $450 Annual Fee: Why I Signed Up for an American Express Platinum
February 9, 2012 By 6 Comments
Share Three or four years ago I first learned about the American Express Platinum. I almost chocked on my sandwich when I noticed that some fools were paying $450 per year for the card. I thought those were the type of people who need to visit Help Me Travel Cheap and learn how to travel [...]
Best 0% Foreign Currency Exchange Fee Credit Cards 2012
February 7, 2012 By 2 Comments
Share If you never have or never will travel to a foreign country, you can ignore this post. If, on the other hand, you plan to, you’ll want to be sure that you’ve done the appropriate research and have one of the best 0% foreign currency exchange fee credit cards. In case you didn’t know, [...]
6 Credit Card and Award Travel Predictions for 2012
February 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Share I want to go on record and share my credit card predictions for 2012. Obviously, these are predictions and are based primarily on how my gut interprets the facts currently available to me. 1. 2012 credit card sign up bonuses will not be as lucrative as 2011. In 2011, we saw a ridiculous amount [...]
Traveling to Europe? The Case for Star Alliance
January 31, 2012 By 6 Comments
Share I’m not sure what it is about Americans and Europe, but it seems to me that most Americans want to be sure to visit to Europe at some point in their lives. Europe has the art, the architect, the history, and the romance – the very things that are missing from many North American [...]
Lies Skeptics Spew About Credit Scores
January 26, 2012 By 2 Comments
Share I get that people are skeptical about the negative implications regarding using credit card sign up bonuses to earn miles. I do. I get that people think the whole concept of signing up for multiple cards, canceling them after a year, and repeating the cycle is weird, unusual, too much, or just over board. [...]
Southwest Companion Pass: How to Get Two Years of Free Southwest Flights in 15 minutes
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Share Crazy! I wrote this post yesterday and had this back door way for you to possibly get in on the generous Companion Pass offer. However, today while searching Southwest.com for flights I saw that they are advertising the 2 free flights (50,000 points offer) on their homepage. In the fall of 2011, I [...]
Ultimate Rewards Booking Service Launch | Best Value Analysis
January 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Share With the justified popularity of Ultimate Rewards, many of us are earning and collecting hoards of Ultimate Rewards (UR) points. However, we cannot forget the goal is never merely to collect or simply to earn, but to use those points to help us board a plane, get in a hotel, or sit in a [...]
