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The Ultimate Guide to Free(ish) 2012 Summer Travel

December 29, 2011 By Craig 1 Comment

Share This week I had a post appear at Get Rich Slowly. That’s probably not new news to half of you since many of you just discovered this blog as the result of that post. In addition to receiving an influx of new subscribers, I also had a whole battalion of credit card consult requests. [...]

BankDirect Review | Earn AAdvantage Miles | Good, Bad, and Ugly

October 25, 2011 By Craig Leave a Comment

Share Two or three months ago, I opened an account at Bank Direct. Here’s why: BankDirect Sign Up Bonus| Up to 22,000 AAdvantage Miles This was the big reason I went through the hassle of setting up a new account – to give a balance jolt to my AAdvantage account. 1,000 miles for each new [...]

Chase Sapphire Preferred 50,000 Point Credit Card Sign Up Bonus

May 14, 2011 By Craig 2 Comments

Share I’m telling you, this is the best time to be a points junkie because the offers keep coming! Get 50,000 Ultimate Rewards points with the Chase Sapphire Preferred card. Chase is showing no desire to slow down or cut back on their amazing bonuses! After a successful British Airways promotion, they’re back with a [...]

Lufthstansa 50,000 Bonus Miles | Miles and More MasterCard

April 19, 2011 By Craig Leave a Comment

Share Who’d of thunk it? A few years ago, everyone would be jumping over each other to get a credit card with a 50,000 point sign up bonus. Honestly, I’m forcing myself to write this post just so you won’t say that I missed it, but really, it doesn’t seem like that big of a [...]

Use Booking Buddy and Get 18 US Airways Points

March 3, 2011 By Craig Leave a Comment

Share This Miles Buzz thread talks about getting an extra 18 US Airways Points when you use their shopping portal to book travel via Booking Buddy. I looked at it and made a dumb math mistake. For some reason I multiplied the cost of tickets by 1.8. Hmmm. I thought that if I spent $1000 [...]

How To Buy Foreign Currency on Vacation Overseas

January 25, 2010 By Craig Leave a Comment

Share Since people are travelling overseas at increasing volumes, there is also an increasing number of ways to buy and sell foreign currency. When purchasing foreign currency two opposing factors need to be thoroughly considered: Convenience and cost. In some cases, the most convenient way to buy foreign currency is also the most expensive. For [...]

Hotwire and Priceline: How to Guarantee the Lowest Price

January 18, 2010 By Craig 1 Comment

Share Hotwire.com and Priceline are consistently the cheapest travel options. Hotwire It is important to remember that both of these sites are opaque travel sites (you do not know some exact details when you book) so you must have some flexibility. If you are unfamiliar with the opaque travel websites you should read an introduction [...]